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  OUSTON-AREA RESIDENTS are regularly exposed to various
environmental health hazards, the effects of which are poorly
understood.
 HAT, FOR
EXAMPLE, is the effect of living next to a petrochemical
facility…or of
breathing the dust and diesel emissions of a concrete
crushing facility while walking to school each day? What
is the effect on one’s health of breathing vehicle
emissions while commuting to and from work…or from
eating regular meals of fish caught in the Gulf of
Mexico? Who should you call if you think your child has
been exposed to lead or mercury…or if you think your
child is sensitive to something in the air at his or her
school?
 HIS WEBSITE, created by Baylor College of Medicine's
Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Research Center
with initial funding from the
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, will attempt to address
some of these questions.
To download the full version of Baylor College of Medicine's new, ground-breaking interactive report, Childhood Lead Poisoning in
Galveston, Texas: Background - Health Effects - Hot Spots - Intervention, click here. To download just the Executive Summary, click here.
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