Good morning. I am Dr. Richard Jackson, Director of the National
Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), one of the Centers
within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). I
would like to thank the Subcommittee for inviting me here today
to discuss children's health and the environment. I would like
to especially thank you, Chairman Porter, for your continued
interest in promoting the good health of America's children. CDC
is very excited about the prospect of developing, as you have
recently requested, a national media campaign directed at
children and young adults with a broad range of messages to help
them make choices that are good for their health. As a
pediatrician who has spent the past 25 years working to improve
the health of children, I have seen first hand the risks that
our children face from hazards in their environment. I have
served as a state health official and as chairman of the
American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Environmental
Health. I was also an author of the 1993 r