211201 Chemicals in drinking water and environmental public health tracking

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 12:30 PM

Ambarish Vaidyanathan, MS , Environmental Health Tracking Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Judy Qualters, PhD , Environmental Health Tracking Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) is the ongoing collection, integration, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of data from environmental hazard monitoring, and from human exposure and health effects surveillance. The mission of EPHT is to provide information from a nationwide network of integrated health and environmental data that drives actions to improve the health of communities. This presentation will describe data and textual information related to water that will be available on the national environmental health tracking portal. In addition, it will be provide a brief description of the work group processes that resulted in the development of nationally consistent data and measures for water quality.

Learning Objectives:
Define the role of environmental health tracking in documenting the health effects of waterborne disease

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Works in environmental public health tracking branch
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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