Resources for Health Professionals

Management and Prevention of Childhood Lead Exposure

This webinar provides an overview of lead exposure in children, including sources and impacts. The presentation explains why universal screening fo…

Folic Acid, DNA Methylation, and Childhood Cancer

Dr. Wiemels talks about folic acid (folate), an essential vitamin. Sufficient folate is particularly important during pregnancy when a developing f…

Childhood Cancer & the Environment Program 2025 Annual Report

Overview of Accomplishments: Sowing the Seeds of Change

Management of Lead Exposure During Breastfeeding

View a factsheet with more detailed guidance on the clinical management of lead during breastfeeding (from Region 10). 

Diet and Risks of Childhood Cancers

Childhood Cancer & the Environment Fact Sheet

Environmental Health Resources for School Nurses

Infection, Immune Function and Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma

Safer Spaces: Protecting Student Health on Children’s Environmental Health Day and Every Day

Environmental Health Impacts of Artificial Playing Fields and Rubber Playground Surfaces

Clinician Recommendations Regarding Return of Children to Areas Impacted by Flooding and/or Hurricanes

Children are especially vulnerable to environmental hazards. They eat, drink, and breathe more than adults on a pound for pound basis. Children are…

Uranium in Your Water?

TTHM in Your Water?

Perchlorate In Your Water?

Chemical Exposures and Childhood Cancer Risk

Pesticides and Risk of Childhood Cancers

Health Risks of Wildfires for Children – Acute Phase Guidance for Health Professionals

Wildfires expose children to a number of environmental hazards, e.g., fire, smoke, psychological stress, and the byproducts of combustion of wood, …

Summer 2022 Lecture on Wildfire Smoke and Children’s Health by Stephanie Holm, MD, MPH

The WSPEHSU continues to lead efforts in bringing awareness to wildfires and their continued impact on health. Hosted by the Right Care Initiative….

Outdoor Air Quality Prescription for Prevention

Extreme Weather & Pregnancy

Climate Rx on Heat-Related Illness

Guía sobre plásticos más seguros para los proveedores de servicios de salud

Healthcare Provider Guide to Safer Plastics

Phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA) are man-made chemicals that are known endocrine disruptors. They can affect hormones such as estrogen and testoste…

Outdoor and Indoor Air Pollution and Childhood Cancer

Biology of Carcinogenesis and Childhood Cancer

Descriptive Epidemiology and Biology of Childhood Cancers

Childhood Cancer & the Environment: Prevention Opportunities

In this CHE-Alaska webinar, Dr. Mark Miller, pediatrician and director of the Childhood Cancer & the Environment project, discussed trends in c…

Una historia de salud: El cáncer infantil: La historia de Esteban

Hemos traducido “Una historia de salud sobre el cáncer infantil: La historia de Esteban ” al español para que su valiosa información es…

Los Desastres Naturales

Sweet Alternatives and Health: Guidance for Health Professionals

Low calorie sweeteners (LCS) can be used in certain patient populations. LCS contribute no calories or negligible calories in small quantities. LCS…

Lead in Consumer Products: Insights from New York City and Massachusetts

Boston Children’s Hospital and the New England Region One Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit are offering a monthly online Grand R…

Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) – Emerging Pollutants in New England A White Paper

Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of manmade chemicals in production since the 1940s. They impart temperature resistance, fric…

Safer pest control methods for head lice

Safer pest control methods for head lice

Green Cleaning, Sanitizing and Disinfecting: A Toolkit for Early Care and Education 

The Green Cleaning, Sanitizing and Disinfecting Toolkit presents practical information on how to keep early care and education (ECE) environments c…

Nonstick Nuisance: Medical Monitoring for PFAS Webinar (CMEs available)

Note: people must register with MSU in order to be able to access the video and obtain CMEs (2022).

Medical Monitoring for PFAS Resource List

The list includes links to medical screening guidance, water filters, and more.

Pediatric Environmental Health Radio Episode 2: Childhood Cancer, the Environment and the Role of Community Health Workers

Erica Guerrero, MS, MPAS, PA-C, is a PA (Physician Assistant based in Region 6) in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Texas Tech Health Scienc…

Resources on lead exposures

View Region 5’s many resources on lead exposures by visiting their website.

Investigating Environmental Contamination: A Guide for Communities

The Region 5 PEHSU recently updated  Investigating Environmental Contamination: A Guide for Communities. The guide is for community members who are…

NASEM Report on PFAS Exposure, Testing and Clinical Follow-up

Laura Anderko, PhD, RN, former co-director of the Region 3 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit – the Mid-Atlantic Center for Childr…

Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit

The Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit for healthcare providers is a mobile optimized tool that covers more than 30 environmental health topics…

Free Continuing Medical Education on Wildfires

In 2021 the Western States PEHSU released the newest A Story of Health multimedia eBook chapter “Sofia’s story: Health Effects of Wildf…

Traditional Sources of Lead Exposures in Immigrant Populations

View this factsheet for clinicians on Traditional Sources of Lead Exposures in Immigrant Populations here. 

Management of Lead Exposure During Pregnancy

View a factsheet with more detailed guidance on the clinical management of lead during pregnancy (from Region 10). 

eLearning Courses on Lead

View eLearning courses on lead here from the PEHSU National Classroom. 

Smoking: Prescription for Prevention

Secondhand Smoke: Prescription for Prevention

Recommendations on Management of Childhood Lead Exposure

Lead exposure continues to be a significant public health concern in the United States. While primary prevention is the optimal approach to address…

Prescription for Prevention on Indoor Air Pollution

Did you know…People spend about 90% of their time indoors where the air is usually 2-5 times more polluted than outdoor air.

A Story of Health—Childhood Cancer: Stephen’s Story -Childhood Cancer and the Environment

A Story of Health—Childhood Cancer: Stephen’s Story is one of six FREE educational e-Book chapters /CE courses that we’ve created fo…

Plastics and Children’s Health

This Grand Rounds explores children’s heightened vulnerability to plastics throughout their lifecycle; examines the clinical and mechanistic impact…

Drinking Water from Private Wells: Risks, Barriers, and Environmental Challenge

Passcode: PXf8HZk& (Region 1)

Environmental Health: Risks, Responses, and Resilience

Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN, Professor & Co-Director for the Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment an…

Heat Index and Health Effects of Extreme Weather

Presented by: Scott B. Crawford, M.D., FACEP, FSSH, CHSOS, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine; Executive Director, Training and …

Heavy metals in baby foods and fruit juices

Reports of heavy metals in baby foods and fruit juices have been featured in news headlines across the United States, leaving families concerned ab…

Dr. Stephanie Holm: Wildfire smoke and children’s health

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