Environmental Health

Env’l code amendment pushed

9 Feb 2012

Councilor Bernard Al-ag has filed a proposal in the city council on Tuesday to amend Environmental Health and Sanitation Code to streamline the processing of health certificates in the City Health Office (CHO). Al-ag, chair of the committee on health, said in his privilege speech during the plenary that the amendment is needed to fast-track the processing in the health office. About 70,000 ...

Groups Tell EPA to Stop Expansion of Neurotoxic Pesticide Uses and Protect Health

9 Feb 2012

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beyond Pesticides, along with Center for Environmental Health, Farmworker Justice, Healthy Schools Network, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange and over 100 national, state and local grassroots organizations, told the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect public health and eliminate unnecessary pyrethroid pesticides. ...

Asbestos found in several campus buildings

9 Feb 2012

The CSUN environmental health & safety department disseminated a report in January that lists 18 buildings on campus with remnants of asbestos-containing materials.