Region 8
Serving Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and 27 Tribal Nations
Presentations from the 2008 Children's Environmental Health Summit
National Information
Regional Information
The 2008 Children's Environmental Health (CEH) Workshop was held on September 29 and 30, by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8, the Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (RMR PEHSU), the Wyoming Department of Health and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality at the Casper Hilton Garden Inn.
Workshop Brochure (includes Agenda) (PDF, 349K)
Workshop Photos (LARGE 6-MB PDF file)
Workshop Media Coverage (PDF, 76K)
Workshop Presentations
Below is the list of presentations, all of which are PDF files contained in the public CEH 2008 folder.
Note: if you get a "Page cannot be displayed" error when opening a PDF file in the CEH ftp folder, hit the Back button to go back to this folder. Then, in Internet Explorer, go to Tools-->Internet Options, and click on the Connections tab. Then, in the lower right, click on LAN Settings and uncheck the box that says "use a proxy server for your LAN".
Protecting Children from Environmental Contaminants
Amy Kyle, PhD, MPH, Environmental Health Sciences Division, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs)
Mark Anderson, MD, Director, Rocky Mountain Region PEHSU
The National Children's Study (NCS)
Sean Firth, Sean D. Firth, Ph.D., M.P.H.,Project Director, NCS Utah Vanguard Center, Department of Pediatrics, Primary Children's Medical Center, University of Utah Health Sciences Center
School Chemical Cleanouts
Alicia Aalto, Children's Environmental Health Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8
Emerging Contaminants of Concern
Kristen Keteles, Toxicologist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8
Public Health Nursing and EnviRnN
Brenda M Afzal, RN, MS, Environmental Health and Education Center, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Integrating Environmental Health into Pediatric Health Care Practice
Mark Anderson, MD, Director, Rocky Mountain Region Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit
Providing a Healthy Home Environment for Your Children
Michael Vogel, Ed.D., Professor, Montana State University - Extension Service, Housing and Environmental Health Program