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Bush extends Task Force on Environmental risks to children
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President George W. Bush issued an Executive Order last week to extend the Task Force on Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children.
President Bill Clinton, who directed each federal agency to make it a high priority to identify, assess, and address children's environmental health and safety risks established the Task Force in April 1997.
"Children represent 25 percent of our population, but 100 percent of our future," said U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Admin...