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IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT EHS

Call for Abstracts!
2009 National Environmental Public Health Conference
Healthy People in a Healthy Environment, October 26-28, 2009, Atlanta
Abstracts will be accepted through May 8, 2009.

CDC partnership provides free EHTER training to state and local environmental health practitioners.

Image of the front cover the Journal of Environmental Health

Recreational Water Illness Prevention, 2009: Charting a Course through Stormy Waters [PDF 675 KB] Many new issues are affecting pool programs; see the May issue of the Journal of Environmental Health and read about how CDC and its partners can address these issues by building a strong national model pool code.



Global Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene. Find out about EHS’ work evaluating sustainability of interventions, improving access to safe drinking water, and researching public health impacts of sanitation programs.


  • 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

Major Activities, Environmental Health Services