[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 207 (Thursday, October 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61973-61974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21461]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Notice of Launch of Children's Environmental Health Awards 
Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Children's Health Protection at the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency is pleased to be accepting applications 
for the 2006 Children's Environmental Health Excellence Awards. The 
awards are designed to increase awareness, stimulate activity, and 
recognize efforts that protect children from environmental health risks 
at the local, regional, national, and international level.
    The Children's Environmental Health Excellence Award is divided 
into five categories. You may apply under only one category. These 
include Government, Non-Governmental Organizations, Corporate, 
Individual, and K-12 and Higher Education. EPA will be looking for 
projects that significantly impact children's environmental health 
issues through research; indicators; capacity building; regulatory and 
policy innovations; education and outreach; and interventions. 
Applications are due December 15, 2005, and an awards ceremony will be 
held for the winners in Washington, DC, in spring 2006. To download an 
application go to http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/news2.htm#cehawards.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Hubbard, Office of Children's 
Health Protection for additional information or hard copies of the 
application, USEPA, MC 1107A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

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Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564-2188, [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Children may be more susceptible to 
environmental hazards than adults. Their nervous, immune, digestive, 
and other systems are still developing and their ability to metabolize 
or inactivate toxicants may be different than adults. They eat more 
food, drink more fluids, and breathe more air in proportion to their 
weight than adults, and their behavior--such as crawling and placing 
objects in their mouths--may result in greater exposure to 
environmental contaminants.
    Examples of environmental health hazards that may affect children 
include: (1) Air pollutants, both indoor and ambient; (2) toxic 
chemicals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, organochlorines such as 
polychlorinated biphenyls, and dioxins; (3) endocrine disruptors; (4) 
environmental tobacco smoke; (5) ultraviolet radiation; (6) water 
pollution; (7) pesticides; (8) brominated flame retardants; (9) radon; 
and (10) carbon monoxide. Many environmental health problems can be 
prevented, managed, and treated. EPA encourages communities, citizens, 
and organizations to become leaders in protecting our children from 
environmental health hazards.

    Dated: October 24, 2005.
William H. Sanders, III,
Acting Director, Office of Children's Health Protection.
[FR Doc. 05-21461 Filed 10-26-05; 8:45 am]
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