Environmental Health & Climate Change

Healthy Homes - Information on home related house issues in Maine such as lead poisoning, carbon monoxide poisoning, mold, well-water safety, emergency preparedness, and more.

Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) - Check out recalled products, sign up for online newsletter, report unsafe products. CPSC also has a special section geared to kids and parents. This section is devoted to safety issues for children on bike helmets, scooters, etc.

Consumer Safety - ConsumerSafety.org strives to make information about recalls and safety-related news about drugs, medical devices, food, and consumer products accessible to everyone in a transparent, easily understandable way.

National Fire Protection Association - Information on keeping safe from fire and related hazards

Climate Change and Pediatric Health:
 

• Climate Change (AAP resource page)
• A Pediatrician's Guide to Climate Change-Informed Primary Care (Current Problems in Pediatric and Adolescent Health Care)
• Climate Change and Children's Health Policy Roundup (President's Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children)
• Climate Change and Children's Health (US Environmental Protection Agency)
• Module: The Changing Climate and Children's Health (PEHSU)

Communicating with Patients on Climate Change and Health
 

• Let's Talk Health & Climate: Communication Guidance for Health Professionals (Climate for Health)
• Communicating on Climate and Health: Toolkit for Health Professionals (World Health Organization)

Extreme Heat
 

• Extreme Heat: Tips to Keep Kids Safe when Temperatures Soar (HealthyChildren.org)
• Extreme Heat Risks for Children (Climate Central)
• Extreme Heat (Children's Environmental Health Collaborative / Unicef)

Respiratory Health

• Extreme Allergies and Climate Change (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America)
• Climate Change, Fossil-Fuel Pollution, and Children's Health (New England Journal of Medicine)

Mental Health

• Climate Change and Children's Health: Mental Health (Climate Central)
• Mental health and our changing climate: Children and youth report (American Psychological Association)

Natural Disasters

• Disaster Preparedness Resources for Families (AAP)
• Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients' Health (US Environmental Protection Agency)

Vector-Borne Illness

• Tickborne Diseases of the United States: A Reference Manual for Healthcare Providers (CDC)
• Maine AAP Fact Sheet - Ticks
• Maine AAP Fact Sheet - Mosquitos
• Lyme Disease (Maine CDC)
• Suggested Reporting Language, Interpretation and Guidance for Lyme Disease Serologic Test Results (Association of Public Health Laboratories)
• Mosquito-borne Diseases (Maine CDC)

Planetary Health Diet

• EAT-Lancet Commission Brief for Healthcare Professionals (EAT)
• Plate and the Planet (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)