11AM PST/ 2PM EST Monday, October 1, 2018
Wildfire Smoke: Impacts on Public Health and Lived Experience
Learn about the latest research on the various health effects of wildfire smoke exposure. Dr. Colleen Reid, assistant professor in Geography at the University of Colorado, Boulder, will provide an overview of what is known and not known about the health impacts of exposure to smoke from wildfires.
Tuesday, July 9 – Friday, July 12
Pre-cons July 7 – 8
Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Exposure to wildland fire smoke is a community health issue that has gained the attention of public health professionals and organizations, especially in states where fires are becoming more frequent and intense. Emissions from wildland fire smoke have significant health implications for those nearby as well as those living farther downwind of the smoke. EPA offers a suite of wildland fire resources that can be used by state environmental and public health agencies to help communicate health risks and ways to reduce exposure with the public before, during and after smoke events.
Exposure to wildland fire smoke is a community health issue that has gained the attention of public health professionals and organizations, especially in states where fires are becoming more frequent and intense. Emissions from wildland fire smoke has significant health implications for those nearby as well as those living farther downwind of the smoke. The US Environmental Protection Agency offers a suite of wildland fire resources that can assist with development of health risk communications strategies to improve public health outcomes.
February 28, 2018
12:00pm EST- 1:00pm EST
Registration Link: https://cc.readytalk.com/r/e8q2c81nslip&eom
Save the date for the 2018 Georgia Environmental Health Association (GEHA) Annual Education Conference (AEC) happening June 27-29, 2018, at the Savannah DeSoto Hilton. GEHA looks forward to its members and guests coming to this popular location overlooking Madison Square in the heart of Savannah’s Historic District.
To be a resource in addressing the environmental and public health impacts from climate change.
NEHA’s Climate Change Committee is comprised of public and private sector environmental health and climate change experts working in partnership to provide outcomes in the following priority areas:
NEHA's Climate Change Committee is comprised of local, state, federal, and industry professionals with environmental health and climate and health backgrounds.
Here are a few of the recent activities and products that the committee has developed.
Colorado Environmental Health Association Annual Education Conference - The mission of the Annual Education Conference is to provide high quality education opportunities while creating an environment that will develop, connect and build relationships between those who work collaboratively in the diverse sectors of environmental health.
