California Tracking Program
Website: www.trackingcalifornia.orgexternal icon
Email: info@trackingcalifornia.org
Mission:
The California (CA) Tracking Program’s mission is to mobilize data to improve public health.
Quick Stats:
California is the largest U.S. state, with 40 million people and the world’s fifth largest economy. The state has many environmental challenges that have resulted from economic and population growth, including concerns about water quality, pesticide use, lead exposure, and air quality. California is home to eight of the country’s 10 cities with the worst air pollution according to the American Lung Association’s State of the Air Report.
Milestones:
Important events and achievements of the tracking program
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2001
California passed a law recommending an environmental health tracking program for the state.
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2002
California Tracking Program established with CDC funding.
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2007
Launched the CA Tracking siteexternal icon
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2009
Released Pesticide Mapping Toolexternal icon
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2010
Released Water Boundary Toolexternal icon
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2012
Identified areas of concern for breast cancer around the state
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2014
Published a report on pesticide use near public schoolsexternal icon
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2016
Launched a community air monitoring networkexternal icon at the US-Mexico border
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2017
Published a report on childhood lead poisoningexternal icon
Unique Data:
In addition to the set of standard data collected and displayed by all state and local tracking programs, individual programs may host data that are important to their populations. California hosts unique data important to their population including the following.