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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Dawn Castillo
Leader, NIOSH Child Labor Working Team, Division of Safety Research
1095 Willowdale Rd., MS P-180
Morgantown, WV 26505
Phone: (800) 35-NIOSH
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ho mepage. html

Mission Statement

 
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) was created to conduct research and training and make recommendations for the prevention of work-related illnesses and injuries. NIOSH provides scientific information and recommendations that may be used in setting workplace regulations. Additionally, the Institute works with others in government, industry, labor, professional associations, academia and the media to communicate findings on workplace risks and promote prevention measures. Employers and employees, or their labor representatives who suspect a health hazard in their workplace can request a NIOSH health hazard evaluation to assess the problem and recommend prevention measures.

  • Geographic focus: national
  • No membership
  • Other organizational activities (not directed specifically toward children): grantmaking, research, technical assistance, training

    • Children's Environmental Health Activities

    		 
    NIOSH concerns about child health stem from parental workplace exposures which adversely affect fetuses in utero, childhood exposures to workplace toxins which parents inadvertently carry into the home environment, the physical and chemical exposures farm children may experience in their living environments, exposures of children who accompany their parents to work and physical and chemical exposures of working children and adolescents. The substances most commonly released into the environment are of specific concern for workers' health (e.g., lead, trichloroethylene, chromium, benzene and arsenic), though workers are typically exposed to higher concentrations than encountered in the environment.
    • For information about NIOSH activities or any aspect of occupational safety and health: (800) 356-4674

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