JOURNAL ARCHIVE
Part 1: What Can We Learn from the Automobile?
Onsite Wastewater Compliance Monitoring in Florida – A Critical Review of Laws, Policies and Procedures that Impact Sustainable Growth
By William G. Brookman, M.P.H.
Growth in Popularity – Growth in Regulation
From a population of 752,000 in 1910 to the current population of more than 18 million, Florida is growing, particularly in coastal areas. More people mean more human waste. Just as the popularity of the automobile grew exponentially, the popularity of developing sensitive environmental areas in Florida has grown. Growth can come with unintended consequences. What lessons can the onsite wastewater industry learn from the automobile?
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Legionella Positive Environmental Samples from a Hot Tub at a Local Resort Hotel, Orange County, December, 2008
By Dean Bodager, RS, DAAS, MPA, Donna Walsh, RN, BSN, MPA, Tiery Osias, MPH, and David Overfield, BS
The Florida Department of Health was notified on December 4, 2008 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of a confirmed case of Legionnaires’ disease in a 60 year old male resident of England. Initial information provided by CDC indicated that the patient’s onset date was November 23, 2008 and he stayed at Hotel A in Orlando, Florida from October 20 through November 13. Hotel A’s hot tub had been epidemiologically implicated as a source for five cases of Legionnaires’ disease in March of 2008 (Eisenstein and Bodager, 2008). At that time, numerous design, maintenance and disinfection practices were found to be conducive to the harborage and growth of Legionella. All available case information was forwarded to the Orange County Health Department (OCHD) on December 4 for surveillance and investigation.
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New Bureau of Environmental Public Health Medicine Joins
the Division of Environmental Health
By Lu Grimm
The newest bureau chief to join the Florida Department of Health’s Division of Environmental Health, Carina Blackmore, M.S., V.M., Ph.D., has a clear vision of the bureau’s future. She sees how that bureau can excel in serving the needs of the division, the department, the counties, and the people of Florida. In a recent interview, Blackmore explained how the Bureau of Environmental Public Health Medicine fits into its multi-faceted role.
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