Environmental Health Programs

As a key component of public health, environmental public health focuses on preventing and controlling human diseases caused or impacted by our environment. Many aspects of our environment, both built (pools, sidewalks, and park access) and natural (water, air, soil, and food), can impact our health. Environmental public health professionals work to prevent disease and create healthy environments that promote well-being, fostering healthy, and safe communities by ensuring the safety of what we eat, breathe, touch, and drink. 

These programs seeks to do this through public education, licensing, inspection, investigations, and enforcement of public health laws, focused on community health, facilities, inspections, pollutant storage tanks, water, and on-site sewage programs.