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Promoting Children's Health
Progress Report of the Child Health Workgroup, Board of Scientific Counselors
1998-1999

This publication was supported wholly by funds from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act trust fund through the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The use of company or product names is for identification only and does not constitute endorsement by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, the Public Health Service, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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GLOSSARY

Children
The terms child and children, as used in this document, refer to all aspects of
development, including reproductive processes; embryogenesis; fetal development; and all
ages of infants, children, and youth to 20 years of age.

Developmental Toxicity
Developmental toxicity implies adverse effects on the development of the child that may
result from exposure prior to conception, during prenatal development, or postnatally to
the time of sexual maturation. Adverse developmental effects may be detected at any point
in the life span of an individual. The major manifestations of developmental toxicity
include (1) death (including fetal demise, miscarriage, and stillbirth), (2) structural
abnormality, (3) altered growth, (4) functional deficiency (including such things as
asthma, mental retardation, learning disabilities), and (5) cancer (modified from EPA,
1991).

Environmental Justice
This working definition was developed by EPA's Office of Environmental Justice.
Environmental justice means the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people,
regardless of race, ethnicity, culture, income, or education level, with respect to the
development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies. Fair treatment means that no population, due to political or economic
disempowerment, is forced to shoulder the negative human health and environmental
impacts of pollution or other environmental hazards.

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