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Our Mission

The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Environmental Health Section strives to promote health and quality of life in San Francisco by ensuring healthy living and working conditions in the City and County of San Francisco.

What's New:

August 19,2010

Bad Eggs on the Shelf

Public health officials are advising California consumers to throw away eggs that may have been contaminated with salmonella and are currently being recalled.

Read Article and CDPH Warning

July 21, 2010

Environmental Health Data Now Available !
A website has been created to host all publicly available environmental health data Environmental Health has collected or created. The files are available as shapefiles, including a database file (dbf). The site also contains a Food Database, including restaurant names, inspections, scoring, and violations if any. The Food Databse is updated every Thursday.

Checkout the Environmental Health Public File Transfer Site Now!

June 15, 2010:

Health Effects and Regulation of Wireless Communications Networks

Approximately 25,000 articles have been published over the past 30 years in the area of biological effects and medical applications of non-ionizing radiation. Health research has established that exposure to RFR may increase body temperatures and cause tissue damage but only at high doses. View Memorandum for more information.

Draft Mandatory Refuse Service Regulations now available for review

Public hearing will be held on June 8, 2010 at 10am to accept public comments regarding regulations proposed by the Department of Public Health pertaining to residential and commercial refuse collection service.  The proposed regulations define the requirements for property owners, property managers, employees, contractors, tenants and their visitors and the Department of Public Health. Click here for more information regarding the public hearing.

How Could Road Pricing Have an Impact on Our Health?

The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s Program on Health, Equity and Sustainability has received funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Active Living Research program to conduct a health impact assessment (HIA) of a proposed road pricing policy in San Francisco, California. Find out more!

Smoke Prevention Ordinance: Compliance is a Must!

As of April 24, 2010, the Department of Public Health has been mandated to enforce the secondhand smoke prevention ordinance, San Francisco Health Code (SFHC), Article 19F. The goal of this program is to protect children, non smokers, and persons with respiratory conditions. Find out more by viewing the Secondhand Smoke Prevention and Enforcement page.

HIA Summer Training Course June 22-25, 2010SFDPH is excited to announce that enrollment is now open for our annual

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Practitioners Summer Training Course. The overall goal of the course is to provide current and future practitioners of HIA experience using available procedures, regulations, and tools to implement an HIA. This year’s course will be held from June 22-25, 2010 in downtown San Francisco.  

Heavy Fines on the Horizon for Violators of New Lead Paint Standards

SACRAMENTO – The Contractors State License Board (CSLB) is reminding licensees that beginning April 22, 2010, contractors could face fines of up to $37,500 for not complying with federal regulations aimed at protecting them and consumers from exposure to dust from leadbased paints.

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Public Notice: Solid Waste Facility Permit Modification for the San Francisco Solid Waste Transfer and Recycling Center

The San Francisco Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Services, Local Enforcement Agency (“LEA”) has received an application from the SFSWTRC for a modification to its Solid Waste Facility Permit.  On January 11, 2010, the LEA accepted SFSWTRC’s application and determined it to be complete and adequate and the proposed modification to be minor and insignificant.  The LEA has forwarded the application to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery for review and concurrence. Click here for more information

USEPA Re-analysis Consistent with Health Protective Asbestos Management at Hunters Point Shipyard

Based on a review of all the asbestos monitoring data collected during the initial construction of Parcel A of the Hunters Point Shipyard and an independent re-analysis of some data, the USEPA has reached a tentative conclusion, in a draft letter circulated to public agencies, that the combined SFDPH and Air District mitigation measures and asbestos monitoring procedure have been operating in an effective manner to minimizing dust generation to limit asbestos exposure to health protective levels. EPA concluded, in the draft letter, that there is no reason to stop construction activities at Parcel A in Hunters Point. These findings corroborate prior analysis and assessment by both SFDPH and the Air District.

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