The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took another step in implementing the Agency’s PFAS Action Plan by proposing regulatory...
Feb 24, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on...
Jan 30, 2020 | Taylarr Lopez
By Dr. Randall Ross, Director, Groundwater Technical Support Center, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection...
Jan 27, 2020 | Guest Author
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) includes a suite of actions to reduce lead...
Jan 13, 2020 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has designated January as National Radon Action Month. EPA and the U.S. Surgeon General...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a new...
Nov 22, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program announces the release of the...
Oct 30, 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...
Oct 22, 2019 | Guest Author
As part of Children’s Health Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on October 10, 2019 a proposed rule that...
Oct 15, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took another step in implementing the Agency’s PFAS Action Plan by proposing regulatory determinations for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in drinking water. These preliminary determinations mark a key milestone in EPA’s extensive efforts under the PFAS Action Plan to help communities address per- and polyfluoroalkyl...
This story originally ran on NACCHO’s Essential Elements. Whether or not Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when he emerges on Groundhog Day, spring is on its way and summer won’t be far behind. Along with beach trips and backyard barbecues, summer also brings environmental health risks from mosquitoes and ticks, recreational water activities, extreme heat, […]
By Dr. Randall Ross, Director, Groundwater Technical Support Center, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) For sixteen years running, researchers at EPA’s Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, Oklahoma, have co-organized Water Fest, an annual community science education and outreach event for elementary-age students in Pontotoc County. The...
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed Lead and Copper Rule (LCR) includes a suite of actions to reduce lead exposure in drinking water where it is needed the most. The proposed rule will identify the most at-risk communities and ensure systems have plans in place to rapidly respond by taking actions to reduce elevated levels […]
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 […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a new online course, Wildfire Smoke and Your Patients’ Heath, with continuing education credit provided by the CDC. The free course includes sections on: Health effects Lifestages and populations at greater risk of experiencing health effects Air […]
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).
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.
As part of Children’s Health Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on October 10, 2019 a proposed rule that significantly improves the actions that water systems must take to reduce lead in the nation’s drinking water. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced the proposal at an event in Green Bay.
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