Resource Library

Asbestos factsheet (Prescription for Prevention)

Rx for Prevention: Smoking (Español: Tabaquismo)

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…

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…

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

Passcode: PXf8HZk& (Region 1)

Plastics and Children’s Health

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

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…

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…

Protecting Kids from Wildfire Smoke: Actions for CA Schools

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.

Wildfire Smoke Factsheet

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

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 …

Carbon Monoxide

Second Hand Smoke and E-Cigarettes

Radon

Secondhand Smoke: Prescription for Prevention

Smoking: Prescription for Prevention

Vaping & E-Cigarettes: Prescription for Prevention

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…

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…

LeadRx for Massachusetts (English)

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

LeadRx for Massachusetts (Spanish)

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

LeadRx for Massachusetts (Haitian Creole)

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

Green Cleaning Factsheet

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…

Resources on lead exposures

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

Healthcare Provider Hurricane Preparedness

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…

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…

Medical Monitoring for PFAS Resource List

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

Got Lead? Don’t Panic!

If your home was built on or near heavy-metal mining or smelting waste, if your home was built before 1978 or you know or suspect that there is Lea…

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 

Environmental Health Guide for Renters

Radon awareness—the hidden danger

Healthy Schools: Improving Indoor Air Quality and Environmental Health

This short video provides information on how to improve indoor air quality in school building s and classrooms by informing the audience on transmi…

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 …

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…

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…

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…

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 …

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…

Is the Air Safe to Play?

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

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…

Childhood Cancer & 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 Leukemia & the Environment

Unique Vulnerabilities During Pregnancy handout

Natural Disasters

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…

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 …

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 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 Athletes

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

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…

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…

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.

Rx for Prevention: Mold

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: Safer Pest Control

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…

PFAS Drinking Water Standards in New England

PFAS Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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

PFAS and health factsheet

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