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ֲý Enhances Focus on Students to Build Future Workforce
October 1, 2024Denver, CO – The ֲý (NEHA) has enhanced their focus on student development to focus on engaging students in the environmental health workforce in state, territorial, local, and tribal communi...
Prepare With Us on World ֲý Day
September 26, 2024The 2024 World ֲý Day theme is, “ֲý: Creating Resilient Communities Through Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.” To amplify this important message, we are pr...
ֲý Awarded FDA Cooperative Agreement to Advance Retail Food Safety
September 19, 2024FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Kelsey Lyon, Chief Operations OfficerDenver, CO – This week, the ֲý (NEHA) was awarded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to partner with governmental ...
ֲý Publishes Outcomes of NEHA-FDA Retail Flexible Funding Model Grant Program
August 13, 2024 Denver, CO – Foodborne illness costs the U.S. economy more than $15 billion each year in associated medical expenses and lost workplace productivity. The ֲý (NEHA), the nation’s ...
Back on the Hill Again, Virtually
May 28, 2024 During the hectic federal budget month of May, we were again talking to Congress, this time virtually.Republican appropriators from the House of Representative came out with their top line fiscal year (FY) 2025 budgets—$711 billion ...
NEHA Provides Thought Leadership at World Congress on ֲý
May 24, 2024 Our leadership and staff provided thought leadership and represented the workforce and association at the 17th IFEH World Congress on ֲý in Perth, Australia, on May 20–24, 2024. The congress provides a platform for...
We Were Back on Capitol Hill Advocating for You
May 15, 2024 We were again advocating for environmental health on Capitol Hill, this time to promote funding for the Human Foods Program within the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Government Affairs Director Doug Farquhar met with 17 congress...
May 2024
Journal of ֲý Volume 86, Number 9 View the IssueAbout the Cover Globally, foodborne illness is a significant public health challenge. Food safety inspection plays a crucial role in regulating food businesses to prevent foodborn...
FDA Appoints Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods Program
August 29, 2023 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the appointment of James “Jim” Jones as the first-ever deputy commissioner for the Human Foods Program. As deputy commissioner of the Human Foods Program, J...
House and Senate Appropriators Remain Far Apart on Fiscal Year 2024 Budgets
August 25, 2023 Congressional appropriators remain where they were earlier this summer regarding budgets that affect environmental health. Not much movement on the appropriation budgets for the Centers for Disease Control and...
Iowa and South Carolina Redesign Their Public Health Agencies
May 19, 2023 No one needs to point out that the nation’s public health system does not always function well, and the same can be said for environmental health. States are learning that cutting budgets and resources lead to subpar serv...
Fiscal Year 2024 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Bill
May 18, 2023The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies marked up the fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations bill on May 18, 2023. The committee approved a party line ...
We Were Back in Washington, DC, in Early May
May 17, 2023 Our director of Government Affairs was back at the nation’s capital in early May to advocate for the inclusion of the environmental health workforce in the Public Health Workforce Loan Repayment Program. We...
We Advocate for Support of FDA Food Safety Efforts
May 11, 2023 We met with congressional appropriators last month to discuss the importance of Food and Drug Administration(FDA) budgets for food safety to state, local, tribal, and territorial environmental health agencies. Our...
May 2023: Direct From CDC/ֲý Services
May 2023 Volume 85, Number 9Editor's Note: The ֲý strives to provide up-to-date and relevant information on environmental health and to build partnerships in the profession. In pursuit of these goals, ...
May 2023
Journal of ֲý Volume 85, Number 9 View This IssueArticles Lead Source Attribution by Stable Isotope Analysis in Child Risk Assessment InvestigationsSupplemental Text: Additional Methods | PDF Supplemental Table | PDF A Call for...