03387oam 2200481 a 450 991069784210332120081211152311.0(CKB)5470000002392563(OCoLC)252008656(EXLCZ)99547000000239256320080917d2008 ua 0engurmn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnvironmental health[electronic resource] EPA efforts to address children's health issues need greater focus, direction, and top-level commitment : testimony before Committee on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate /statement of John B. Stephenson[Washington, D.C.] :U.S. Govt. Accountability Office,[2008]20 pages digital, PDF fileTestimony ;GAO-08-1155 TTitle from title screen (viewed on Sept. 17, 2008)."For release on delivery ... September 16, 2008."Includes bibliographical references.According to EPA, children face disproportionate risks from contaminants such as air pollution and lead paint. The health consequences to the country's 74 million children are significant. In 2006, 55 percent of children lived in counties exceeding allowable levels for at least one of the six principal air pollutants such as ozone which causes or aggravates asthma. Asthma is the third-most common cause of childhood hospitalization, resulting in $3.2 billion in treatment costs and 14 million lost school days annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 1997, EPA created the Office of Children's Health and convened the Children's Health Protection Advisory Committee (Advisory Committee) to provide advice and recommendations to assist in developing regulations, guidance, and policies to address children's health. In April 1997, the President signed Executive Order 13045, creating an interagency Task Force to recommend federal strategies for protecting children. Our testimony is based on ongoing work on the extent to which EPA has used the Advisory Committee and addressed the committee's key recommendations. It also includes information about the Task Force. We met with numerous EPA officials and analyzed the committee's letters. GAO recommends, among other things, that EPA expeditiously complete its review of the Advisory Committee's key recommendations.Environmental health Environmentally induced diseases in childrenResearchUnited StatesChildrenDiseasesEnvironmental aspectsResearchUnited StatesEnvironmental healthResearchUnited StatesAsthma in childrenResearchUnited StatesEnvironmentally induced diseases in childrenResearchChildrenDiseasesEnvironmental aspectsResearchEnvironmental healthResearchAsthma in childrenResearchStephenson John B1380816United States.Congress.Senate.Committee on Environment and Public Works.United States.Government Accountability Office.EJBEJBGPOBOOK9910697842103321Environmental health3535412UNINA