Resource Library

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

Plan de Acción Ante el Humo de los Incendios Forestales: Kit de Herramientas para Cuidadores

Wildfire Smoke Action Plan for Children with Asthma: Caregiver Toolkit

Plan de Acción ante el Humo de los Incendios Forestales Para los Niños con Asma

Wildfire Smoke Action Plan for Children with Asthma

Management of Lead Exposure During Breastfeeding

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

Identifying & Caring for Lead-Exposed Children: The Basics for Health Care Providers

Blood Lead Testing Guidance for Refugees & Other Newcomer Youth Resettled to the U.S.

Sources of Lead in Our Environments & Practical Tips to Prevent Exposure

Lead 101 for Families with Young Children

Deteccion y Proteccion: Un Libro de Actividades Sobre el Plomo

Detect and Protect: A Lead Safety Activity Book

Diet and Risks of Childhood Cancers

Prescripción para Prevención: Moho

El moho depende de la humedad para crecer. El moho puede provocar asma y alergias.

Childhood Cancer & the Environment Fact Sheet

Happy, healthy, lead-free me!

Lead is a poison that harms nearly every part of a child’s body, especially the brain. Simple steps can help keep your child lead-safe.

Yo soy feliz, sano, y libre de plomo!

El plomo es un veneno que daña casi todas las partes del cuerpo de un niño, especialmente el cerebro. Unos pasos sencillos pueden ayudar a mantener…

Kontan, an sante, epi mwensan plon!

Plon se yon pwazon ki nuizib pou prèske chak pati nan kò yon timoun, espesyalman sèvo a. Kèk etap senp kapab ede kenbe pitit ou san plon.

Pesticidas seguros para controlar plagas

CÓMO ELEGIR UN PESTICIDA SEGURO PARA CONTROLAR PLAGAS

Cenizas de carbón y salud de la niñez

Humo y La Salud de Su Familia (para las Islas Vírgenes EEUU)

Regresando a la Escuela y a los Centros de Cuidado Infantil Después de un Huracán de Forma Segura

Cuestionario Sobre Posibles Exposiciones Ambientales

Durante un terremoto

Antes de un terremoto

Tormentas de Polvo

Boletín informativo sobre el humo de incendios la salud de los niños

Mascarillas para proteger a los niños y mujeres embarazadas contra el humo de incendio forestal

Infografía sobre el humo de incendio forestal

Clima Extremo

El cambio climático aumenta la intensidad y frecuencia de las tormentas tropicales, los huracanes y las olas de calor. Estos eventos climáticos ext…

Cuidados en los Días de Calor Extremo para niños

Cuando hace calor, los niños tienen mayor riesgo de deshidratarse que los adultos.

Cuidados en los Días de Calor Extremo para atletas

Cuidados en los Días de Calor Extremo durante el embarazo

Sobrecalentarse, especialmente en el primer trimestre, pueden tener efectos sobre la salud del bebé.

Cuidados en los Días de Calor Extremo para bebés

Cuando hace calor, los niños tienen mayor riesgo de deshidratarse que los adultos.

Agua de Pozos Privados 

Conozca los hechos sobre cómo reducir el riesgo del cáncer infantil (Flip Book)

Conozca los hechos sobre cómo reducir el riesgo del cáncer infantil (PowerPoint)

Cómo los plaguicidas entran a nuestros cuerpos

Conozca los hechos sobre el cáncer infantil (Fact Sheet)

Podemos reducir el riesgo del cáncer infantil y otras enfermedades limitando la exposición de los niños a sustancias peligrosas en el medio ambient…

La Historia del Plomo

El misterioso caso del plomo sigue a Pepín mientras aprende acerca del plomo, los lugares donde se puede encontrar y el posible impacto a la salud …

Metales pesados en los alimentos para bebés

El Plomo

Pintura a Base de Plomo

Reducción de la exposición al plomo en la infancia: nutrición

Este video forma parte de la serie “Reducción de la exposición infantil al plomo”. Se centra en la nutrición y en cómo una alimentación…

Reducir la exposición al plomo en la infancia: dejar el plomo en la puerta

Este video forma parte de la serie “Reducción de la exposición al plomo en la infancia”. En él, aprenderá por qué es importante dejar l…

Reducir la exposición al plomo en la infancia: lavarse las manos y los juguetes

Este video forma parte de la serie “Reducción de la exposición al plomo en la infancia”. En él, aprenderá a lavarse las manos y lavarse…

Reducción de la exposición al plomo en la infancia: trapeador húmedo y polvo

Este video forma parte de la serie “Reducción de la exposición al plomo en la infancia”. En él, aprenderá a limpiar para reducir la exp…

Reducción de la exposición al plomo en la infancia: pintura descascarada

Introducción a la reducción de la exposición al plomo en la infancia

Reducing Childhood Lead Exposures: Nutrition

This video is part of the Reducing Childhood Lead Exposures video series. This video focuses on nutrition and how well balanced meals can help redu…

Reducing Childhood Lead Exposure: Leave Shoes at the Door

This video is part of the Reducing Childhood Lead Exposures video series. In this video, you will learn why it is important to leave shoes and dirt…

Reducing Childhood Lead Exposures: Wash Toys and Hands Frequently

This video is part of the Reducing Childhood Lead Exposures video series. In this video, you will learn about washing hands and toys frequently.

