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Washington StateThe Collaborative on Health and the Environment – Washington

A Partnership Network for Environmental Health
Established and Coordinated by the Institute for Children's Environmental Health

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CHE-WA Resources

Our Health and the Environment Clearinghouse

This clearinghouse contains a collection of sources of scientific information on health and environmental quality in Washington State. Its intention is to ensure that information is more widely available and accessible to everyone, and especially nonscientists.

Children's Environmental Health Toolkit

Ways to protect the very young from toxic chemicals

forum logoWhat do we really know about how our children are affected by toxic exposures, especially during their critical developmental years?

Visit this searchable database and find more information on every topic covered in the 2009 Northwest Children's Environmental Health Forum.

If you are a:

  • Health professional
  • Parent
  • Builder
  • Agency worker
  • School official
  • Policy maker
  • Homeowner
  • Pregnant woman
  • Child care provider

This resource will provide the latest information to help protect the developing child from the effects of harmful environmental exposures.

Limit or expand your search with six categories, including languages.

Training Resources

This searchable clearinghouse lists more than 100 environmental-health training resources for use in formal training, in self-study on a topic, in presentations for groups, as handouts or posters, or for other training-related uses. All the resources listed are available within Washington State, whether online or in person.

This clearinghouse was supported by a grant from the Washington Tracking Network, a CDC-funded program working to improve the availability and interpretation of environmental public health information.

CHE National Resources

The Collaborative on Health and the Environment national website hosts an array of resources related to environmental health, including searchable databases.