Publications

Annual Reports (pdf)

• Environmental Health 2005 Annual Report - includes images (1.4 mb)
• Environmental Health 2005 Annual Report  - no images (135kb)
• Program on Health Equity and Sustainability 2007 Annual Report

• 2007 City and County of San Francisco Crop Report

Regulations (pdf)

• Bed bug Control Regulation
• massage program rules & regulations
• Structural requirements for massage establishments

Other Environmental Health Program Publications

• Program on Health Equity and Sustainability Publications

Fact Sheets

Food safety facts (pdf)

• how food borne illness starts
• three types of food hazards
• prevention through hygiene - frequent and adequate hand washing!
• how to store food safely at special events
• correct temperature control to prevent bacteria growth
• temperature table for unsafe foods
• what to do during power outage
• mercury in fish
• what is food irradiation?
• preventive tactics to reduce food hazards

What Rental Tenants Need to Know about the SFDPH Code Enforcement Program (pdf)

• Chinese version
• English version

Tenants Rights and Resources For Safe and Habitable Homes In San Francisco (pdf)

• Chinese version
• English version
  

Tenant Alert! What Is the Condition of Your Home? (pdf)

• Chinese version
• English version

Lead Paint Hazards and Laws for Property Owners (pdf)

How to control mold in your house (pdf)

Mold in the workplace (pdf)

Effects of noise in your community (pdf)

What to do about pests

• Bedbugs (pdf)

  • do I have bedbugs?
  • tenant's guide to bedbug control
  • hotel manager's guide to bedbug control

• Mosquitoes

  • are you raising mosquitoes at your home, business or construction site? (pdf)
  • do mosquitoes love your home and yard? (leaving SFDPH website)
• Rodents (pdf)
• Roaches - keeping them out of your house (pdf)