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. 2011 May-Jun;126 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):34-40.
doi: 10.1177/00333549111260S106.

Making child care centers SAFER: a non-regulatory approach to improving child care center siting

Tarah S Somers  1 , Margaret L Harvey, Sharee Major Rusnak
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Making child care centers SAFER: a non-regulatory approach to improving child care center siting

Tarah S Somers et al. Public Health Rep. 2011 May-Jun.

Abstract

Licensed child care centers are generally considered to be safe because they are required to meet state licensing regulations. As part of their licensing requirements, many states inspect child care centers and include an assessment of the health and safety of the facility to look for hazardous conditions or practices that may harm children. However, most states do not require an environmental assessment of the child care center building or land to prevent a center from being placed on, next to, or inside contaminated buildings. Having worked on several sites where child care centers were affected by environmental contaminants, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) endeavor to raise awareness of this issue. One of ATSDR's partner states, Connecticut, took a proactive, non-regulatory approach to the issue with the development its Child Day Care Screening Assessment for Environmental Risk Program.

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