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Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS)
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CHEERS, To Help Children Live Healthier Lives

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will conduct a Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS) to better understand how young children come into contact with pesticides and other chemicals in their homes. Children can come into contact with various chemicals in their homes through the air they breathe, food they eat and the surfaces they touch.

Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS) Memo (PDF, 2 pp., 66 KB) - memo to EPA Employees from William Farland, PhD. Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science

CHEERS Fact Sheet (PDF, 11 pp., 670 KB) - this fact sheet describes the Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (CHEERS)

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download, to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more about PDF, and for a link to the free Acrobat Reader.

EPA Partners With American Chemistry Council to Study Young Children's Exposures to Household Chemicals - October 12, 2004, News Release

CHEERS flyer [PDF, 1 pp., 164 KB] - flyer with contact information and participant requirements

 

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