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Getting the job done lies at the heart of the success of the Division of
Environmental Health. It doesnt hurt either that we embrace the
innovative and aim for the extraordinary every day. Much of what we do
goes unseen. But we provide the kind of out of sight service that
gets noticed. We have a solid history of protecting Floridians from
environmental hazards where they work, live and play.
Simply put, keeping our residents healthy and our communities free of
disease is our mission. And doing the work with passion is our
commitment. Strengthened by a dynamic force of 67 county health departments,
we tackle the tough and rise above the tedious. And we do it all with an eye
towards one worthy goal -- to promote and protect the health and safety of
all Floridians.
Super Stats: How EH Provides Out of Sight Service
- We regulate 70% of our populations drinking water
- We inspect more than 33,000 public swimming pools twice a year
- We inspect and regulate 2.3 million onsite sewage treatment and
disposal systems, serving 30 percent of Florida's population
- We lead the nation by monitoring beach water at more than 300 beach
sites along our coastline for bacterial indicators at least once per
week throughout the entire year
- We investigate the public health risks of more than 1,000 hazardous
waste sites in our state
- We issue approximately 35,000 new permits and repair 20,000 existing
onsite sewage treatment and disposals systems yearly
- We license approximately 1,400 users across the state, including
hospitals, universities, industrial facilities, doctors, roofing
companies, a food irradiator and a medical product irradiator.
- We responded to more than 5,700 telephone calls to our toll-free
hotline and 641 internet inquiries on radon and indoor air issues last
year
- We have monitored migrant farmworker housing since 1959
- We received the highest rating possible in the seven categories
reviewed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- We developed a web-based database to track and respond to food and
water contamination and vectorborne diseases statewide
- We house one of only 21 Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT)
programs in the nation tapped by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention to link health information on asthma, birth defects, cancers
and developmental disabilities with environmental health data using
Geographic Information System (GIS) technology
- We have raised the bar nationally with our
Protocol for
Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health (PACE-EH) projects
which enable 21 Florida counties to tackle
pressing environmental health concerns as a part of a community-based
effort
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