Environmental Health

Environmental Health protects and promotes a healthy environment by preventing, assessing, correcting, and controlling agents in the environment, which could potentially have adverse effects on health and well-being.

What is a Human Health Hazard?

A Human Health Hazard is defined as a substance, activity or condition that is known to have the potential to cause acute or chronic illness or death if exposure to the substance, activity or condition is not abated.

 What happens if a human health hazard is found?

Criteria are used to assess a human health hazard concern. Guidance and enforcement occurs when needed to limit human health hazard risks.