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America's Children and the Environment (2003)

This report brings together quantitative information from a variety of sources to show trends in levels of environmental contaminants in air, water, food, and soil; concentrations of contaminants measured in the bodies of mothers and children; and childhood diseases that may be influenced by environmental factors.

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America's Children and the Environment (2003) (PDF)(176 pp, 1 MB)