Children at Risk, May 2002
Children are at increased risk from exposure to air pollution. Children at Risk: How Air Pollution from Power Plants Threatens the Health of American’s Children, a report by the Clean Air Task Force, documents scores of recent studies indicating that exposure to air pollutants can result in respiratory hospitalizations, lost school days due to asthma attacks, low birth weight, stunted lung growth, and even infant death.
The report focuses on links between power plant pollution and threats to children’s health.
The Clean Air Task Force [www.clnatf.org] offers the report online.
