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Background
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SB 702 Expert Working Group on
Environmental Health Tracking
Funding/Partnerships
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California Policy Research Center Policy Brief
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Background
In October
2001, Governor Gray Davis signed the California
Senate Bill 702 (Chapter 538, Statutes of 2001). This bill made
California the first state in the nation to begin planning a statewide
environmental health tracking network for chronic diseases and environmental
hazards and exposures in order to monitor trends in health conditions, such
as asthma, cancer, birth defects, learning disabilities, and neurological
disorders such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, which have suspected links to
environmental exposures.
SB 702 Expert Working Group
SB702 required
the California Department of Health Services (CDHS), in
consultation with the California Environmental Protection
Agency (Cal-EPA) and the University of California, to
establish an
Expert Working Groupcharged with recommending various approaches and costs to
the legislature for developing an Environmental Health
Surveillance System. As mandated by SB702, these experts
have knowledge of the "sensitivity and exposure of children,
women of child-bearing age, seniors, and disparately
affected populations to environmental hazards."
Funding/Partnerships
The California Wellness Foundation and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have funded the Division
of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control, along with its
partners,
Cal/EPA, and the
University of California, to
conduct a series of Expert Working Group meetings.
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