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Downloadable Materials
To share the knowledge and tools to promote primary prevention
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Materials designed for children and their families. These materials cover Lead, Endocrine Disruptors, Air Pollution, and Pesticides. Board game, fact sheets, and hard copies of materials below available upon request.
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This pamphlet covers 25 different areas of concern, providing the science and ways to avoid exposure.
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These healthy reference cards provide information on concerns and choices we can make to avoid exposures in 5 simple cards — 1 for each different area of life.
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This brochure provides information on how to avoid mercury in fish through a simple point system.
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What is the precautionary principle? Taking a better safe than sorry approach to health.
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How can you keep your lawn healthy without pesticides?
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These fact sheets were developed by students for students—covering topics identified as high interest among youth.
Conversations Worth Consideration Toolkit.
The toolkit is a basic introduction to environmental health concepts, encouraging students to learn, invest, and inspire others. The program is composed of a brief video and a 5 part series of introspective activities on personal care products, healthy eating, and plastics with an optional project at the end. As opposed to just a lesson, the program provides opportunity for self-reflection and encourages students to work on projects to help their peers and their community.
Student-led interviews with the experts.
Conducted by Subhana Zafar and Rachel Moss, Environmental Health Ambassadors during the Students & Scientists 2017-2018 internship interviewed researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on key topics and shared about their program experience in a series of 5 videos. Watch the first one here!
Environmental Health Info Series
Updated April 2020. Below is the first in our Environmental Health Info Series, a collection of 5 informative videos made by the 2019-2020 SSERSP interns. This series of videos covers basics on environmental health, children’s health, and an easy place to start… healthy products. Watch the first one here.
What’s in your personal care products?
This video was made by high school students for middle school students. Along with a presentation, this video has been shown to over 4,000 students to help give them the knowledge and agency to make positive change. It’s important we understand what’s really in the the things we use--at any age!
Recommended Resources
EHP - Environmental Health Perspectives Newsletter
Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Center
PEPH - Partnerships For Environmental Public Health
Children & Environmental Toxins, by Philip J. Landrigan and Mary M. Landrigan