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We Support a Healthier Future - Healthy People 2020

Office of Children’s Health Protection, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - OCHP/EPA

Organization URL(s)

yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/homepage.htm

Other Contact Information

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Mail Code 1107A
Room 2512 Ariel Rios North
Washington, DC 20004

202-564-2188 (Voice)
202-564-2733 (FAX)

Description

The mission of this office is to make the protection of children’s environmental health a fundamental goal of public health and environmental protection in the United States. The OCHP will support and facilitate Agency efforts to protect children’s health from environmental threats. The office maintains a web site that includes tips and advice for parents and the general public about ways to protect children from environmental health threats.

Online Resources

Climate Change and the Health of Children
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/climate.htm#1
What You Can Do to Protect Children from Environmental Risks
http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/tips.htm

Print Resources

To view EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection: Publications Catalog (August 2010), visit http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/OCHP_Pubs_Catalog.htm/$File/OCHP_Pubs_Catalog.pdf?Open&preview