• About America’s Children and the Environment,Third Edition (ACE3)

  EPA published the third edition of America's Children and the Environment (ACE3) in 2013. ACE3 shows the status and trends of:

  • Environments and Contaminants (contaminants in air, water, food, soil and other environmental conditions),
  • Biomonitoring (chemicals measured in the bodies of children and women), and
  • Health (childhood diseases and health outcomes).

  Learn more about ACE

  Read highlights from the Report

• Frequently Asked Questions

  Find more about the ACE report's purposes, focus, and sources of data.

  View the Frequently Asked Questions

ACE presents indicators (graphs and tables that summarize data from surveys and studies) for children’s environmental health in an easy-to-understand format.

• Environments and Contaminants

  Environmental contaminants or conditions that can affect children's health (outdoor air pollutants, indoor environments, drinking water contaminants, chemicals in food, land contaminants, climate change).

  View the Environments and Contaminants Indicators

• Biomonitoring

  Chemicals measured in the bodies of children and women (lead, mercury, environmental tobacco smoke, PFCs, PCBs, PBDEs, phthalates, BPA, perchlorate).

  View the Biomonitoring Indicators

• Health

  Health effects that may be related to the environment (respiratory illnesses, cancer, neurodevelopmental disorders, obesity, adverse birth outcomes).

  View the Health Indicators

• Supplementary Topics

  Additional topics of environmental concern (birth defects, contaminants in schools and childcare facilities).

  View the Supplementary Topics Measures