IKE's Five Year Goals

Goes beyond minimum standards with a right-to-know approach that helps parents and the public understand the threats to children and take appropriate action. This communication is especially important where a potentially serious environmental health threat is poorly understood or where there are significant gaps in our understanding of the threat.

Under this approach, the organization that is involved in creating the threat needs to take on the responsibility of effectively communicating the nature of the threat to parents and the public and recommend realistic methods to minimize the threat in clear and understandable terms. The government needs to monitor the communication, evaluate how effective, clear and understandable it is, and provide context and summaries for parents and the public.

1. Quickly translates into action the science of children’s environmental health, especially in the critical areas of asthma, cancer, neurological and developmental disorders, and reproductive disorders.
2. Reconnects our environmental programs with our health goals, especially our state children’s health goals, and adjust environmental activities to more closely achieve those goals.
3. Goes beyond minimum standards with a right-to-know approach that helps parents and the public understand the threats to children and take appropriate action.

Under this approach, the organization that is involved in creating the threat needs to take on the responsibility of effectively communicating the nature of the threat to parents and the public and recommend realistic methods to address the threat. The government needs to monitor the effectiveness of the communication and provide context and summaries for parents and the public.