- Mission [1]
- CHPAC's work often alternates between EPA Goals 1 - Clean Air and Global Climate Change, 2- Clean and Safe Water, and 4 -
Healthy Communities and Ecosystems. In FY 2011 the CHPAC met three times and published one report and three advice letters.
In March and July the CHPAC met to review and provide input regarding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of
Children’s Health Protection’s (OCHP) request that the Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee (CHPAC) provide assistance
to EPA in fulfilling its Congressional mandate to issue voluntary model guidelines for the siting of school facilities. Ensuring
healthy school environments is a major environmental public health priority as children are more susceptible to certain environmental
hazards than are adults, and children spend a large portion of their childhood in schools. Childhood asthma, obesity, learning
and behavior issues are all major public health concerns that can be positively or negatively affected by school siting. The
OCHP created a CHPAC School Siting Task Group (SSTG) for the purpose of providing advice to EPA concerning the school siting
draft guidelines. Comments on the draft reflected a diverse range of perspectives concerning the complex issues around school
site selection and children’s health. Additional work related to reproductive environmental effects, indoor environments,
chemical safety and asthma disparities as well as risk assessment and research plans.
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