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The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment (MACCHE)

The Mid-Atlantic Center for Children’s Health and the Environment (MACCHE) is one of ten pediatric environmental health specialty units in the US. It is based
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       Mercury
      
 Arsenic poisoning 
       
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at Children's National Medical Center and serves Washington, DC, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Delaware, and West Virginia. MACCHE is funded by the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) through a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

At MACCHE, we are dedicated to informing health professionals, parents, caregivers, and concerned citizens about children and their specific needs and risks associated with environmental health.  Our team is comprised of Jerome Paulson, MD, FAAP, Kevin Osterhoudt, MD, MSCE, FAAP, FACMT, and Veronica Tinney.


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For More Information, please contact:

Mid-Atlantic Center for Children's Health and the Environment
2233 Wisconsin Ave., NW Suite 317 
Washington, DC 20007 
E-mail: macche@childrensnational.org
Phone: 202-471-4829
Toll free: 1-866-622-2431 



MACCHE News and Upcoming Events
 Dr. Jerome Paulson was featured in the Washington Report of the American Academy of Pediatrics News regarding climate change and chemical policy reforms.  Read more.
  Dr. Jerome Paulson serves on the Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  Read his comments on EPA Administrator Nominee Gina McCarthy.
  Dr. Jerome Paulson was featured in The Patriot-News on environmentally related asthma and allergies. Read more.
  Dr. Jerome Paulson explains why children are susceptible to risks from exposure to toxic chemicals in the Chicago Tribune.  Read more.
  Dr. Jerome Paulson was featured in a New York Times article on new parents purging their homes of toxins. Read more.
Upcoming Events
  Environmental Management of Pediatric Asthma for Nurses
Date: Saturday, May 11, 2013
Time: 12:30-4:00pm
Location: Ammon Education Center, Christiana Hospital
Room 14
Cost: Free
Contact Hours: 3.25
Register now!

  Children's Health and the Environment
Date: Wednesday May 29th, 2013
Time: 3:30-5:00pm,
Location: The George Washington University
Classroom TBD, Webinar Option Available
Registration: Required, opening soon, check back for more information



These web pages were 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.



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