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Protect your Community from Legionella Outbreaks

By Kimberly Sewell, NACCHO Environmental Health Intern In 2016, approximately 6,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in...

May 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Tools & Resources, Health Equity & Social Justice

    EPA Environmental Justice FY2017 Progress Report

    The Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) released the annual Environmental Justice Progress Report for FY2017. The report...

    Apr 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Tools & Resources, Air Quality, Emergency Response

    Assessment of Community Awareness and Practices Concerning Indoor Air Pollutants —...

    This article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes...

    Apr 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • Tools & Resources, Air Quality

    EPA’s New Online Smoke Ready Toolbox for Wildland Fires

    Smoke from wildfires in the southern plains spread this weekend through areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri....

    Apr 16, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

  • 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

    • Air Quality, Lead Poisoning

    Annual Air Quality Report from EPA

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on air quality, tracking the country’s progress in improving air quality since the passage of the Clean Air Act. The report, “Our Nation’s Air: Status and Trends Through 2017,” documents the considerable improvements in air quality across America over more than 45 years. Between 1990 […]

    Aug 01, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Air Quality, Chronic Disease

    New Study Links Air Pollution and Diabetes

    A recent article from Route Fifty reports on a study from The Lancet Planetary Health linking air pollution from cars and trucks to diabetes. According to the study, air pollution was responsible for 14% of diabetes cases globally in 2016. Read the article.

    Jul 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Air Quality, All of Us

    Asthma Control: What Really Works

    By Angela Cochran, Director, Chronic Disease Prevention & Control, St. Mary’s County Health Department Editor’s Note: NACCHO recognized St. Mary’s County’s Asthma Control Program as a 2017 Model Practice. St. Mary’s County shared this post with updates on their successful asthma intervention in honor of National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month in May. Asthma...

    May 22, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Air Quality

    2018 “State of the Air” Report

    The American Lung Association released its 19th annual “State of the Air” report, which gives an update on the two most widespread outdoor air pollutants, ozone pollution and particle pollution. The 2018 report found that 41.4 percent of American lived in counties with unhealthful levels of either ozone or particle pollution in 2014 – 2016. Learn more.

    May 10, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Protect your Community from Legionella Outbreaks

    By Kimberly Sewell, NACCHO Environmental Health Intern In 2016, approximately 6,000 cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported in the United States. The number of reported cases of Legionnaires ’ disease has grown nearly five times since 2000; however, it is unclear if this is due to the increase in the frequency of the disease, or […]

    May 09, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Health Equity & Social Justice

    EPA Environmental Justice FY2017 Progress Report

    The Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) released the annual Environmental Justice Progress Report for FY2017. The report commemorates the 25th anniversary of OEJ and highlights the Agency’s progress towards advancing environmental justice. An overarching focus of the report is demonstrating tangible results in minority, low-income, tribal and indigenous communities. View the Executive Summary...

    Apr 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Air Quality, Emergency Response

    Assessment of Community Awareness and Practices Concerning Indoor Air Pollutants — Madison County, Alabama, June 2017

    This article from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report describes a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) that the Alabama Department of Public Health conducted focusing on indoor air pollutants in seven neighborhoods in Madison County, Alabama, where a large percentage of homes were built before...

    Apr 20, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro

    Tools & Resources, Air Quality

    EPA’s New Online Smoke Ready Toolbox for Wildland Fires

    Smoke from wildfires in the southern plains spread this weekend through areas in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri. Wildfires produce air pollution that can impact people’s health and other aspects of daily life. The increased frequency and intensity of wildfires in the United States are adversely affecting air quality and putting more people at […]

    Apr 16, 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

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