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Children's Health Month Ends Today, but Our Work Continues
This blog post is by a member of the Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut.
October is Children's Health Month and what we do to the environment impacts children’s health. As a pediatric and public health nurse, we didn't learn much about environmental health other than a bit about air and water pollution and always thought of pollution as outside the home or workplace, coming from a discharge pipe or a smokestack.
Over the past few years, our understanding of environmental health has expanded significantly. We now know that the indoor environment is filled with toxic chemicals and is
Christine Bartlett-Josie
As State Director of Clean Water Action Connecticut, Christine is committed to amplifying community voices, advancing bold policies to tackle pollution and climate change, and inspiring collective action to protect the state’s waterways. Her vision is rooted in both her Caribbean upbringing and her decades of advocacy in Connecticut: a future where every community has safe, clean, and sustainable water resources.