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a Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA b Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA c Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA d Heilbrum Center for Population and Family Health, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Key Words: children • environmental health • research • review • PAH • pesticides • ETS • asthma • cancer • developmental disability
Address for correspondence: Frederica P. Perera, DrPH, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, and Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health, 100 Haven Avenue, Tower III, 25F, New York, NY 10032. Voice: 212-304-7280; fax: 212-544-1943. e-mail: fpp1{at}columbia.edu
A growing body of evidence has been generated indicating that the fetus, infant, and young child are especially susceptible to environmental toxicants as diverse as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides, lead, mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Exposures to these toxicants may be related to the increases in recent decades in childhood asthma, cancer, and developmental disability. The Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH), located in New York City, has developed four cohorts around the world to elucidate the relationships between these exposures and childhood illness. This article summarizes the recent findings from the Center's projects in the context of current research in children's environmental health.
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