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Author: Vladan Radosavljević, M.D., Ph.D., Branko Jakovljević, M.D., Ph.D.
Arsenic from drinking water is a well-known risk factor for bladder cancer. The purpose of this paper is to systematize some important yet often overlooked facts considering the relationship between ...
The objectives of the study discussed in this article were to develop an empirical relationship between the saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) of layered soils and their percolation times (PT) in ...
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficiency of septic tank effluent treatment by an underground capillary seepage soil biofiltration system in a suburban area of Taipei, Taiwan. In ...
Author: Ji-Eun Lee, M.S., R.D., Barbara A. Almanza, Ph.D., R.D., Douglas C. Nelson, Ph.D., Richard F. Ghiselli, Ph.D.
This study gathered health inspectors’ opinions about appropriate weightings of critical, noncritical, and repeat violations under the current food inspection system, and developed a classification ...
Author: Olanike K. Adeyemo, D.V.M., M.V.P.H., Ph.D.
Sublethal levels of pollutants usually cause biochemical or physiological effects at the subcellular level in an organism. Death is too extreme a criterion for determination of whether a substance is ...
There is no greater threat to human health and wellbeing than the current environmental crisis the world faces. It has the potential to supersede and overtake all previous public health threats. Thus, there is a great need for environmental health professionals to make sustainability a priority.
Do you or your organization demonstrate practices that exemplify outstanding creativity or introduce new approaches to sustainability? Have you or your organization committed to environmental excellence and leadership...
The Hernando County School District, Brooksville, Florida, received the 2nd Annual National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)’s Excellence in Sustainability Award for their sustainability program. The award was given on June 21 at NEHA’s Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition in Atlanta, GA. Gus Schaefer, Senior Vice President and Public Safety Officer from Underwriters Laboratories, which sponsors the award, commented that the Hernando County School District’s program “implemented activities for...
The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) is pleased to have Dr. Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH, DrPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the keynote speaker for its 2009 Annual Educational Conference (AEC) & Exhibition, June 21-24 in Atlanta, Georgia.Dr. Frumkin`s presentation will focus on the role environmental health professionals need to play in the area of sustainability. He will explore how environmental health professionals can assist communities and governments develop far-reaching...
EPA Administrator, Lisa P. Jackson, has been invited as the keynote speaker for the NEHA 74th Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition. Her proposed presentation plans to focus on emerging public policy in regards to environmental concerns. It is also expected Administrator Jackson will talk about the relationship between a healthy environment and human health, and the environmental health profession’s role in securing a healthy environment/healthy people world.
As EPA’s Administrator, Jackson leads a...
City of Sioux Falls Sustainability Program and Leading Green initiative was awarded the 3rd Annual National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)’s Excellence in Sustainability Award on June 6, 2010 at NEHA’s Annual Educational Conference & Exhibition in Albuquerque, NM. Gus Schaefer, Senior Vice President and Public Safety Officer from Underwriters Laboratories, which sponsors the award, commented that the Sioux Falls sustainability program “implemented activities for energy conservation,...
