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Environmental Health


 

icon_ehEnvironmental health is defined as "the discipline that focuses on the health interrelationships between people and their environment, promotes human health and well-being, and fosters a safe and healthful environment."

 
Featured Program: Water

NACCHO is joining with the National Ground Water Association to celebrate National Ground Water Awareness Week on March 7–13, 2010. Ground water is the source of half of the drinking water supplies in the United States.

Household well owners can reduce health risks by doing the following:

  1. Maintaining proper well location and construction.
  2. Conducting regular well maintenance.
  3. Conducting regular water testing and treatment, if necessary.
  4. Protecting groundwater.
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Fact Sheet
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This fact sheet provides at-a-glance information about NACCHO's current environmental health programs, activities, publications, and products. More »

 
Special Issue of NACCHO Exchange
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The NACCHO Exchange is a quarterly newsletter that promotes effective local public health practice. This special issue of the Exchange explored "how environmental health practice has changed within the world of public health." More »

 
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Environmental Health E-Newsletter
NACCHO's monthly environmental health e-newsletter, The Greener Side of Local Public Health, features resources, tools, and events relevant to the environmental health professional. Sign up today to get updates on what is happening in environmental health!
 

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Memphis, TN 07/14–16/2010