Great Lakes Centers Home      The Great Lakes Center for Children's Environmental Health was established in 1999 in partnership with the United States Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)and the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to promote and protect children's health through prevention, education, diagnosis and treatment of environmentally related diseases. Our primary area of focus is Region V which includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. We are one of ten Pediatric Environnmental Health Speciality Units across the country dedicated to children's environmental health issues. Our team of health professionals encompass diverse areas of expertise including medical toxicology, pediatrics, occupational/environmental medicine, emergency medicine, pulmonology and developmental pediatrics.