Tag - environmental health

Photo showing different types of narcotics including a syringe and pills sitting on a table.

Public health laboratories collecting critical data on non-fatal drug overdoses

July 24, 2023

Person's hand holding delta-8 THC gummies. (Photo credit: Elsa Olofsson, CBD Oracle)

Public unaware of risks from new delta-8 THC cannabis products

May 19, 2022

Lab Matters Fall/Winter 2021

New Lab Matters: The role of public health laboratories on climate change

December 20, 2021

The New Jersey prenatal lead and mercury screening team pose for a group photo.

Lab Culture Ep. 26: How two New Jersey lab scientists launched an unprecedented prenatal lead and mercury screening program

October 5, 2021

Scientist taking a sample from algae-covered body of water.

How public health laboratories can track and improve climate change effects

August 11, 2021

Three scientists work on wastewater testing in the Wyoming Public Health Laboratory.

Wastewater tracking provides warning signs of local COVID-19 burden

August 4, 2021

New Lab Matters: The new world order of COVID-19

September 30, 2020

Dried blood spots used for lead testing

How has COVID-19 created challenges for pediatric lead testing?

August 19, 2020

Lab Matters Spring 2020, Issue 2

New Lab Matters: Biosurveillance and the opioid epidemic

June 19, 2020

people in a group wearing masks

Beyond COVID-19: How public health laboratories keep us safe every day

June 3, 2020