Protect EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection

The Trump EPA is silencing the woman working to protect our children's health. Dr. Ruth Etzel, the pediatrician in charge of the EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection, has suddenly been placed on "administrative leave."

This move comes just as Acting Administrator and former coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler plans to set in motion an effort to cripple the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards we fought so hard to win several years ago. This is no time to undermine the office that exists solely to keep America's children safe.

Tell your members of Congress to demand that children's health be taken seriously by the agency charged to protect our families from pollution.

SUBJECT: Moms say "EPA must be held accountable for children's health"


Dear Acting Administrator Wheeler,

I am writing today extremely concerned by the EPA's recent decision to place Dr. Ruth Etzel of Office of Children's Health Protection out of her job and on "administrative leave."

Our children's brains develop rapidly as they move through their toddler years (and beyond--well into young adulthood!); their lungs pump faster and they breathe more air, and their little beloved hearts beat faster than adult hearts do.

They're crawling around on the floor, so they're picking up toxins, such as lead, in the dust. Children are highly vulnerable to pollutants, and their health is a special area of medicine.

That's why we have pediatricians. And that's why the agency that is meant to protect our health and clean up our environment has a department devoted to understanding how children respond to pollution, the Office of Children's Health Protection at EPA.

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Our children deserve to be protected. Please demand that children's health be taken seriously by the agency charged to protect our families from pollution.

Sincerely,

[Your Name Here]

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