By Shawn Kassner, senior scientist, Neptune and Company, Inc. Over the past few years, we have seen many states legalize medical and recreational cannabis. Legalization…
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By Megan Latshaw, director, environmental health, APHL The public health crisis caused by inordinately high levels of lead contamination in Flint, Michigan is inexcusable, urgent…
by Megan Latshaw, director, Environmental Health, APHL It was Saturday morning and my energetic six-year-old daughter was occupied for a moment, so I had a…
Ruhiyyih Degeberg, MPH, senior specialist, Environmental Health, APHL Six months ago I transitioned from the newborn screening program at APHL into the environmental health program.…
By Michelle M. Forman, senior specialist, media, APHL Your state’s childhood cancer rates are within normal – but what about your community that was once…
by Vanessa Burrowes, APHL-CDC Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratory Fellow, North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health When I was a kid, I was pretty curious…
Simply stated, biomonitoring allows public health practitioners to understand whether environmental contaminants are being absorbed into people’s bodies. Given improvements in technology; the capabilities and…