Reducing Childhood Lead Exposures: Damp Mop and Dust

This video is part of the Reducing Childhood Lead Exposures video series. In this video, you will learn how to clean to reduce lead exposures.

Reducing Childhood Lead Exposures: Peeling Paint

This video is part of the Reducing Childhood Lead Exposures video series. In this video, you will learn how to protect your home from peeling lead …

Introduction to Reducing Childhood Lead Exposure

This video is part of the Reducing Childhood Lead Exposures video series. In this video, you will be learn how children are exposed to lead.

Environmental Health Resources for School Nurses

Magic in the Wild Coloring Book

A coloring book to encourage children to think about the interconnectedness of the world around them.

Healthy Schools: Know Your Air Quality

Healthier Cleaning Supplies and Practices to Protect Children’s Health

Breaking the Chain of Infection to Protect Children’s Health

Healthier Cleaning Product Selection to Protect Children’s Health

Healthier Indoor Air, Ventilation and Filtration to Improve Children’s Health

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

How to Read a Cleaning/Disinfecting Product Label

What’s the Problem With Bleach?

What’s So Great About Microfiber?

Ten Reasons to Have a Green Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting Program in Your ECE Facility

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

Green Cleaning, Sanitizing, and Disinfecting: A Curriculum for Early Care and Education (Second Edition)

Hand Washing (Early Childcare)

Hazard Communication in Early Childcare Education

Breaking the Chain of Infection in Early Care and Education

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

A Healthy Homes Resource Guide for Families

Healthy Homes: Identifying and Reducing Asthma and Allergy Triggers in the Home

Healthy Schools: Mercury Quick Facts for School Nurses

Healthy Schools: Ventilation in Schools

Healthy Schools: HVAC Systems: Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

Healthy Housing: Outdoor Lead Exposure

Healthy Housing: Keep it Safe

Healthy Housing: Keep it Ventilated

Healthy Housing: Keep it Maintained

Healthy Housing: Keep it Pest Free

Healthy Housing: Keep it Dry

Healthy Housing: Keep it Comfortable

Healthy Housing: Keep it Clean

Healthy Housing: Keep it Contaminant-Free

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, …

Protecting Children from Wildfire Smoke in the Pacific Southwest

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

Heat Stress and Health

Keep Kids Healthy by Preparing for a Natural Disaster

Flood Ready Part 2: Owly explains flood risks for children

Flood Ready Part 1: Owly explains flood risks for children

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…

Información Sobre el Cáncer Infantil de WPEHSU

Leucemia con Dra Aurora Medina Sanson

La Importancia de una Nutrición Adecuada para Prevenir Enfermedades

Nutrición y Riesgos de los Pesticidas y Disolventes/COV

Information on Childhood Cancer from WSPEHSU

Nutrition and Risks of Pesticides and Solvents/VOCs

The Importance of Proper Nutrition in Preventing Disease

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…

Evitar la Exposición a Pesticidas

Avoiding Exposure to Pesticides

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

Amor en el Tiempo de los Tóxicos 

Rosa y Carlos Se Casan

Protección Solar

Sun Safety

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…

PFAS and health factsheet

Protecting yourself, your family, and your community from exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

PFAS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Learn more about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances & how to stay safe from possible contamination.

PFAS Drinking Water Standards in New England

Keeping PFAS Off Your Plate

PFAS are a category of chemicals that are harmful to human health. We can come into contact with PFAS through our diets. Learn more about the steps…

Rx for Prevention: Safer Pest Control

Pests in Your Home

Do you have cockroaches, mice, rats, ants, bedbugs or other pests in your home? Dust or droppings from these indoor pests can worsen allergies, ast…

Rx for Prevention: Mold

Tips for a Healthy Home Humidity in the home

Humidity is the amount of water or moisture in the air. It can affect your child’s health in many ways, especially if they have asthma or allergies.

Mold in Your Home

Mold is a fungus that grows in areas where there is water, dampness or high humidity. It can cause a musty and sour smell. Mold may be found in bat…

Rx for Prevention: Lead Paint

Lead paint dust in older homes is the main way children are exposed to lead. Even low levels of lead can affect a child’s learning and behavi…

Extreme Heat Safety for Athletes

View the full resource by clicking on View Resource to the right.

Extreme Heat Safety during Pregnancy

It is harder for pregnant women to stay cool during hot days. Overheating – especially during the first trimester – can have health eff…

Extreme Heat Safety for Children

Extreme heat days are becoming more common. When it’s hot, children are more in danger than adults of becoming dehydrated.

