The Mid-America Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (MAPEHSU) is one of 13 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSUs) located in the continental United States and in Canada and Mexico.

The PEHSU Program was established in 1998 by the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC). The goal of the PEHSU Program is to increase awareness and knowledge of pediatric environmental health.

PEHSU sites receive their funding from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-Region 7 (EPA-7). Funds are administered through the AOEC.

The objective of the PEHSU Program is to increase the knowledge base of pediatric environmental medicine for health professionals by providing a forum for knowledge sharing and collaboration between environmental specialists and pediatricians.

The AOEC is a network of more than 60 clinics in the United States and Canada that evaluate and treat patients with occupational and environmental exposures. The AOEC is responsible for the overall management of PEHSU activities.

This website was supported by the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) and funded (in part) by the cooperative agreement award number 1U61TS000118-03 from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR).

Acknowledgement: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supports the PEHSU by providing funds to ATSDR under Inter-Agency Agreement number DW-75-92301301-0. Neither EPA nor ATSDR endorse the purchase of any commercial products or services mentioned in PEHSU publications.