Environmental Health Consultation
Public Health Assessments and Consultations for United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) superfund sites in Arizona.  Consultations for other environmental exposures upon request.

Wildfire Smoke and Your Health

Food Safety & Environmental Services
This office administers the statewide food safety program, promulgates the state food safety regulations and manages other sanitation programs, including public accommodations, trailer parks, bathing places, children's camps, campgrounds and public schools. This office also maintains a voluntary Food Biosecurity Program and issues the Office of Environmental Health newsletter. In the web area for this office you may find links to the county health departments and many other public health resources.  This office also administers the registration of sanitarians.

Smoke Free Arizona Program
This office, in conjunction with the county health departments, is responsible for education, compliance, and enforcement of the Smoke Free Arizona Act.

Visit  http://www.smokefreearizona.org, for more information about:

• The Smoke-Free Arizona Act
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Information for bars, restaurants and other businesses
• Ordering Signs
• Filing a Complaint Online
• Helpful Downloads
• Secondhand Smoke

Smoke-Free Arizona Act - Economic Impact Study

ADHS Smoke-Free Arizona Annual Report

Children's Environmental Health Section
In accordance with the Governor's Children's Environmental Health Project initiative, the Office of Environmental Health assessed the environmental factors that most affect Arizona's children. The results of the assessment are discussed in Arizona's Children and the Environment, dated December 2003. The purpose of this report is to inform the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and other interested organizations and individuals of the results of the assessment and request their collaboration in developing specific objectives for reducing these exposures.

Responsible for disease surveillance for lead and pesticide poisoning in Arizona. Provides reporting requirements for laboratories and physicians for lead and pesticide poisoning.  Provides Arizona's Targeted Childhood Lead Poisoning Screening Plan, including a list of high-risk ZIP Codes.  

Provides health information regarding indoor air quality including mold and other health information. Information is also available on the US EPA Lead-Based Paint and Real Estate Disclosure Program.

This program also administers the SunWise Program, which helps elementary schools in Arizona develop programs to educate children about safe sun behavior.    

New!! Brownfields
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) received funding from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) to conduct activities at Brownfield sites to identify health concerns, mitigate exposure, and address community health concerns.  Click here to find out more.

Information about melamine in imported foods
Update on Melamine

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