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IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT EHS
New Model Aquatic Health Code (MAHC) documents are available
on the Healthy Swimming
Web site for public comment through December 9, 2008. MAHC is a new comprehensive, science-based model code.
Volunteers are still needed to work on four new technical committees being formed to draft new modules. The MAHC process is cosponsored by the CDC Healthy Swimming program and EHS.
Influencing the Built Environment in Your Community [PDF
241 KB]. In the
November issue of the Journal of Environmental Health, Hilary Heishman and Andrew Dannenberg discuss how environmental health professionals can influence the built environment in communities by thinking broadly.
- A resource for Sanitarians, Environmental Health Specialists, Environmental Health Officers, Students and other Public Health Professionals. This information is available to anyone in the public interested in the field of Environmental Health and reducing illness and death due to environmentally related disease and injury.
- About EHS
The objective of Environmental Health Services is to strengthen the role of state, local, and national environmental health programs and professionals to better anticipate, identify, and respond to adverse environmental exposures and the consequences of these exposures to human health....more
EHS Fact Sheet : Enhancing and Revitalizing Environmental Public Health [PDF 147 KB] – describes EHS work in six areas: building capacity, supporting research, fostering leadership, communicating and marketing, developing the workforce, and creating strategic partnerships
EHS Resources Fact Sheet [PDF 98 KB] – list of the range of EHS resources by topic
