Parents & Families
Environmental exposures can take place at home, at work, indoors, outdoors, and through our food or drink. On this page, you can find information about how to protect yourself and your family from environmental exposures.
Exposure and Health Materials:
- Brochures about environmental health concerns and tips on how to protect yourself and your family.
- Try out our Prenatal Environmental Health Kiosk! This interactive, self-guided computer program teaches pregnant women about reducing their exposure to environmental chemical. Currently available only in Spanish. (English coming soon!)
- Click here or on the icon to go directly to the Kiosk.
- CERCH offers presentations and trainings on topics such as household safety, pesticide exposure prevention, and many more.
- For a complete listing of presentations and trainings, click here.
- Request a presentation by filling out our presentation request web form or calling the CHAMACOS Field Office in Salinas, CA (831.759.6548).
- Click to view maps of the Salinas Valley agricultural region’s recent pesticide usage levels. Data from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation.
- Visit the Children and Teens page to find age-appropriate, fun and educational resources for children and youth.
- Young people make great advocates for environmental exposure prevention for themselves, their families and their friends. We are pleased to help children build a foundation of knowledge about children’s environmental health in fun and engaging ways, such as:
- Interactive displays at community events:
- The CHAMACOS booth offers face painting and prizes for playing the colorful, fun and age-appropriate Prize Wheel children’s environmental health trivia game
- Youth Community Council (click here to learn more)
- Puppet Show for Children
- The puppet show is a multimedia, interactive presentation for children aged 6-8 years about environmental health and exposure prevention in daily-life situations.
- Children interact with the puppets and learn to identify environmental hazards and about basic exposure prevention.
- 3 Main Topics covered: 1) pesticide exposures, 2) possible health effects of exposure, and 3) practical prevention strategies like washing hands, and strategies specific to having farmworker parents, when applicable.
- Interactive displays at community events:
- The Seed Newsletter: To learn about past study activities and findings, see our archive of The Seed/La Semilla, CHAMACOS’ newsletter:
- Volume I (The Seed/La Semilla – 2002- combined Spanish and English)
- Volume II (The Seed – 2005) ♦ (La Semilla – 2005)
- Volume III (The Seed – 2007) ♦ (La Semilla – 2007)
- Volume IV (The Seed – 2008) ♦ (La Semilla – 2008)
- Volume V (The Seed – Spring 2010) ♦ (La Semilla – Primavera 2010)
- Volume VI (The Seed – Fall 2010) ♦ (La Semilla – Otoño 2010)
- Volume VII (The Seed – Fall 2011) ♦ (La Semilla – Otoño 2011)
- Volume VIII (The Seed June 2012- La Semilla Junio 2012)
- Volume IX (The Seed Nov. 2012- La Semilla Nov. 2012)
- CERCH also sends out an eNewsletter with updates on the latest CERCH activities and findings. Sign up to receive our eNewsletter using the signup box in the right hand column of this website, or email (CERCH dot newsletter at berkeley dot edu) with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line.
Links:
- National Institute of Environmental Health Science’s Pesticide Page
- Educational resource to learn about, and how to protect yourself from pesticides
- Pediatric Env. Health Specialty Unit, UCSF
- This page contains links to information for families on how children can be impacted by their environment. The PEHSU network has developed factsheets on specific environmental hazards with recommendations for protecting children. There are videos and links to other educational resources to find out more about environmental hazards and children’s unique vulnerabilities.
| Contact the CERCH Outreach Coordinator: Daniel Madrigal, MPH dsmadrigal@berkeley.edu 510-642-9508 |
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