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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
3364.1: Monday, December 12, 2005 - 4:30 PM

Abstract #122031

Health of children in North America

Nsedu Witherspoon, MPH, Children's Environmental Health Network, 110 Maryland Ave., NE, Suite 511, Washington, DC 20002, (202) 543-4033 x14, nobot@cehn.org

To assure that globalization of trade and commerce provides benefits across the board it is important to assure that, along with such efforts attention is paid to prevention of adverse environmental side effects. Along with increased development, and trade of chemicals, is the potential for increased pollution. The CEC provides an opportunity to address such concerns. In so doing we need to protect the most vulnerable in our three nations: the poor, minority communities including indigenous populations, the elderly, and, most critically, our children. Children are often more vulnerable to risks of environmental hazards and we have the responsibility to assure their health and safety today, as well as their future right to a healthy environment.

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Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

From a Level Playing Field to a Healthy One: Environmental and Health Protection in the Context of North American Free Trade – Challenges and Opportunities

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA