TAILIEUCHUNG - Health Alert: Disease Clusters Spotlight the Need to Protect People from Toxic Chemicals

Integrate social and emotional development into existing programs and services. States can use current systems and funding to expand their capacity to support early childhood social, emotional and behavioral health. States could use Medicaid to promote healthy development through routine developmental screenings and care coordination, utilize Head Start to support parent education, provide training and professional development to early childhood programs and agencies and use federal funds to enhance their state’s capacity. Kansas expanded the Early Head Start programs in their state through the commitment of TANF funds. Kansas expanded Early Head Start further in 2010 with. | Stop disease LJ olth A lo KỶ DÌQO2QỮ C .ll Iq oKQ clusters neaiiii Aieri L-Diseaseclusters Protect peopie. Spotlight the Need to Protect Control toxiC opogeeeoioec chemicais. People from Toxic Chemicals Authors Kathleen Navarro Natural Resources Defense Council Sarah Janssen . . . Natural Resources Defense Council Terry Nordbrock . . Executive Director National Disease Clusters Alliance Gina Solomon . . Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC The Earth s Best Defense NDCA National Disease clusters Alliance Acknowledgments This report has been generously supported by Bauman Family Foundation The Beldon Fund Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles The John Merck Fund and The Passport Foundation. About NRDC The Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than million members and online activists. Since 1970 our lawyers scientists and other environmental specialists have worked to protect the world s natural resources public health and the environment. NRDC has offices in New York City Washington . Los Angeles San Francisco Chicago Livingston Montana and Beijing. Visit us at . NRDC Director of Communications Phil Gutis NRDC Deputy Director of Communications Lisa Goffredi NRDC Publications Director Anthony Clark NRDC Publications Editor Carlita Salazar Stop disease clusters. Protect people. Control toxic chemicals. Health Alert Cancer Clusters Disease and the need to Protect People from Toxic Chemicals An unusually large number of people sickened by a disease in a certain place and time is known as a disease cluster . Clusters of cancer birth defects and other chronic illnesses have sometimes been linked to chemicals or other toxic pollutants in local communities although these links can be controversial. There is a need for better documentation and investigation of disease clusters to identify and address possible causes.

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