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OCR Page 1 of 24EPA Actions To Date
Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research:
In September, 1997, HHS and EPA began to accept applications for six Centers to be funded in
the initial year at $10 million. EPA's Office of Research and Development is contributing half of
the funds and NIH's National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences is providing the other
half. The Centers will be established by September, 1998 after an inter-agency peer review
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process. The Centers will conduct research that improves our knowledge regarding detection,
treatment and prevention of environmentally related diseases in children. Research will focus on
the possible environmental causes of children's illnesses and disorders, including understanding
the mechanisms of respiratory disease, such as asthma. Applicants are also specifically invited to
study the impact of common environmental contaminants, such as lead or mercury, on intellectual
development. The successful applications for Centers grants will demonstrate how they will use
part of their funds on a community-based prevention/intervention research project
5 Yr. grants 1 Announcement of grants TBD.
US EPA Conference on Preventable Causes of Cancer in Children:
On September 15 and 16, 1997, EPA hosted the first-ever national conference on "Preventable
Causes of Childhood Cancer." Approximately 300 scientists, government officials,
representatives of advocacy organizations and other members of the public participated. Health
experts presented their perspectives on a broad range of issues including the special vulnerability
of children to environmental toxins, studies on the role of parental occupational exposures, trends
in childhood cancer, and methods used to study environmental factors in childhood cancer.
Participants discussed specific recommendations and research strategies that will assist in
assessing the current state of knowledge, and setting priorities for future research.
Recommendations included:
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better interdisciplinary and collaborative studies of suspected environmental causes
and mechanisms of childhood cancer;
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the establishment of a National Childhood Cancer Registry, standardizing information
such as exposure history and family health data;
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more joint prevention efforts between scientists and communities focused on high risk
infants and children; and
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better techniques for screening chemicals suspected of causing health effects in
children.
These efforts will contribute to a coordinated, comprehensive national research strategy to guide
the nation in its efforts to protect children from cancer. The January issue of Environmental
Health Perspectives will focus on the conference and prevention of children's cancer.
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