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Region 5: Children’s Environmental Health in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin

Choose from the resources below to learn about children’s environmental health hazards in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, and 35 Tribal Nations.

  • EPA Region 5’s children’s health coordinators are Elizabeth Poole (poole.elizabeth@epa.gov) at 312-353-2087 and Alan Walts (walts.alan@epa.gov) 312-353-8894 .
  • Region 5 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit:  Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs) offer local health care providers and parents access to pediatric environmental health expertise. In Region 5, the PEHSU is the Great Lakes Center for Children’s Environmental Health . An affiliated site is the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Pediatric Environmental Health and Lead Clinic .

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Last updated on May 6, 2022
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