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Research to Build Resilience Request for Applications: Contaminated Sites, Natural...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the Contaminated Sites, Natural Disasters, Changing Environmental Conditions,...

Aug 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Hazards & Health Effects, Water Quality

    Report: Toxins From Algae Outbreaks Plague Hundreds of Lakes in 48 States

    Federal and state tests have found dangerous toxins, common in outbreaks of blue-green algae, in hundreds of lakes, rivers and other...

    Aug 08, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

    Time to Take Off the Toxic Gloves: How Harmful Chemicals in Some Food Service Gloves...

    The Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging, a national alliance of public health nonprofits, sampled and tested 123 plastic...

    Jul 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Hazards & Health Effects, Research & Reports

    EPA Releases Part 1 of Synthetic Turf Field Recycled Tire Crumb Rubber...

    This new report is part of the Federal Research Action Plan (FRAP) on Recycled Tire Crumb Used on Playing Fields and Playgrounds, a...

    Jul 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    • Water Quality

    EPA Funding Opportunity: Approaches to Reduce Nutrient Loadings for Harmful Algal Blooms Management

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program announces the release of the Approaches to Reduce Nutrient Loadings for Harmful Algal Blooms Management Request for Applications (RFA).

    Oct 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Extreme Weather

    Using the Wildfire Guide to Reduce your City and County’s Smoke Exposure Risk

    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.

    Oct 22, 2019 | Guest Author

    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

    Climate Change, Extreme Weather

    Heat, Fire, Water: How Climate Change Has Created a Public Health Emergency

    Physicians for Social Responsibility released a white paper on climate change health effects: Heat, Fire, Water:  How Climate Change Has Created a Public Health Emergency. Dr. Lockwood has drawn on the content of the three major climate reports published in fall 2018 – the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change, the IPCC special report […]

    Aug 27, 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

    Research to Build Resilience Request for Applications: Contaminated Sites, Natural Disasters, Changing Environmental Conditions, and Vulnerable Communities

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announces the Contaminated Sites, Natural Disasters, Changing Environmental Conditions, and Vulnerable Communities: Research to Build Resilience Request for Application (RFA). Open Date: Monday, July 29, 2019 Close Date: Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019 Background:In recent years, more frequent natural disasters and changing environmental conditions have...

    Aug 20, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Hazards & Health Effects, Water Quality

    Report: Toxins From Algae Outbreaks Plague Hundreds of Lakes in 48 States

    Federal and state tests have found dangerous toxins, common in outbreaks of blue-green algae, in hundreds of lakes, rivers and other bodies of water nationwide – yet authorities are doing little to notify and protect Americans, according to a new analysis and map from the Environmental Working Group. Algae blooms often are triggered by agricultural chemicals […]

    Aug 08, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Food Safety & Inspection, Hazards & Health Effects

    Time to Take Off the Toxic Gloves: How Harmful Chemicals in Some Food Service Gloves Threaten Consumers’ Health —and What Restaurants Can Do About It

    The Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging, a national alliance of public health nonprofits, sampled and tested 123 plastic food service gloves from 32 top glove distributors and 15 popular restaurant chains in the U.S. in order to determine which gloves contain toxic chemicals that can escape into your meal. They found that toxic […]

    Jul 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

    Hazards & Health Effects, Research & Reports

    EPA Releases Part 1 of Synthetic Turf Field Recycled Tire Crumb Rubber Characterization Research Under Federal Research Action Plan

    This new report is part of the Federal Research Action Plan (FRAP) on Recycled Tire Crumb Used on Playing Fields and Playgrounds, a multi-agency research effort by EPA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR), and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to characterize the chemicals associated with […]

    Jul 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro

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    PARTNER ARTICLES

    Funding Opportunity, COVID-19, Immunization, Partnerships

    Request for Proposals: Technical Assistance to Improve Vaccine Access, Education,...

    NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...

    Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea

    Opportunity

    Win $25,000 in cash prizes. Share your innovative strategies for engaging with rural...

    The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...

    Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma

    Community Engagement

    It’s Children’s Environmental Health Day today!

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    Oct 12, 2023 | Anu Varma

    COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, ID Featured, Infection, Prevention, and Control

    BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Central District Health Department

    Sep 11, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

    COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, ID Featured, Infection, Prevention, and Control

    BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Calhoun County Health Department

    Sep 08, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

    COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, ID Featured, Infection, Prevention, and Control

    BLOC COVID+ Spotlight: Pima County

    The Building Local Operational Capacity for COVID-19, Healthcare-Associated Infections, and Antimicrobial Resistance (BLOC COVID-19+)...

    Aug 14, 2023 | Irene Halferty, Kristen Ross

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