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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention forms the Center for Environmental Health.

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It is the first federal agency to focus on the environment as an indicator for health. It focuses on: "preventing disability, disease, and death due to environmental factors" (CDC, 2009), such as water, air, food, and soil. One central achievement is its focus on the impacts of lead from the environment on children's health.