M7.4 Blog about your local environmental services

Review your local (city or county) health department's website and list the services that you would consider Environmental Health Services. 

 What is interesting is that the San Mateo Health Department has a link for "Environmental Health," however, when you click in the link, an error message pops up- did they take down this specific page due to lack of funding or did they decide to cut it out because they felt it was unnecessary? Very interesting. The health department has a laboratory where they test for the quality of water and "other "environmental health issues." The website was very non-specific in explaining the services in which they provide related to mental health which I found fascinating. It more so lists they services it provides, such as: restaurant inspections, household hazardous waste and medical waste disposal, water protection and water quality monitoring, pollution prevention, and other regulatory activities and services, but never went into full on detail, which I think is necessary and would make a big difference. 

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  1. UnknownDecember 5, 2018 at 6:39 PM

    thats a weird thing to find on the San Mateo DPH site! worth looking into!

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