Table 4. Environmental literacy and screening practices by whether subjects had read the environmental committee opinion.

Characteristic	Value	Yes n = 36 Number (% of total)	No n = 254 Number (% of total)	p
Do you routinely screen new patients for any of the following? (Choose all that apply)	Prenatal vitamin use	35(97)	229(90)	0.222
	Supplement use	36(100)	182(72)	< .001
	Tobacco use	36(100)	251(99)	.99
	Alcohol use	36(100)	245(96)	0.385
	Exercise habits	28(78)	180(71)	0.436
	Dietary habits	27(75)	157(62)	0.142
	Domestic abuse	27(75)	192(76)	.99
	Fish intake	12(33)	60(24)	0.219
	Occupational exposures	14(39)	53(21)	0.021
	Environmental chemicals	10(28)	24(10)	0.004
	Other	3(8)	8(3)	0.144
Which of the following environmental exposures do you routinely ask your patients about? (Choose all that apply)	Lead exposure	10(28)	29(11)	0.012
	Mercury exposure	8(22)	31(12)	0.116
	Pesticide use	8(22)	15(6)	0.003
	Occupational exposure	18(50)	73(29)	0.013
	Air pollution exposure	5(14)	24(10)	0.552
	Plastics for food storage	3(8)	2(1)	0.015
	Water source	2(6)	10(4)	0.65
	Personal care products	5(14)	17(7)	0.168
	Household cleaners	5(14)	11(4)	0.035
Knowledge to counsel environmental chemicals/adverse health		5(14)	4(2)	0.002
Training to discuss with a patient how to reduce exposure		4(11)	25(10)	0.99
Know where to refer a patient		16(44)	63(25)	0.017
Comfort obtaining environmental history?		8(23)	35(14)	0.16
Environmental exposure survey?		7(19)	37(15)	0.606

Values reported are frequency and column percentage. N = 22 providers not responding to read exposure to exposure to toxic environmental agents question omitted