Research Regarding Children's Environmental Health

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The selected research papers and commentaries below highlight important issues related to children’s environmental health. This is a short list and there are many other research areas related to children’s environmental health, however we have selected a few impactful papers to show the breadth and depth of the research.

Suk, W. A., Ruchirawat, K. M., Balakrishnan, K., Berger, M., Carpenter, D., Damstra, T., de Garbino, J. P., Koh, D., Landrigan, P. J., Makalinao, I., Sly, P. D., Xu, Y., & Zheng, B. S. (2003). Environmental threats to children's health in Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Environmental health perspectives, 111(10), 1340–1347. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.6059

Heacock, M., Kelly, C. B., Asante, K. A., Birnbaum, L. S., Bergman, Å. L., Bruné, M. N., Buka, I., Carpenter, D. O., Chen, A., Huo, X., Kamel, M., Landrigan, P. J., Magalini, F., Diaz-Barriga, F., Neira, M., Omar, M., Pascale, A., Ruchirawat, M., Sly, L., Sly, P. D., … Suk, W. A. (2016). E-Waste and Harm to Vulnerable Populations: A Growing Global Problem. Environmental health perspectives, 124(5), 550–555. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1509699

Suk, W. A., Ahanchian, H., Asante, K. A., Carpenter, D. O., Diaz-Barriga, F., Ha, E. H., Huo, X., King, M., Ruchirawat, M., da Silva, E. R., Sly, L., Sly, P. D., Stein, R. T., van den Berg, M., Zar, H., & Landrigan, P. J. (2016). Environmental Pollution: An Under-recognized Threat to Children's Health, Especially in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Environmental health perspectives, 124(3), A41–A45. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1510517

Sly, P. D., Arphacharus, N., Aung, W. P., Coleman, G. W., Gamble, M. V., Graziano, J., Hai, D. N., Henshaw, D. L., Navasumrit, P., Ravichandran, B., Ruchirawat, M., Suk, W. A., & Tshering, U. South-East Asian Children’s Environmental Health: networking to improve health outcomes. (2017). Bhutan Health Journal, 3(2), 15-18. https://doi.org/10.47811/bhj.48

Trottier, B. & Settachan, D. (2020). Common issues related to children’s environmental health in the Asia-Pacific region. Reviews on Environmental Health, 35(1), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2019-0076

Suk, W. & Ruchirawat, M. (2020). Challenges in children’s environmental health in the Asia-Pacific region. Reviews on Environmental Health, 35(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2019-0080

Suk W. A. (2022). Invited Perspective: Integrating Data Reveals Benefits of Remediation for Children's Exposure to Hazardous Substances. Environmental health perspectives, 130(3), 31301. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP10594

Ait Bamai, Y., & Kishi, R. (2026). Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, 146(4), 277–284. https://doi.org/10.1248/yakushi.25-00161-1

Vázquez-Euán, R., Pérez-Herrera, N., & Perera-Rios, J. (2026). Environmental microbiota as a regulator of children's health: a one health perspective. International journal of environmental health research, 36(5), 1056–1067. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2025.2558204

Zhang, M., & Meng, X. (2025). School built environment and children's health: a scientometric analysis. Reviews on environmental health, 40(2), 465–480. https://doi.org/10.1515/reveh-2024-0137

Trasande, L., Đorđević, A. B., & Fernandez, M. O. (2025). The effects of plastic exposures on children's health and urgent opportunities for prevention. The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 9(11), 796–807. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00212-3

Fuchs G. J., 3rd (2025). Global Child Nutrition. Gastroenterology clinics of North America, 54(4), 681–697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gtc.2025.08.008

Bonthrone, A. F., Piyasena, C., & Counsell, S. J. (2025). The Effects of Climate Change on Children's Health. Pediatric clinics of North America, 72(5), 991–1001. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcl.2025.05.010

Fuller, R., Landrigan, P. J., Balakrishnan, K., Bathan, G., Bose-O'Reilly, S., Brauer, M., Caravanos, J., Chiles, T., Cohen, A., Corra, L., Cropper, M., Ferraro, G., Hanna, J., Hanrahan, D., Hu, H., Hunter, D., Janata, G., Kupka, R., Lanphear, B., Lichtveld, M., … Yan, C. (2022). Pollution and health: a progress update. The Lancet. Planetary health, 6(6), e535–e547. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00090-0

Landrigan, P. J., Raps, H., Cropper, M., Bald, C., Brunner, M., Canonizado, E. M., Charles, D., Chiles, T. C., Donohue, M. J., Enck, J., Fenichel, P., Fleming, L. E., Ferrier-Pages, C., Fordham, R., Gozt, A., Griffin, C., Hahn, M. E., Haryanto, B., Hixson, R., Ianelli, H., … Dunlop, S. (2023). The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health. Annals of global health, 89(1), 23. https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.4056

Lebbie, T. S., Moyebi, O. D., Asante, K. A., Fobil, J., Brune-Drisse, M. N., Suk, W. A., Sly, P. D., Gorman, J., & Carpenter, D. O. (2021). E-Waste in Africa: A Serious Threat to the Health of Children. International journal of environmental research and public health, 18(16), 8488. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168488

Intarasunanont, P., Navasumrit, P., Waraprasit, S., Chaisatra, K., Suk, W. A., Mahidol, C., & Ruchirawat, M. (2012). Effects of arsenic exposure on DNA methylation in cord blood samples from newborn babies and in a human lymphoblast cell line. Environmental health : a global access science source, 11, 31. https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-11-31

Navasumrit, P., Chaisatra, K., Promvijit, J., Parnlob, V., Waraprasit, S., Chompoobut, C., Binh, T. T., Hai, D. N., Bao, N. D., Hai, N. K., Kim, K. W., Samson, L. D., Graziano, J. H., Mahidol, C., & Ruchirawat, M. (2019). Exposure to arsenic in utero is associated with various types of DNA damage and micronuclei in newborns: a birth cohort study. Environmental health : a global access science source, 18(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-019-0481-7

Principi, N., Argentiero, A., Campana, B. R., Seferi, H., Cinti, E., & Esposito, S. (2025). Plastic Pollution and Child Health: A Narrative Review of Micro- and Nanoplastics, Additives, and Developmental Risks. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(23), 8399. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14238399

Yu, G., Wu, L., Su, Q., Ji, X., Zhou, J., Wu, S., Tang, Y., & Li, H. (2024). Neurotoxic effects of heavy metal pollutants in the environment: Focusing on epigenetic mechanisms. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987), 345, 123563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123563

Nobili, C., Riccò, M., Piglia, G., & Manzoni, P. (2025). Impact of Climate Change and Air Pollution on Bronchiolitis: A Narrative Review Bridging Environmental and Clinical Insights. Pathogens, 14(7), 690. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14070690