The President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children is the focal point for coordinating federal government efforts to explore, understand, and act together to improve children’s environmental health and safety.
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Featured Activities
The report highlights key federal actions and progress made to reduce childhood lead exposures and associated health impacts and provides a comprehensive update on efforts by the federal government and advancements made in FY 2025, specifically from May 2024-September 2025.
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Featured Resources
The President’s Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children (Task Force) is publishing an interim Federal Lead Resource Guide (The Guide). The Guide is a collection of select Federal lead-related resources, programs and assistance opportunities for use by the public.
Focus Areas
Asthma
The Task Force works to address preventable environmental factors that lead to differences in the burden of asthma for poor and minority children relative to their peers.
Chemical Exposures
The Task Force promotes understanding and predicting disease and disabilities in children across their life stages that result from exposure to chemicals and metals, including pesticides, manufacturing ingredients, lead, and others, is a focus of the Task Force.
Children in Emergencies and Disasters
The Task Force seeks to empower federal partners to collectively address gaps in health research and protection of children that arises from their exposure to public health emergencies and disasters.
Lead Exposures
The Task Force coordinates interagency efforts to better understand and prevent disease and disabilities in children from lead, including development of a new federal lead strategy.