The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The EPA is seeking public comment on a draft set of recommendations for cleaning up groundwater contaminated with PFOA and PFOS. When...
Apr 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The following guidance is from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Among those affected by flooding in the Central and...
Mar 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the...
Mar 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those...
Mar 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The NRDC has released four state-level issue briefs on the health impacts of climate change, from heat-related illnesses to air...
Feb 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Note: This is the sixth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a...
Jan 24, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a webpage with resources on how to protect food and water from contamination during...
Nov 30, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Specific public health issues addressed in the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) are often spread across multiple chapters. Mini-MAHCs...
Nov 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
In October 2018, NACCHO’s Board of Directors approved a new policy statement on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in...
Nov 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The EPA is seeking public comment on a draft set of recommendations for cleaning up groundwater contaminated with PFOA and PFOS. When finalized, the recommendations will provide a starting point for making site-specific cleanup decisions. The guidance is based on the EPA’s current scientific understanding of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) toxicity and is intended […]
The following guidance is from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Among those affected by flooding in the Central and Southern Plains of the U.S. are farmers and their fields of crops grown or stored for human consumption. Although the FDA recognizes that there are few, if any crops growing right now, crops that […]
The theme for this year’s World Water Day, recognized annually on March 22, is “Leaving no one behind.” Billions of people around the world already live without access to safe water, and in emergencies, those numbers increase exponentially. Across the United States, aging water infrastructure, severe weather, and accidents cause an estimated 240,000 water main […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those who may be impacted by winter storms in the Central to Northern Plains regions of the U.S. The National Weather Service reports an intense storm across the Central Plains that will continue to bring blizzard conditions […]
The NRDC has released four state-level issue briefs on the health impacts of climate change, from heat-related illnesses to air quality issues, food and water contamination, traumatic injuries, threats to mental health, and infectious diseases. The briefs focus on California, Colorado, Michigan, and Virginia. Read more.
Note: This is the sixth edition of NACCHO’s Greener Guidance environmental health advice column. See past columns here. Submit a question here. January 2019 Dear Greener Guidance, What exactly are PFAS, and what should we be doing as a local health department to keep our community safe from any health risks associated with PFAS? – PFAS Patrol Dear […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a webpage with resources on how to protect food and water from contamination during the floods and power outages that often accompany hurricanes, tornadoes, snowstorms, etc. The resources are separated into section for before, during, and after a storm. The webpage also includes a video on food […]
Specific public health issues addressed in the Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) are often spread across multiple chapters. Mini-MAHCs are intended to make the MAHC more accessible by aggregating the code and annex language into more concise documents. This will help environmental health practitioners and pool operators quickly find relevant MAHC guidelines and rationale to […]
In October 2018, NACCHO’s Board of Directors approved a new policy statement on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) in response to concerns from local health departments. CAFOs are animal feeding operations with more than 1,000 animal units (e.g., 1,000 head of beef cattle, 700 dairy cows, 2,500 swine >55 lbs., 125,000 broiler chickens, or 82,000 […]
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