Useful publications
WHO
See the most recent publications from the WHO.
Effects of air pollution on children
Guidelines on nutrition of young children
The European public health report 2005. Public health action for healthier children and population.
Atlas of children’s health and the environment
CEHAPE: Table of Actions (See also WHO publications on the Official Documents section of this website)
Children’s health and environment: Developing action plans, 2005. WHO publication to help develop national action plans implementing CEHAPE
Children’s Health and Environment case studies summary book, June 2005
Children’s health and environment: A review of evidence (WHO and European Environment Agency) Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, L-2985 Luxembourg, ISBN 9291674725)
Environmental Burden of Disease (ERB) - Fact Sheet
Environmental health indicators for Europe: A pilot indicator-based report
How can injuries in children and older people be prevented?
One year later: is Europe making its children safer? (the Children’s Environment and Health Committee evaluates action on ministers’ 2004 commitments to reduce children’s ill health due to air pollution)
The Budapest collection : a WHO global e-library on children’s health and environment.
WHO Europe Video: "The future for our children"
HEAL and its Members
HEAL: It’s our world, our future too: Young people’s voices on Environment and Health priorities(Video and booklet on making a participatory video with young people to promote their views)
HEAL: Towards Healthy Environment for Children: FAQ about breastfeeding in a contaminated environment, WHO bids to unburden youth
HEAL: Children’s factsheet - Climate change and your lungs. Also available in; German; Spanish; Greek; Italian; Polish; Russian; French.
HEAL: Children’s factsheet - Dirty air and your lungs. Also available in; German; Spanish; French; Italian; Greek; Polish; Russian.
HEAL: Children’s fact sheet - Dirty air indoors and your lungs. Also available in; German; French; Spanish; Italian; Russian; Polish; Greek
European Child Safety Alliance: Child Safety Good Practice Guide: Good investments in unintentional child injury prevention and safety promotion
European Child Safety Alliance: Child Safety Report Cards
Other stakeholders
Clean Air Action Group, National Society of Conservationists/Friends of the Earth Hungary and WWF Hungary: "Chemicals, REACH and the new Member States, the Exemple of Hungary", October 2005.
Environmental Objectives Council, Sweden: swedish report calls for a better environment for children
Greenpeace Netherlands and WWF UK: A present for Life - chemicals in the umbilical cord
European Child Safety Alliance: children as agents of change
Greenpeace: study reveals toys have highest levels of toxic chemicals
Labour Institute for Environment and Health of Andalucia: pesticides in Andalucia
National Institute of Occupational Health, Norway: fungicide linked to neural tube defects
PAN Belgium (Pesticide Action Network): PAN Belgium scientific review on the effects of pesticides on children’s health
PAN Europe: 2 briefings from PAN Europe on some pesticides in the EU
The Working Party on Accident and Injuries (WP-AI): third issue of the Action on Accident and Injuries newsletter
Two French publications on environmental risks and public awareness raising on eco-citizenship
US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): new study in the US shows organic diet protects children from some pesticides
University of Cincinnati (UC): Low-dose Bisphenol A (BPA) linked to fetal brain damage, December 2005.
University of Massachusetts Lowell: environmental and occupational exposures linked to nearly 30 types of cancer in the US
WWF: Compromising our children: a WWF publication on chemical impacts
WWF Europe: Chemicals in blood samples show that a strong REACH is necessary
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