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Aug 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Minnesota Food Safety Center of Excellence has developed three new checklists for environmental health specialists. The checklists...
Aug 28, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the results of a sampling assignment that tested romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma,...
Washing raw chicken before you cook it leaves germs in the sink that may contaminate fruit or vegetables you rinse there later. A new...
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency, is pleased to announce that a new notice...
Aug 27, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Insect repellents are substances that, when used as directed, can reduce tick, mosquito, and other insect bites. Preventing bites will...
Aug 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
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
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released “Baseline Information on Malevolent Acts for Community Water Systems” as required...
Aug 06, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
NACCHO held a webinar on July 30, 2019 with Sarah Chaires, Family Nurse Practitioner and medical provider at UNC Hospitals Level 1...
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...
The Minnesota Food Safety Center of Excellence has developed three new checklists for environmental health specialists. The checklists provide guidance for EH staff responding to a suspected bacterial intoxication outbreak, a Campylobacter illness at a restaurant, and a Vibrio parahaemolyticus illness at a restaurant. They can be a useful resource for EH staff in the […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released the results of a sampling assignment that tested romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, AZ agricultural region for pathogenic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Salmonella spp. View the Summary Report: FY19 Sampling of Romaine Lettuce at Commercial Coolers in Yuma, Arizona. View the Environmental Assessment of […]
Washing raw chicken before you cook it leaves germs in the sink that may contaminate fruit or vegetables you rinse there later. A new CDC video, also in Spanish, shows how germs spread when chicken is washed. In addition, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a study that advised against washing raw poultry, because bacteria can […]
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...
Insect repellents are substances that, when used as directed, can reduce tick, mosquito, and other insect bites. Preventing bites will help you avoid disease-causing pathogens carried by these animals. This brief guide from the Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD) provides information on how repellents work, when you should use them, addresses common...
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 […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released “Baseline Information on Malevolent Acts for Community Water Systems” as required by America’s Water Infrastructure Act (AWIA). The document provides Community Water Systems (CWS) with information that will assist them in assessing risk and in the development of their risk assessments. Water systems, like other utilities, can face an array...
NACCHO held a webinar on July 30, 2019 with Sarah Chaires, Family Nurse Practitioner and medical provider at UNC Hospitals Level 1 Trauma Center, who discussed the benefits of using the CDC’s Model Aquatic Health Code to prevent drowning. She also reviewed the Red Cross’ concepts of “layers of protection” and “chain of drowning survival” as she highlighted […]
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