The development of pediatric environmental medicine can be traced back to events such as lead poisoning in household paint in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, ionizing radiation from atomic bomb explosions, and fetal limb abnormalities and vaginal tumors caused by drug use during pregnancy. The Minamata disease in Japan, oil disease in Taiwan, melamine-contaminated milk powder in China, and plasticizer incidents in Taiwan have highlighted the impact of food safety. Corresponding scientific research has established important theoretical foundations and opened up the awareness of pediatricians to the importance of environmental health.

The impact of environmental pollutants on children’s health, apart from acute poisoning, is mostly invisible but ubiquitous in daily life. Environmental factors may also be triggers or exacerbating factors for chronic childhood diseases. Collaboration between clinical and bench research teams will facilitate clinical testing of environmental exposures and provide guidance on relevant environmental interventions, conduct multidimensional research to clarify the impact of environmental pollutants on children's health. Meanwhile, an evidence-based public information platform will be established to disseminate environmental medicinal knowledge.

The goal is to provide diagnosis, treatment, and preventive intervention for pediatric environmental-related diseases, as well as to translate academic research results into evidence-based blueprints aimed at creating personalized health support environments.

Team Introduction

Through the cooperation of National Taiwan University Children Hospital and the Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, the Environmental Medicine Consultation Clinic has established. The team also collaborates with the Forensic and clinical toxicology center and the Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, to establish a clinical service platform for human environmental exposure measurement.

The team integrates human environmental exposure with clinical diagnostic to explore the science of environmental factors and diseases, and improves domestic environmental exposure diagnosis, prevention, and environmental translational medicine research capabilities

Medical Services

• Outpatient services
• Diagnosis of environmental related disease
• Environmental toxicology testing
• Health effects assessment
• Children's environmental health consultation
• Providing safety dietary guidance