<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Childproofing for Environmental Health National Awareness Campaign Begins Today<o:p></o:p> The Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE) is pleased to announce its  ' Childproofing for Environmental  Health' campaign,  aimed at providing parents, care givers, service providers and decision-makers with the tools to protect children from environmental risks. <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> At a news conference  on September 15, 2005,  Dr. David McKeown, Medical Officer of Health, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:place>;  Paul Muldoon, Executive Director, Canadian Environmental Law Association;  Dr. Hilary de Veber, Pediatrician; and Dr. Ann Phillips, Environmental Health Promoter and Researcher, South Riverdale Community Health Centre launched this national campagin.<o:p></o:p> As a foundation for this campaign, CPCHE  has launched  two new educational resources (on-line links provided below) alongside the release of a detailed technical report from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:place>'s Medical Officer of Health.  Materials are available online at w<a href="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca" title="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca">ww.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca</a> or go directly to: <o:p></o:p> <ul type=disc> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><a href="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/e88956636c1ebb6ffd9a08ef808ad583/Launch_Press_Release.pdf" title="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/e88956636c1ebb6ffd9a08ef808ad583/Launch_Press_Release.pdf">CPCHE Media Release</a> <o:p></o:p></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><a href="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/Primer.pdf" title="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/Primer.pdf">Child Health and the Environment - A Primer</a> (large download - 2.5 MB) <o:p></o:p></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><a href="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/Brochure___English___8_pages.pdf" title="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/Brochure___English___8_pages.pdf">Playing it Safe - Childproofing for Environmental Health</a> (brochure) <o:p></o:p></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><a href="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/Brochure___French___8_pages.pdf" title="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/Brochure___French___8_pages.pdf">Ne prenons pas de risque, prot</a>égeons la sant <a href="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/Brochure___French___8_pages.pdf" title="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/Brochure___French___8_pages.pdf">é</a> <a href="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/Brochure___French___8_pages.pdf" title="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/Brochure___French___8_pages.pdf">environnementale de nos enfants</a> (brochure) <o:p></o:p></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><a href="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/CH_Order_Forms.pdf" title="http://www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/img_upload/13297cd6a147585a24c1c6233d8d96d8/CH_Order_Forms.pdf">Order Form for Primer and Brochure</a> <o:p></o:p></li> <li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><a href="http://www.toronto.ca/health/" title="http://www.toronto.ca/health/">Toronto Public Health</a> - media release, backgrounder, detailed technical report, summary report, transmittal report to Board of Health. <o:p></o:p></li> </ul> Member organizations of the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment include:        Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment       Canadian Child Care Federation       Canadian Environmental Law Association       Canadian Institute of Child Health       Environmental Health Clinic, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre       Learning Disabilities Association of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>       <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Ontario</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> of Family Physicians       <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> Public Health Association       Pollution Probe       South Riverdale Community Health Centre       <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:place> Public Health For more information : Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher, Canadian Environmental Law Association (author of the Primer and co-author of the Toronto Public Health report) 416-960-2284, ext 221 or <a href="mailto:kcooper@cela.ca" title="mailto:kcooper@cela.ca">kcooper@cela.ca</a>  <o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Tonya Surman, Partnership Director, Canadian Partnership for Children's HEalth and Enviornment (CPCHE) at 416-595-9579 or <a href="mailto:tonya@commons.ca" title="mailto:tonya@commons.ca">tonya@commons.ca</a>.<o:p></o:p>  <o:p></o:p> Support for this campaign has come from a variety of supporters including the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Laidlaw Foundation.<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>