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Cavities (tooth decay) are one of the most common chronic diseases among American children and adolescents. In 1945, Grand Rapids,...
Mar 07, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Under the 2018 EE Local Grant Program, 10 Requests for Proposals were issued nationally, one in each of EPA’s ten Regions. EPA expects...
Mar 06, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and four federal partners launched the next stage of a technology-accelerating water...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two continuing medical education videos for physicians about foodborne illness....
Mar 05, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The FDA, CDC, and state and local officials investigated a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections. CDC reports that...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated their 2013 risk profile on pathogens and filth in spices. The update includes data...
Feb 28, 2018 | Amy Chang
ASTHO released a new report on The State of Health in All Policies. Between July and October 2016, ASTHO’s Health in All Policies...
Feb 28, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local...
Feb 27, 2018 | Amy Chang
Through NACCHO’s outreach to environmental health leaders around the country, we have heard a strong desire for a streamlined...
Feb 26, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
Cavities (tooth decay) are one of the most common chronic diseases among American children and adolescents. In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan made history as the first U.S. city to combat cavities by fluoridating its public water supplies. Water fluoridation prevents tooth decay by providing frequent and consistent contact with low levels of fluoride. By keeping […]
Under the 2018 EE Local Grant Program, 10 Requests for Proposals were issued nationally, one in each of EPA’s ten Regions. EPA expects to award three or four grants from each of the EPA’s 10 Regional Offices for a total of approximately 30 to 35 grants nationwide. All RFPs are available on www.grants.gov, where applications […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and four federal partners launched the next stage of a technology-accelerating water quality challenge calling for demonstrated use of nutrient pollution sensors. The Nutrient Sensor Action Challenge builds on the 2014 Nutrient Sensor Challenge, which helped facilitate the development of affordable, high-performing, continuous nutrient sensors and...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two continuing medical education videos for physicians about foodborne illness. One video shares four steps for dealing with symptoms that may indicate foodborne illness: suspect, identify, treat, and report. The other video provides advice on educating people at greater risk of serious illness from foodborne illness on […]
The FDA, CDC, and state and local officials investigated a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections. CDC reports that epidemiologic evidence indicates that raw sprouts were the likely source of this outbreak. The FDA collected invoices and/or samples from growers and seed suppliers that produced the sprouts. All the samples that were collected subsequently tested negative. […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated their 2013 risk profile on pathogens and filth in spices. The update includes data that shows the prevalence of Salmonella in nine out of 11 types of retail spices in the U.S. was significantly lower than imported spices. Learn more about the key findings here.
ASTHO released a new report on The State of Health in All Policies. Between July and October 2016, ASTHO’s Health in All Policies (HiAP) team interviewed representatives from nine states (California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and Vermont) to discuss their HiAP initiatives. For each case study, background information, drivers behind...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local health officials, are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to kratom products. Kratom is a plant that grows naturally in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. It comes in a variety […]
Through NACCHO’s outreach to environmental health leaders around the country, we have heard a strong desire for a streamlined method for leaders to connect, collaborate, and share with peers in their region and similarly organized jurisdictions. This is especially important given the reality of increasing environmental health related issues, decreasing funding, and a changing public...
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