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Common practices to keep your kids safer Small Steps to Improve Children’s Environmental Health in your Early Childhood Program Common practices to keep your kids safer Kathy Seikel, Margo Young and Jacque Sell September 26, 2012

Learning Objectives Discover why children are more vulnerable to environmental exposures Identify environmental hazards in child care settings Learn how to reduce these hazards and achieve recognition for running an Eco-Healthy child care Learn how other child care centers have been “greened” and where to find resources for more information

This is what environment looks like

Children Are Not Little Adults

Body Differences Drink, eat, and breathe more than adults, as based on body weight Children are rapidly growing and developing Less developed natural defenses More skin per pound and less protective skin Chemicals in the womb and in breast milk

Behavioral Differences Natural explorers Spend more time close or on the ground and floors Spend more time outdoors than adults Mouthing behaviors Place dirty fingers and objects in their mouth Ingest dirt and dust, which may be contaminated

Environments Shape Outcomes Impacts Absenteeism Poor school performance Family disruption Lowered lifetime earnings Increased health care costs Asthma Developmental disorders Childhood cancers Exposures Lead Pesticides Mercury Mold Air pollution Health Outcomes

Toxic Chemicals 80,000 on the TSCA inventory Lack of data and testing for new and existing chemicals Restrictions on just 5 chemicals A child born in America today will grow up exposed to more chemicals than a child from any other generation in our history. A 2005 study found 287 different chemicals in the cord blood of 10 newborn babies – chemicals from pesticides, fast food packaging, coal and gasoline emissions, and trash incineration.

Health Disparities All children are susceptible to negative outcomes as a result of environmental exposures, but they disproportionately affect minorities and children living below the poverty level Asthma Brain Disorders Obesity Cancer

Asthma: Outcomes and Disparities 7 million kids suffer from asthma 2 million emergency room visits annually 13 million missed school days annually Black children are two times as likely to be hospitalized, four times as likely to die from asthma as white children

Brain Disorders: Outcomes and Disparities Exposure to certain chemicals can lead to ADHD, lowered IQ, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral disorders and/or developmental delays 12 million U.S. children, or 17%, have learning or behavioral disabilities 9% of school-aged kids – and 13% of boys - with ADHD, not even medically recognized in 1968 ADHD is more common in children below the poverty level

Obesity: Outcomes and Disparities Obesity in children has tripled in the last thirty years and today ½ of American children are either overweight or obese Obesity in children 21.2% of Hispanic children 24.3% of Black non-Hispanic children 14% of White non-Hispanic children Research shows that some chemicals can lead to obesity “Because of the increasing rates of obesity, unhealthy eating habits and physical inactivity, we may see the first generation that will be less healthy and have a shorter life expectancy than their parents.“ Former Surgeon General, Richard Carmona

Cancer: Outcomes and Disparities Cancers: second cause of death among children (ages 1 -14 years of age) ~12,500 children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer each year Cancers may not appear until many years years after the exposure(s) to cancer- causing chemicals have taken place.

Child Care in the United States Nearly 11 million children in child care People spend about 90% of their time indoors Indoor air pollution levels can be 2-5 times greater than outdoor No universal policies on environmental safety for child care facilities

The Good News— Programs to Reduce Exposure Work! Regulations can make a difference 1973 - Phase-out of lead in gasoline began 1978- lead in house paint banned 2008 – Lead-safe home repairs mandated You can make a difference Consider switching to organic foods Use natural cleaning products Keep a smoke-free home Avoid serving seafood high in mercury

You can make a difference! With so many children spending so much time in child care centers, you can impact the children you care for Good environmental health and high quality child care helps children reach their full potential

Resources: epa.gov/childcare