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America's Children and the Environment (ACE)

Detailed Background on ACE3 for Reviewers, March 2011

EPA is preparing a new edition of America’s Children and the Environment (ACE), following the previous editions published in December 2000 and February 2003. ACE is EPA’s compilation of children’s environmental health indicators and related information, drawing on the best national data sources available for characterizing important aspects of the relationship between environmental conditions and children’s health.

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