Environmental Health
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This fact sheet provides at-a-glance information about NACCHO's current environmental health programs, activities, publications, and products. More » The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and CDC's National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) have launched a National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures and are working with government, non-governmental agencies, business, industry, and members of the public to create an action agenda. The agenda will outline how the United States can meet public health goals and achieve the NCEH/ATSDR vision that the United States will use and manage chemicals in ways that are safe and healthy for all people. More » 
The NACCHO Exchange is a quarterly newsletter that promotes effective local public health practice. This special issue of the Exchange explored "how environmental health practice has changed within the world of public health." More »
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Environmental health is defined as "the discipline that focuses on the health interrelationships between people and their environment, promotes human health and well-being, and fosters a safe and healthful environment."
