The Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental
Health
Mission Statement
The
Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health exists
to promote the environmental health of children in Region 5 (Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota and Wisconsin). The Center aims to
achieve this mission by:
- Providing
clinical evaluation services for children with environmental
illnesses or overexposures
- Serving
as an information resource for health care professionals
and the general public on children's environmental health
issues
- Providing
consultation to public health and environmental agencies
on children's environmental health issues
- Training
pediatricians, environmental and occupational medicine
physicians, medical toxicologists, and other health professionals
in the principles of children's environmental health
- Disseminating
information on children's environmental health through
Medical Grand Rounds, conferences, public education efforts,
and the world wide web
- Conducting
research aimed at preventing children's environmental diseases
- Promoting
sound local, regional, and national policies that protect
children's health and the environment and that promote
environmental justice
- Working
with our partners, including ATSDR, USEPA, and AOEC to
promote children's environmental health nationally and
globally
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