99 Articles found
National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) Articles
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The practice of the 10 essential services and abilities in the 14 core competencies of Alabama environmental health practitioners
Leading public health agencies have developed guidelines for essential services and core competencies. The study described here was conducted to determine the level of practice of the 10 essential services and abilities in the 14 core competencies ...
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PACE EH post project assessment of quality of life changes in a Florida community related to infrastructure improvements
The Indian River county health department, environmental health division (IRCHD EH) in Florida implemented the Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE EH) in the low-income community of West Wabasso, Florida. Over ...
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Characterization of seasonal indoor and outdoor bioaerosols in the arid environment of El Paso, Texas
The authors conducted a study in the El Paso, Texas, region to assess the seasonal bioaerosol concentrations in a convenience sample of one-story residences. The authors sampled the same houses for each season over the course of a year (March 2005 ...
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Inactivation of surface viruses by gaseous ozone
Environmental surfaces may be contaminated with viruses and contribute to their transmission. Concerns have arisen in trying to control viruses because of an increasing incidence of viral infections. Ozone is considered to be a promising method to ...
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The prevalence of intestinal parasites and nasal S. aureus carriage among food handlers
Food handlers play a major role in the transmission of foodborne diseases. Nasal Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) carriage and intestinal parasitism are important risk factors in contamination. The purpose of the authors’ study was to determine the ...
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Health and socioeconomic effects of groundwater arsenic contamination in rural Bangladesh
This report discusses the health and socioeconomic problems that have recently emerged in the Bangladesh countryside because of arsenic contamination of the groundwater. A survey found that men in rural households are generally found to be more ...
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Histological alterations observed in the gills and ovaries of Clarias Gariepinus exposed to environmentally relevant lead concentrations
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 harmful or not; it is therefore important to find ...
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Environmental chemicals in people: challenges in interpreting biomonitoring information
Biomonitoring, the measurement of chemicals in blood, urine, and other tissues or fluids, is becoming an increasingly common tool in the study of human exposure to environmental chemicals and the potential health effects of those chemicals. The ...
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Differential impacts of smoke-free laws on indoor air quality
The authors assessed the impacts of two different smoke-free laws on indoor air quality. They compared the indoor air quality of 10 hospitality venues in Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, before and after the smoke-free laws went into effect. ...
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Potential health effects associated with residential proximity to freeways and primary roads: review of scientific literature, 1999–2006
This review presents epidemiologic evidence of adverse health effects associated with residential proximity to traffic. Of the 29 peer-reviewed studies that met the authors’ defined criteria, 25 reported statistically significant associations with ...
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Role of water-saving devices in reducing urban water consumption in the mega-city of Tehran, case study: a residential complex
Iran is one of 27 countries that are likely to face increasing water shortage crises between now and 2025 unless action is taken to reduce currently high-per-capita urban water consumption. Accordingly, consumption control in the mega-city of Tehran ...
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A procedure for detecting childhood cancer clusters near hazardous waste sites in Florida
Despite over 20 years of research on childhood cancer clusters and hazardous waste sites, little evidence has been produced to indicate a causal relationship. Nevertheless, the perception of a childhood cancer cluster being located near a hazardous ...
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Determination of the feasibility of using a portable x-ray fluorescence (XFR) analyzer in the field for measurement of lead content of sieved soil
Soil samples collected in housing areas with potential lead contamination generally are analyzed with flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS) or other laboratory methods. Previous work indicates that field-portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) ...
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Survival and growth of foodborne microorganisms in processed and individually wrapped cheese slices
The objectives of the research reported here were to determine the growth, survival, or inactivation of selected microorganisms on individually wrapped processed cheese (IWC) slices stored at 5°C and 22°C, and to compare quality indices. IWC slices ...
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Antimicrobial resistance in escherichia coli isolated in wastewater and sludge from poultry slaughterhouse wastewater plants
The authors investigated the antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolates in 22 samples of crude inflow, treated effluent, and sludge collected at the wastewater treatment plants of eight poultry slaughterhouses in Portugal. A total of 549 ...
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A novel technology to improve drinking water quality using natural treatment methods in rural Tanzania
It is estimated that one billion people worldwide do not have access to treated drinking water. This paper reports on an investigation into the potential of indigenous or natural water treatment methods as alternatives to conventional chemical water ...
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Environmental health specialists’ self-reported foodborne illness outbreak investigation practices
To collect qualitative data on the investigation practices of environmental health specialists with respect to foodborne illness outbreaks, the authors convened six focus groups of randomly selected specialists working in public health agencies in ...
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Septic tank additive impacts on microbial populations
Environmental health specialists, other onsite wastewater professionals, scientists, and homeowners have questioned the effectiveness of septic tank additives. This paper describes an independent, third-party, field scale, research study of the ...
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The performance of UASB reactors treating high-strength wastewaters
In the study reported here, the authors investigated the influence of hydraulic loading rate, organic loading rate, and recycle rate on the performance of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors treating high-strength wastewaters. For this ...