Extreme Heat Safety for Babies

Extreme heat days are becoming more common. When it’s hot, babies are more in danger than adults of becoming dehydrated. View the full resource by …

Climate Rx on Extreme Weather

Extreme weather events are a health risk for child safety, physical and emotional health. View the full resource by clicking on View Resource to th…

Natural Disasters

Unique Vulnerabilities During Pregnancy handout

Childhood Leukemia & the Environment

Improving Environmental Health Literacy of Young Adults

A project of the Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and the Environment (CIRCLE) Community Outreach and Translation Core (COTC) …

Childhood Cancer & the Environment

El Humo y La Salud de Su Familia

El humo de los incendios forestales, estufas de leña o pellet, quemas agrícolas e incendios planeados pueden dañar la salud y el bienestar de sus h…

Is the Air Safe to Play?

This NW PEHSU infographic offers practical activity guidance during times of poor air quality. 

Recognizing Acute Pesticide Poisoning in Children

This NW PEHSU factsheet is for healthcare providers interested in learning about early recognition of acute pesticide poisoning, clinical managemen…

UW Medicine Webinar: Smokey Air Threatens Children’s Health

In this short video, Dr. Catherine Karr talks about how wildfire smoke can affect a child’s health and describes simple steps for families to take …

Bureaucratic Barriers to Clean Environment for Native Americans Don’t Hold Water

The Mountain West is known for its panoramic views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. But beneath the picturesque landscape lies major envir…

Arsenic fact sheet

Arsenic Is Dangerous To Children… All poisons can affect children differently. Infants and young children are more likely to place contaminated obj…

Sun Exposure & Children

The Sun Can Be Harmful… Children have thinner, more sensitive skin that is easily damaged by the harmful ultraviolet (UV) light of the sum. Childre…

Asthma: What Is It?

Asthma is a lung disease that can make it hard to breathe. Asthma cannot be cured. You have asthma even when you feel fine and your asthma can get …

Healthy Schools: Improving Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Health

This short video provides information on how to improve indoor air quality in school buildings and classrooms.

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).

Radon awareness—the hidden danger

Environmental Health Guide for Renters

A Healthy Homes resource guide for families

A Healthy Homes resource guide for families – 8 principles to help improve your home’s health and safety. 

Got Lead? Don’t Panic!

The following information provides some practical and safe ways to clean to protect you and your family.

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…

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Children: Guidance for Disaster Events

Disaster events such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and snow storms often lead to electrical power losses, searches for alternative ways to heat, cook…

Healthcare Provider Hurricane Preparedness

Responding to Benton Harbor: a public health overview of lead exposures

Susan Buchanan, MD, with the UIC School of Public Health and the Great Lakes Center for Reproductive and Children’s Environmental Health offe…

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…

Green Cleaning Factsheet

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…

LeadRx for Massachusetts (Haitian Creole)

Resous Edikasyon Adapte pou Redui Ekspozisyon Plon ak Swen pou Timoun, Moun Ansent ak Fanmi Edisyon Massachusetts (Kreyòl Ayisyen)

El Plomo en Massachusetts

Recursos educativos personalizados para reducir la exposición al plomo y cuidar a niños, mujeres embarazadas y familias Edición de Massachusetts (e…

LeadRx for Massachusetts (English)

Tailored Educational Resources to Reduce Lead Exposure and Care for Children, Pregnant Individuals and Families Massachusetts Edition (English)

Lead paint factsheet (Rx for Prevention)

Lead-contaminated paint dust is the most common source of childhood lead exposure. There is no safe level of lead in our bodies. Lead can affect yo…

Lead factsheet (Rx for Prevention)

Lead-contaminated paint dust is the most common source of childhood lead exposure. There is no safe level of lead in our bodies. Lead can affect yo…

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. 

Vaping & E-Cigarettes: Prescription for Prevention

Smoking: Prescription for Prevention

Secondhand Smoke: Prescription for Prevention

Radon

Second Hand Smoke and E-Cigarettes

Carbon Monoxide

Air Quality & Allergens in Your Home

Poor air quality impacts our health. Children and people with medicalconditions that affect breathing, like asthma, are at a higher risk.Depending …

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…

Wildfire Smoke Factsheet

Children are especially vulnerable tohealth effects during wildfires due to theirdeveloping lungs and other factors. View the full factsheet by cli…

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.

Wildfires and Mask Use

Wildfire season is growing and wildfires are becoming more severe and frequent because of climate change. Using appropriate masks correctly is an i…

Protecting Kids from Wildfire Smoke: Actions for CA Schools

Childhood Cancer & the Environment Science and Community Outreach/Social Media Videos

We have recorded a series of four-10-minute science videos and four very short animated videos for use on social media and in presentations to comm…

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…

Community Outreach and Education Tools – Childhood Cancer and the Environment

Childhood Cancer & the Environment trainings and materials have been developed to help community health workers/promotores de salud e…

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

Tabaquismo

Asbestos factsheet (Prescription for Prevention)