How is the report structured?
The report first presents a series of measures and then discusses the direction of future work. The first section of the report presents measures reflecting trends in levels of environmental contaminants that are likely to affect children’s health. These measures are intended to show the percentage of children exposed to critical concentrations of contaminants in air, water, food, and soil. When data on actual environmental concentrations of contaminants are not available, the report presents surrogate measures. The second section presents measures that reflect trends in concentrations of key contaminants measured in children’s bodies. Such data provide direct evidence of children’s exposures and can be tracked to determine whether childhood exposures are changing over time. The third section presents measures that reflect trends in certain childhood diseases, the frequency or severity of which may be related to environmental factors. Information is presented about changes in the frequ
