For Healthcare Professionals
Healthcare professionals are uniquely positioned on the front lines of patient care to identify, address, and prevent health issues linked to environmental factors. Healthcare professionals can advocate for and implement preventive measures, ensuring early detection and intervention for conditions caused or exacerbated by environmental hazards.
CEC Resources
Asthma and COPD Triggers at Home
Dot Phrases for EMR Text for a dot phrase to use in your EMR to counsel patients on asthma and COPD triggers in the home and ways to prevent exacerbation.
PFAS Exposure
Dot Phrases for EMR Text for a dot phrase to use in your EMR to counsel patients on PFAS screening and clinical guidance, PFAS and pregnancy, and ways to decrease exposure.
Cleaning Products
Dot Phrase for EMR Text for a dot phrase to use in your EMR to counsel patients on tips for healthy cleaning and how to make healthy cleaning products at home.
Heat and Health
Dot Phrase for EMR Text for a dot phrase to use in your EMR to counsel patients on how heat affects health and provide guidance on how to council your patients to stay safe throughout the summer.
Lead Soil Map
GIS map View our resources on lead, including our lead soil map with over 3,900 soil samples representing 86% of census tracts in Philadelphia.
Lessons Learned on the Road to Environmental Cleanup
Interactive modules This tool tells the stories of three environmental cleanups and assembled lessons learned and strategies that communities, industry, and regulatory authorities can use to navigate this difficult process.
Environmental Health Legislation
Page Get information on the latest environmental health legislation introduced in Pennsylvania and our work on policy initiatives in our target communities.
Tour of the Well Explorer App
Video Playlist This app allows you to find hydraulic fracturing well sites near you and learn about the chemicals used at these sites.External Resources
Environmental Working Group
The Environmental Working Group has several searchable databases for safer consumer cleaning and personal products.
Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and Surveillance (ABLES) Program
The ABLES program collects all blood lead test results of 5 μg/dL or greater for adults 16 years of age or older in PA.
PubChem
Use PubChem to search chemicals by name, molecular formula, structure, and other identifiers. Find chemical and physical properties, biological activities, safety and toxicity information, patents, literature citations and more.
PFAS Analytic Tools
The PFAS Analytic Tools make nationwide data on PFAS testing, reporting, and occurrences accessible to the public. Maintained by EPA, this resource integrates multiple sources of data and creates summaries and visualizations.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
ATSDR conducts public health assessments, educates communities, and provides guidance on the health impacts of hazardous substances. Comprehensive toxicologic profiles are available for many chemicals.
Haz-Map
Haz-Map is a database that provides detailed information on hazardous chemicals and occupational health issues.
Partner with us on a pilot project
The Pilot Project Program is a key component of the CEET and aims to fund new directions in Environmental Health Science, with the goal of advancing research of center members, supporting the careers of junior faculty, attracting new investigators into the field, and promoting community-engaged research.
There are 3 anticipated pilot project deadlines per year (spring, summer, and fall) based on availability of funding.
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