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The Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging, a national alliance of public health nonprofits, sampled and tested 123 plastic...
Jul 31, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
This new report is part of the Federal Research Action Plan (FRAP) on Recycled Tire Crumb Used on Playing Fields and Playgrounds, a...
Jul 30, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
For the last several months, NACCHO has hosted a monthly Health in All Policies (HiAP) webinar series for local health departments....
Jul 29, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
More than a quarter of homes in Maine were built before 1950, when lead paint was widely used. Lead in the blood of infants and...
Jul 23, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health joined the CDC EPIC Team to discuss health risks that hurricanes bring; planning for...
Jul 18, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) recently...
Jul 18, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
Cryptosporidium is the leading cause of outbreaks of diarrhea linked to water and the third leading cause of diarrhea associated with...
Jul 03, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The purpose of the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction (LHR) grant program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development is to...
Cryptosporidiosis, or “Crypto,” is a diarrheal disease most frequently caused by contaminated water in pools or water playgrounds,...
Jul 01, 2019 | Michelle Shapiro
The Coalition for Safer Food Processing and Packaging, a national alliance of public health nonprofits, sampled and tested 123 plastic food service gloves from 32 top glove distributors and 15 popular restaurant chains in the U.S. in order to determine which gloves contain toxic chemicals that can escape into your meal. They found that toxic […]
This new report is part of the Federal Research Action Plan (FRAP) on Recycled Tire Crumb Used on Playing Fields and Playgrounds, a multi-agency research effort by EPA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR), and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to characterize the chemicals associated with […]
For the last several months, NACCHO has hosted a monthly Health in All Policies (HiAP) webinar series for local health departments. The goal of the webinar series was to provide an open, informal space for dialogue and peer-to-peer sharing about challenges and best practices. The final webinar, focused on using a HiAP approach for lead […]
More than a quarter of homes in Maine were built before 1950, when lead paint was widely used. Lead in the blood of infants and children can cause health and developmental problems and affect nearly every system in the body. Maine had required inspection of a child’s home if the child’s blood lead level went […]
CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health joined the CDC EPIC Team to discuss health risks that hurricanes bring; planning for the 2019 hurricane season; and how community leaders, nonprofit organizations, and public health professionals can effectively communicate hurricane messages. Participants can earn CEU, CHES, and CPH continuing education units. View the webinar recording.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) recently announced the initiation of two exposure assessments, one near the Barnes Air National Guard Base site in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts and one near the Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base in the City of Martinsburg, […]
Cryptosporidium is the leading cause of outbreaks of diarrhea linked to water and the third leading cause of diarrhea associated with animal contact in the United States. According to a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report article, from 2009–2017, 444 cryptosporidiosis outbreaks, resulting in 7,465 cases, were reported by 40 states and Puerto Rico. The number […]
The purpose of the Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction (LHR) grant program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development is to maximize the number of children under the age of six years protected from lead poisoning by assisting states, cities, counties/parishes, Native American Tribes or other units of local government in undertaking comprehensive programs to […]
Cryptosporidiosis, or “Crypto,” is a diarrheal disease most frequently caused by contaminated water in pools or water playgrounds, contact with infected cattle, and contact with sick people in childcare settings. The annual number of reported Crypto outbreaks in the United States increased an average of 13% each year during 2009–2017. Health departments can use CDC’s […]
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