The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The years between 2005-2018 witnessed a dramatic rise in “natural” gas (methane) production in the United States, driven by the use of...
Dec 09, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The rise in vector-borne disease cases is increasing the awareness that mosquitoes are more than just nuisance pests. When populations...
Nov 26, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a scientifically validated method for testing for 16 types of per- and...
Nov 04, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
In 2017, 841 foodborne disease outbreaks were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to a...
Sep 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
With the growing interest in PFAS—Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: a group of manmade chemicals used in a variety of consumer...
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...
Summer may be coming to an end, but mosquito and tick season continues until the first frost hits and temperatures are consistently...
Sep 08, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
CDC’s Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) and National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program recently collaborated to offer...
Sep 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
By Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Communities demand action and answers...
Aug 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The years between 2005-2018 witnessed a dramatic rise in “natural” gas (methane) production in the United States, driven by the use of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, an extraction process that injects highly pressurized water and chemicals underground to fracture rock formations. Once fracked, the gas is typically transported and distributed domestically through a vast […]
The rise in vector-borne disease cases is increasing the awareness that mosquitoes are more than just nuisance pests. When populations surface, often public health concerns follow. How can you increase awareness and protection surrounding your local management efforts? Vector Disease Control International hosted a webinar on Four Common Oversights Government Officials Make With Mosquito...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is making available a scientifically validated method for testing for 16 types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a variety of food groups.
In 2017, 841 foodborne disease outbreaks were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), according to a recently released annual summary from the Foodborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System.
With the growing interest in PFAS—Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: a group of manmade chemicals used in a variety of consumer products, that can have a variety adverse health impacts —Tracking California has created new PFAS data resources.
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.
Summer may be coming to an end, but mosquito and tick season continues until the first frost hits and temperatures are consistently under 50 degrees Fahrenheit. With warming temperatures across the country and vector-borne diseases on the rise, local health departments and other local vector control organizations have […]
CDC’s Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS) and National Environmental Public Health Tracking Program recently collaborated to offer users of CDC’s National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals a way to view the report’s static tables in dynamic, customizable charts and tables.
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...
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