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CDC’s National Report on Exposure to Environmental Chemicals: Updated Tables March...

CDC’s Division of Laboratory Sciences released new data to the Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, an...

Apr 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Children’s Environmental Health Day 2017: Choosing Safe Places for Early Care &...

    Today, October 12, 2017, marks the second annual Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) Day. Launched as a means to create a children’s...

    Oct 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Defending Retail Food Supplies from Food Terrorism in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

    By: Jim Armstrong, MS, RS, Program Manager, Environmental Public Health Services, Cuyahoga County Board of Health Importance of Food...

    Sep 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

  • Conference Recap: EPA Local Government Advisory Committee Meeting

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) met on July 27-29, 2016 in Washington, DC to...

    Sep 15, 2016 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith

    • Epidemiology, Food Safety & Inspection, Infectious Disease, Water Quality

    New Biomonitoring and Environmental Health Testing Videos from APHL

    The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) released two new videos on biomonitoring and environmental health testing: What is biomonitoring? Biomonitoring is the process of testing people for chemicals in their body to determine how exposure might impact their health. But what exactly does that mean? How are public health and environmental health laboratories involved? […]

    Aug 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Hazards & Health Effects

    Promoting Children’s Environmental Health at Early Care and Education Centers

    Considering potential environmental hazards in relation to the siting of early care and education (ECE) facilities can reduce the risk of children’s exposure to dangerous chemicals. NACCHO conducted an exploratory assessment to determine how local health departments (LHDs) work with ECE centers to prevent children’s exposure to environmental hazards. Nine LHDs from seven states (Alabama, […]

    Jul 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Hazards & Health Effects

    EPA Promotes Greater Transparency on Chemicals used in Cleaners and Detergents

    Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing a rule to add a category of thirteen specific nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI). This addition ensures the most up-to-date information is easily accessible to the public. The finalized rule, which received public comment, is effective for the 2019 TRI reporting year […]

    Jun 22, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    All of Us, Climate Change, Water Quality

    Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Messages for Summer Safety

    The summer months present a unique set of environmental health challenges for practitioners to consider. Climbing temperatures awaken a host of public health vectors (animals and insects that can transmit diseases to humans). Public pools reopen, with children flocking to splash around in—and, most likely, swallow—water that local health departments must ensure is adequately chlorinated. […]

    May 24, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Hazards & Health Effects, Health Equity & Social Justice, Lead Poisoning

    Environmental Justice, Equity, and Community in Los Angeles County

    By Cynthia Harding, MPH, Chief Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACDPH); Angelo Bellomo, MS, REHS, QEP, Deputy Director, Health Protection, LACDPH; Kim Harrison Eowan, MPH, Senior Advisor to the Chief Deputy Director, LACDPH The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines environmental justice as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all...

    Apr 27, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    CDC’s National Report on Exposure to Environmental Chemicals: Updated Tables March 2018

    CDC’s Division of Laboratory Sciences released new data to the Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, an ongoing biomonitoring assessment of the U.S. population’s exposure to environmental chemicals. The Updated Tables, March, 2018 provides nationally-representative biomonitoring data from CDC’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey that has become...

    Apr 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Children’s Environmental Health Day 2017: Choosing Safe Places for Early Care & Education

    Today, October 12, 2017, marks the second annual Children’s Environmental Health (CEH) Day. Launched as a means to create a children’s environmental health movement and build a strong network of advocates, CEH Day reminds us of the urgent need to put children and families back into the forefront of our nation’s actions regarding health and […]

    Oct 09, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Defending Retail Food Supplies from Food Terrorism in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

    By: Jim Armstrong, MS, RS, Program Manager, Environmental Public Health Services, Cuyahoga County Board of Health Importance of Food Defense In 2004, Tommy Thompson, former director of the Department of Health and Human Services, famously said, “I, for the life of me, cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply, because it is […]

    Sep 22, 2017 | Kim Rodgers

    Conference Recap: EPA Local Government Advisory Committee Meeting

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) met on July 27-29, 2016 in Washington, DC to discuss high priority issues for the EPA and local, state, and tribal governments working on environmental efforts. The LGAC is composed of locally elected and appointed officials (e.g., mayors, county executives, city managers, commissioners, etc.), state...

    Sep 15, 2016 | Chelsea Gridley-Smith

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