Where children live, learn, play, and work can influence their health. This is especially pertinent at the community or neighborhood level, but state level information can be informative as well.
Multiple factors can contribute to a state’s environmental health profile, including: regional, geographic, and meteorological conditions; population sizes; economies; major industries; and state and local policies and regulations.
Federal policy, regulations, and support also influence states’ environmental health, and the health of children living in them. The Children’s Environmental Health Network has developed fact sheets that include indicators of environmental hazards, environmental exposure, and child health and development to provide an understanding of children’s environmental health at the state level.
Here are the report cards for our area: