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Updated Community Emergency Response Team Basic Training

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact...

Feb 18, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

  • Hazards & Health Effects

    National Radon Action Month 2020

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated January as National Radon Action Month. EPA and the U.S. Surgeon General...

    Jan 13, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

    FDA Releases New Chapter of PC Human Food Draft Guidance on Developing A Recall Plan

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of draft guidance that explains how food facilities subject...

    Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Hazards & Health Effects

    Superfund Task Force Final Report

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the completion of the Superfund Task Force and issued the Task Force’s final...

    Sep 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Hazards & Health Effects, Water Quality

    Protecting Public Health with PEATT: The PFAS Exposure Assessment Technical Tools

    By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Communities demand action and answers...

    Aug 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

    Environmental Health Checklists for Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

    The Minnesota Food Safety Center of Excellence has developed three new checklists for environmental health specialists. The checklists...

    Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

    FDA Releases Results of Romaine Lettuce Sampling Assignment in Yuma Growing Region

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the results of a sampling assignment that tested romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma,...

    Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

    CDC Video Shows How Germs From Raw Chicken Linger in Sink

    Washing raw chicken before you cook it leaves germs in the sink that may contaminate fruit or vegetables you rinse there later. A new...

    Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Hazards & Health Effects, Water Quality

    ATSDR’s Partnership to Promote Local Efforts To Reduce Environmental Exposure Notice...

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, is pleased to announce that a new notice...

    Aug 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    • Tools & Resources, Emergency Response, Hazards & Health Effects, Training

    Updated Community Emergency Response Team Basic Training

    The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program educates volunteers about disaster preparedness for the hazards that may impact their area and provides trainings in basic disaster response skills. The updated CERT Basic Training is now available! It features a revised Disaster Medical Operations section, updated Terrorism and CERT section, and new hazard-specific annexes.

    Feb 18, 2020 | Kim Rodgers

    Hazards & Health Effects

    National Radon Action Month 2020

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated January as National Radon Action Month. EPA and the U.S. Surgeon General urge everyone to protect their health by testing the indoor air in their homes and schools for radon. Radon is a natural, radioactive gas that claims about 21,000 lives each year. It is the leading […]

    Jan 13, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro

    Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

    FDA Releases New Chapter of PC Human Food Draft Guidance on Developing A Recall Plan

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of draft guidance that explains how food facilities subject to the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food (CGMP & PC Human Food) rule can establish and implement a written recall plan. This is Chapter 14 of the […]

    Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Hazards & Health Effects

    Superfund Task Force Final Report

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the completion of the Superfund Task Force and issued the Task Force’s final report outlining significant accomplishments over the past two years at Superfund sites across the country.

    Sep 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Hazards & Health Effects, Water Quality

    Protecting Public Health with PEATT: The PFAS Exposure Assessment Technical Tools

    By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Communities demand action and answers when their drinking water contains the potentially harmful, man-made chemicals per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Although use of some of these chemicals has declined, increased water sampling over the past 10 years has revealed PFAS in numerous water...

    Aug 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

    Environmental Health Checklists for Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

    The Minnesota Food Safety Center of Excellence has developed three new checklists for environmental health specialists. The checklists provide guidance for EH staff responding to a suspected bacterial intoxication outbreak, a Campylobacter illness at a restaurant, and a Vibrio parahaemolyticus illness at a restaurant. They can be a useful resource for EH staff in the […]

    Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

    FDA Releases Results of Romaine Lettuce Sampling Assignment in Yuma Growing Region

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the results of a sampling assignment that tested romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, AZ agricultural region for pathogenic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella spp. View the Summary Report: FY19 Sampling of Romaine Lettuce at Commercial Coolers in Yuma, Arizona. View the Environmental Assessment of […]

    Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

    CDC Video Shows How Germs From Raw Chicken Linger in Sink

    Washing raw chicken before you cook it leaves germs in the sink that may contaminate fruit or vegetables you rinse there later. A new CDC video, also in Spanish, shows how germs spread when chicken is washed. In addition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a study that advised against washing raw poultry, because bacteria can […]

    Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Hazards & Health Effects, Water Quality

    ATSDR’s Partnership to Promote Local Efforts To Reduce Environmental Exposure Notice of Funding Opportunity

    The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, is pleased to announce that a new notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for its APPLETREE program has been published on www.Grants.gov. This new three-year ATSDR’s Partnership to Promote Local Efforts to Reduce Environmental Exposure (APPLETREE) cooperative agreement program will fund approximately...

    Aug 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

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