Environmental Health Division

Elements in your daily surroundings can affect your health and well-being in big ways. Our goal is to improve people’s health by preventing pollution, reducing exposure to environmental hazards, and practicing safe sanitation.

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We strive to accomplish this goal by:

• Identifying and correcting sources of pollution or disease

• Responding to unhealthy or unsafe conditions and advising the community about them

• Developing and enforcing water, food safety, sewage, and garbage public health rules.

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Our environmental health specialists are professionals with education, training, and experience in the sciences including chemistry, physics, biology, microbiology, and environmental health.