Awards and Recognition News Release (Region 1): Asthma Regional Council of New England Honored by EPA for Exceptional Efforts to Protect Children

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Awards and Recognition News Release (Region 1): Asthma Regional Council of New

England Honored by EPA for Exceptional Efforts to Protect Children

News Release

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

New England Regional Office

October 11, 2007

Contact: Deegan, (617) 918-1017

Asthma Regional Council of New England Honored by EPA for Exceptional Efforts to

Protect Children

(Boston, Mass. – Oct. 11, 2007) – A Dorchester, Mass.-based public health

advocacy group has been selected by EPA for prestigious national recognition for

their work to protect children.

The Asthma Regional Council of New England (ARC) is one of only 10 groups across

the country recognized by EPA at the third Children's Environmental Health

Excellence Awards ceremony, taking place on October 11th in Washington, D.C.

ARC is being honored for their outstanding leadership in protecting children

from environmental risks.

“We are proud that the Asthma Regional Council has been recognized for their

exceptional work to protect children’s health,” said Varney, regional

administrator of EPA’s New England regional office. “EPA plays a major role in

protecting infants and children, who are more susceptible than adults to some

environmental hazards, because their bodies and nervous systems are still

developing.”

The Asthma Regional Council, a program of The Medical Foundation in Boston, is a

coalition of Federal and state agencies that represent the health, environment,

education and housing sectors working together to improve the environmental

contributors to asthma across New England.

Four years ago, ARC launched a project to partner with researchers, policy

makers, governmental agencies and the health care sector to encourage the health

sector's adoption of best practices for managing asthma, with a particular focus

on embedding home-based environmental trigger reduction programs within standard

medical care. As a result of ARC’s work, two large Medicaid-managed care plans

in Massachusetts are now providing healthy homes inspections and services for

their low-income patients with severe asthma.

" I am honored to accept this award on behalf of the Asthma Regional Council,

said Laurie Stillman, Executive Director of the Asthma Regional Council (ARC).

“ARC's way of doing business - promoting children's environmental health through

multi-sector partnerships across the entire New England region - is a national

model for tackling important health issues like asthma, lead, cancer and heart

disease. We are proud that our model is being recognized by our federal partner,

the EPA. "

The Children's Environmental Health Awards are designed to recognize ongoing and

sustainable dedication to, and notable leadership in, protecting children from

environmental health risks at the local, regional, national and international

level.

More information:

EPA’s Children's Environmental Health Excellence Awards

(http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/2007_CEH_Excellence_Awards.htm\

)

Protecting Children’s Health in New England (epa.gov/region1/children)

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