Welcome to TEACH. This searchable database contains overviews of scientific literature in the field of children's* environmental health.

Start searching now by clicking on: Query the TEACH Database. You will be brought to the search page where you can search for information by chemical, year, author, keyword, etc. TEACH will search for your terms exactly as typed, so please check to be sure that they are correctly spelled. Multiple search terms should be separated by a comma. This search will access brief summaries of peer-reviewed research articles, including specific results of exposure values and statistical analysis when available.

More details about the studies can be found in the studies themselves or in the abstracts listed at the National Library of Medicine's PubMed . Use PubMed to search for the specific research article by author and year and retrieve the entire abstract from the paper.

You can also click on Chemical Summary Forms to retrieve short documents that provide an overview of these chemicals of concern and their impact on children's health. They include sections on special concerns for children, consideration for decision-making, common exposure media, toxicity, regulatory issues, and background on the chemical.

The TEACH project was created and developed by the U.S. EPA Region 5 TEACH Workgroup with funding by the U.S. EPA Office of Children's Health Protection. Technical support was provided by Environmental Health Consulting, Inc.

The goal of the TEACH project is to complement existing children's health information resources by providing a listing and summary of scientific literature applicable to children's health risks due to chemical exposure. It is hoped that this information will support existing children's health efforts.

* Childhood is a sequence of lifestages rather than a subpopulation -- the distinction being that a subpopulation refers to a portion of the population, whereas a lifestage is inclusive of the entire population.