Local Environmental Health in Colorado Presentation to the Colorado State Board of Health July 22, 2008 Jim Rada, REHS President Colorado Directors of Environmental Health Colorado Directors of Colorado Directors of Environmental Health Environmental Health
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Local Environmental Health in Colorado
Presentation to the Colorado State Board of Health
July 22, 2008
Jim Rada, REHSPresident
Colorado Directors of Environmental Health
Colorado Directors of Colorado Directors of Environmental HealthEnvironmental Health
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES
Gray: Organized Health Departments • White: Nursing Services
White with Spot: Nursing Service Counties with Local Environmental Services
Key Environmental Health Services Provided at the Local Level
• Retail Food Safety • Water Quality• Communicable and Zoonotic Disease• Air Quality• Emergency Preparedness• Integrating Land Use and EH
Enhanced Environmental Health Services at the Local Level
Oil and GasClimate Change AsthmaIndoor Air QualityOccupational Health Meth LabsTransportation PlanningPollution PreventionConfined Animal Feeding Water Pollution
Body ArtHazardous Waste Solid Waste Drinking WaterLeadHAZMAT Policy and Regulation
Advocacy
Food Safety
A safe food supply comes with many challenges
Food is big business in Colorado
Local food safety resources are stretched thin
More resources are needed
Water Quality• Water/Wastewater
• Aging infrastructure
• Oil and Gas impacts
•Impaired water bodies•Fish consumption advisories for mercury