The Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit at Cincinnati Children’s
The Environmental Health and Lead Clinic at Cincinnati Children’s is part of a select group of clinics called Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU).
The network is dedicated to improving the environmental health of children through educational and consultative services to clinicians, health professionals and the community. PEHSU are academically based, typically at university medical centers, and are located across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
The PEHSU Mission
Improve the environmental health of children by:
- Enhancing educational and consultative services to clinicians, health professionals and the community.
- Providing evidence-based information from a network of experts in environmental health.
The PEHSU Vision
The PEHSU network is the globally recognized go to resource for pediatric environmental health expertise for clinicians, health professionals and communities.
Disclaimer and Acknowledgement
This website is (in part) was supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and funded (in part) by the cooperative agreement award number 5 NU61TS000237-05 from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).
Acknowledgement: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supports the PEHSU by providing partial funding to ATSDR under Inter-Agency Agreement number DW-75-95877701. Neither EPA nor ATSDR endorse the purchase of any commercial products or services mentioned in PEHSU publications.
