The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
October is Healthy Lung Month and a good time to think about ways NACCHO members and their partners can protect the health of the...
Oct 22, 2019 | Guest Author
A new book, “Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities,” examines ways that community...
Sep 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
This new guide from the World Health Organization (WHO) presents an overview of actions that can be taken by various actors – and the...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking our nation’s progress in improving...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The American Lung Association (ALA) released two new fact sheets about how drought, wildfires, heat, flooding, pollution, and other...
Jun 14, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it...
May 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The known extent of contamination of American communities with the highly toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS continues to grow...
May 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The American Lung Association released the State of the Air 2019 report. The report shows that too many cities across the nation...
Apr 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
A recent study published in PNAS was the first to establish a pollution inequity metric that quantifies the disproportionate burden on...
Mar 25, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
October is Healthy Lung Month and a good time to think about ways NACCHO members and their partners can protect the health of the public from the impacts of wildfire smoke.
A new book, “Bridging Silos: Collaborating for Environmental Health and Justice in Urban Communities,” examines ways that community groups, government agencies, academic institutions, and private institutions each play a role in addressing environmental health issues and how they can collaborate to address environmental health disparities.
This new guide from the World Health Organization (WHO) presents an overview of actions that can be taken by various actors – and the support that is being offered by WHO – to create healthier environments, including in priority settings such as workplaces, cities, dwellings, health care facilities, and emergency settings.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking our nation’s progress in improving air quality since the passage of the Clean Air Act. “Our Nation’s Air: Status and Trends Through 2018” documents the considerable improvements in air quality across America since 1970. The report released today shows that between […]
The American Lung Association (ALA) released two new fact sheets about how drought, wildfires, heat, flooding, pollution, and other effects of climate change are threatening lung health. The first covers what you need to know about the health risks of climate change for people with lung disease. The second has tips for people with lung […]
World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our environment. Since it began in 1974, the event has grown to become a global platform for public outreach that is widely celebrated in over 100 countries. Each World Environment Day is organized around a theme that draws attention […]
The known extent of contamination of American communities with the highly toxic fluorinated compounds known as PFAS continues to grow at an alarming rate. As of March 2019, 610 locations in 43 states are now known to be affected, including drinking water systems serving an estimated 19 million people. The latest update of an interactive […]
The American Lung Association released the State of the Air 2019 report. The report shows that too many cities across the nation increased the number of days when particle pollution, often called “soot,” soared to often record-breaking levels. More cities suffered from higher numbers of days when ground-level ozone, also known as “smog,” reached unhealthy levels. […]
A recent study published in PNAS was the first to establish a pollution inequity metric that quantifies the disproportionate burden on black and Hispanic Americans from air pollution caused mainly by white Americans’ consumption of goods and services. This is the significance of the study from the authors: “Racial–ethnic disparities in pollution exposure and in consumption […]
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