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Child Health Initiative

ATSDR's Child Health Workgroup
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The Child Health Workgroup was formed by ATSDR's Board of Scientific Counselors and charged with recommending policies and practices that emphasize child health. The workgroup is composed of nationally recognized experts in child health, toxicology, and environmental medicine, and chaired by Lorne K. Garrettson, M.D., Emory University School of Medicine , and director of the Georgia Poison Control Center in Atlanta.

The Child Health Workgroup examined available information (from ATSDR and other sources) on the impact of hazardous waste sites on children's health, identified key knowledge and program gaps, and proposed future actions. The workgroup provided feedback and guidance with respect to scientific and programmatic strategies to address the child health issues posed by exposures to toxic substances emitted from hazardous waste sites and emergency events.

Child Health Workgroup
Progress Report (Draft for Comment)
April 1998

Note: This is a large file.
Send comments.

Child Health Workgroup
Original Recommendations
April 1997

Note: This is a large file.
Send comments.

Members of the Child Health Workgroup

Lorne K. Garrettson, M.D. [Chair]
Emory University School of Medicine and Georgia Poison Control Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Cynthia F. Bearer, M.D., Ph.D.
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio

David Bellinger, Ph.D.
Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Gershon H. Bergeisen, M.D., M.P.H.
Formerly with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

Joy E. Carlson, M.P.H.
Children's Environmental Health Network, Emeryville, California

Millicent Collins, M.D.
D.C. General Hospital, Washington, D.C.

Joan M. Cranmer, Ph.D.
Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas

Carole A. Kimmel, Ph.D.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

Philip J. Landrigan, M.D., M.Sc.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y.

Susanne Tropez-Sims, M.D., M.P.H.
Meharry Medical College, Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee

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Child Health Initiative

Child Health Workgroup Progress Report (Draft for Comment) April 1998

Note: This is a large file. Send comments.

Child Health Workgroup Original Recommendations April 1997

Note: This is a large file. Send comments.

Members of the Child Health Workgroup

Lorne K. Garrettson, M.D. [Chair] Emory University School of Medicine and Georgia Poison Control Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Child Health Workgroup
Progress Report (Draft for Comment)
April 1998

Note: This is a large file.
Send comments.

Child Health Workgroup
Original Recommendations
April 1997

Note: This is a large file.
Send comments.

Lorne K. Garrettson, M.D. [Chair]
Emory University School of Medicine and Georgia Poison Control Center, Atlanta, Georgia