Children's health featured at Emory forum

Metro parents can learn about the links between pollution and children’s health problems at a town hall meeting Monday.

The forum on children’s health is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and local doctors will discuss how toxins in the air and water can cause mental and physical developmental problems for children, along with other health problems.

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