Cancer & Environment Forum 2025: Resources

Pediatrics: 

  1. Childhood Cancer and the Environment: Western States PEHSU, with links to fact sheets and additional resources.
  2. Training and Continuing Education: Western States PEHSU
  3. New York State Prescriptions for Prevention: New York State Children’s Environmental Health Centers, “NYSCHECK”, for use in the clinic to direct patients to resources and steps they can take to reduce harmful exposures, not cancer specific but many of the exposures are associated with cancer.

Prenatal Exposures: 

  1. Reducing Prenatal Exposure to Toxic Environmental Agents (ACOG Committee Opinion, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2021)
  2. Lead Screening During Pregnancy and Lactation (ACOG Committee Opinion, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2012)
  3. MotherToBaby: Information service of OTIS for public health professionals that provides free counseling related to risks associated with environmental exposures and medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
  4. SafetyNEST: Resource for patients and health professionals to create safer environments for pregnant people and new parents. Partners with scientists and doctors from UCSF, Mount Sinai, and other reputable institutions to created evidence-based practical guidance for families.

PFAS: 

  1. PFAS Exchange: Resources for clinicians, including CME course on PFAS.
  2. Guidance on PFAS Exposure, Testing, and Clinical Follow-Up: Guidance from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) includes health and cancer screening recommendations based on blood levels of PFAS from the NASEM report.
  3. CDC Clinical Guidance on PFAS: Guidance on when to test and cancer screenings.