Children may get sick more easily from harmful chemicals in our homes and in the environment. Learn how you can limit your child’s contact with harmful chemicals. Pesticides Pesticides are chemicals used to kill unwanted things like insects, weeds, rats, and more. Pesticides are found in products like bug sprays...
Drowning is the leading cause of death and disability in California for children under 5 years of age. Approximately 60 children ages 5 years old and under lose their lives to drowning each year. California Department of Developmental Services (DSS) data shows that 52 children per year survive but are disabled because...
Santa Ana Families Improve the Walking Conditions Around Fremont Elementary School and El Salvador Park The Need: Challenge Within Orange County (OC), Fremont Elementary School falls in the top 10% of schools for bike and pedestrian injuries (Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System). Families have expressed concerns about traffic and personal...
Did you know that walking to school is one of the easiest ways for students and parents to get daily physical activity? Plus it’s lots of fun! A Walking School Bus is an organized group of students that safely walks to school together with adult supervision. Similar to a carpool...
What is a Grievance? A beneficariy's expressed disstistfaction to the Mental Health Plan (MHP), Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS), or any provider about any matter having to do with the provision of Medi-Cal services. The expressed dissatisfaction is defined as a grievance, whether or not it is submitted in...
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"While the food supply in the United States is one of the safest in the world, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year roughly 1 in 6 Americans (or 48 million people) gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases." www.cdc.gov The top...
Here you can find a brief description of each of the food safety programs at Environmental Health as well as an introduction to what they do to protect the public from foodborne illness. Restaurants & Markets The goal of the Food Protection Program is to ensure that the food sold...