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Environmental public health tracking deals with chronic disease and other health effects that may be related to exposure to environmental hazards. This involves examination of environmental hazard data, human exposure data, and health effects data. The principle goal is to develope a system that will provide a variety of environmental health information, including levels of contaminants in the environment, levels of actual exposure in populations, and health effects. An important component of this effort includes making the information easily accessible through a web site. This program offers opportunities to build partnerships among state and local agencies, New Mexico Indian tribes, non-governmental organizations and communities, and others, as well as to provide a new environmental health surveillance tool for professionals and the public.
The Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau received additional funding for specific environmental health tracking projects. In the coming years, the bureau will investigate the link between arsenic levels in drinking water and health outcomes such as cancer, as well as the link between air quality and asthma occurrence.
The Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau received additional funding for specific environmental health tracking projects. In the coming years, the bureau will investigate the link between arsenic levels in drinking water and health outcomes such as cancer, as well as the link between air quality and asthma occurrence.
Environmental Health Epidemiology Bureau Barbara Toth 841-5892 (Albuquerque)
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