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Environmental Health Foundation

Chamonix Schwerin
Director of Special Projects
Environmental Health Foundation
 		Phone: (800)  428-AEHF
Fax: (214) 361-2534
email:  aehf@aehf.org
URL:  http://www.aehf.com/


Mission Statement

 
The Environmental Health Foundation's mission is two-fold: (1) to fund scientific and/or medical research into the causes of environmentally linked disease. and (2) to educate the public about environmentally linked illness and how to prevent exposures through lifestyle changes.

  • Geographic focus: national
  • Membership: Membership
  • Other organizational activities (not directed specifically toward children): advocacy, environmental health education, grantmaking, lobbying, research

    • Children's Environmental Health Activities

    		 
    The Environmental Health Foundation has funded research at major medical institutions. One study dealt with lead poisoning in children and predisposing factors. A current study is looking at children's asthma from an environmental viewpoint. The Environmental Health Foundation also has a program that sends speakers to schools to teach children about environmentally linked diseases and how to prevent them through simple, commonsense lifestyle changes.

    Please note: the information presented above was provided and reviewed for accuracy by Environmental Health Foundation and was not verified independently by the Children's Environmental Health Network.
    Publication date: 5/5/99
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