Monday, February 10, 2014

Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units

"With locations at leading academic medical centers across the country, Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs) draw upon and bring together a unique combined expertise of pediatric and occupational environmental medicine in order to improve environmental health for children by:
  • educating health professionals and others about environmental health risks children face
  • consulting with pediatric health care providers on how best to address known or suspected exposures to toxic hazards in the environment, and
  • responding with environmental health guidance, during natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires that impact children..."
Pediatric Environmental Health

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