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Find out about the network of Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units

Overview

Mid-America Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit:
Overview

Children and Emergencies:

• Heat Emergencies - Extreme Heat:  Effects to Children and Pregnant Women

• Flood Emergencies - Children's Health and the Aftermath of Floods

• Wildfire Emergencies:  Acute - Health Risks of Wildfires for Children:  Acute Phase

• Wildfire Emergencies: Aftermath - Environmental Hazards for Children in the Aftermath of Wildfires

• Climate Change - Climate Change and the Health of Children

Asthma Links:        
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine:
Environmental Triggers of Asthma

The Facts on BPA:

• Bisphenol A or BPA has many parents wondering if they should stop and think about

  products a lot of us use every day. Jennifer Lowry, MD, Medical Toxicologist, answers

  questions about BPA.  www.childrensmercy.org


Environmental Education Resources Links:
• NIEHS:  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (for publications, funding) www.niehs.nih.gov

• NIOSH website:  www.cdc.gov• CHEC:  Children's Health Environmental Coalition www.checnet.org

• Healthy People 2010 and Environmental Health www.phf.org/EH/

• Mid-Atlantic PEHSU (tutorials) www.health-e-kids.org

• Toxicity and Exposure Assessment for Children's Health (TEACH)
• Environmental Kids Room:  http://www.epa.gov/kids/

Insect Repellents:

How to Use Insect Repellents Safely: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/mosquitoes/insectrp.htm

Lead Links:
Lead - What you need to know about lead poisoning

Lead in Water:  http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/spotlights/leadinwater.htm
Lead in Refugee Children: www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs050120b.htm

Lead (PB) Poisoning - Presentation by Jennifer Lowry, MD

Medication Disposal:

How to Dispose of Unused Medicines - http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/drug_disposal062308.html

Mold Links:
Molds - What you need to know about molds

 

For general information on mold, flooding, EPA mold brochures, and other mold and moisture control related resources see: www.epa.gov/mold.

NEW!   EPA Mold Web Course,  Introduction to Mold and Mold Remediation for Environmental and Public Health Professionals:  www.epa.gov/mold

This web course contains information on mold prevention and remediation.  It is designed primarily for enviornmental and public health professionals.  If you would like to take a short quiz on your current mold knowledge, you can begin with the Pre-Test. The Mold Course has nine chapters; these chapters are further divided into smaller lessons.  At the end of each chapter there is a voluntary quiz to test your understanding of the material covered.  Each chapter may be accessed at any point in the course using the menu on the left side of the page.A print version of the Mold Course can be found at:  http://www.epa.gov/mold/moldcourse/moldcourse.pdf

Mercury Links:

Mercury - Basic Information

Mercury Spills - Cleaning Up Liquid Mercury SpillsFluorescent Light Bulbs - How to Dispose of a  Broken Fluorescent Light Bulb Drugs/Biological Products Containing Mercury - A Partial List of Drugs and Biological Products Containing Mercury
Region 7 Mercury Legislation EPA Region 7's "Mercury:  An Educator's Toolkit"

Methamphetamine Links:

Methamphetamine - What is "Meth"? Children Exposed to Methamphetamine Lab Sites:  Assessment and Treatment Children Exposed to Methamphetamine Lab Sites:  Psychosocial Hazards Methamphetamine:  Partial Bibliography

 
   

 

For general information, send mail to mapehsu@kumc.edu.  For questions or comments about this web site, send mail to mwalker3@kumc.edu.

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