America's Children and the Environment Story Maps
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EPA is developing new StoryMaps that explore other important children's environmental health topics.
Children's environmental health story maps are interactive web based narratives. They discuss how children are affected by environmental hazards, what EPA is doing to protect children, and other steps that can be taken now to improve our kid's current and future health.
Each story map connects real-world issues with national data trends from America's Children and the Environment (ACE), EPA's comprehensive resource for tracking children's health in the United States.
Asthma & Children's Health
Asthma is a serious, sometimes life-threatening, chronic respiratory disease that affects the quality of life for nearly 26 million Americans, including more than 4.5 million children.
The Asthma and Children's Health StoryMap is designed to provide a wholistic data story about the risks of environmental asthma triggers to children and provide resources to help keep families healthy. Learn about:
- Unique exposure pathways of asthma triggers to children.
- Data on child exposure to asthma and health outcomes.
- Environmental triggers of asthma.
- Effective tools and guidance on preventing and mitigating exposure to environmental asthma triggers.
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Lead & Children's Health
Lead can be found in all parts of our environment – the air, soil, water, and even inside our homes. Children can be exposed to lead in a variety of ways, including swallowing or breathing in lead dust, drinking water that passes through lead pipes, inhaling contaminated air, and using certain consumer or household products. Older homes with deteriorating lead-based paint are a major source of exposure.
The Lead and Children's Health StoryMap explores how children are exposed to lead and presents the latest national data on blood lead levels from ACE. Learn about:
- How children are exposed to and affected by lead.
- National data and trends on lead in children.
- What EPA does to protect children from lead.
- Tips and resources on how to protect children from lead.