Public Health Environmental Services (PHES) improves the living conditions within the community by promoting and protecting public health. PHES are mandated by the WV State Code and are vital to basic human health.
Environmental Health is the regulatory arm of the Monongalia County Health Department and is empowered to enforce state laws relating to public health. Environmental Health Inspectors routinely inspect, regulate, monitor, educate and advise the public on environmental health matters.
Environmental Health conducts a variety of programs that prevent disease by reducing health risks. Most people know about restaurant and septic system inspections, but few realize that environmental health also inspects schools, swimming pools, hotels, grocery stores, organized camps, water systems, housing and the list goes on and on.
Rest assured that from the food you eat and the water you drink, to the day care center or school that your child attends, Environmental Health is making your life safer and healthier every day.
Environmental Health is the regulatory arm of the Monongalia County Health Department and is empowered to enforce state laws relating to public health. Environmental Health Inspectors routinely inspect, regulate, monitor, educate and advise the public on environmental health matters.
Environmental Health conducts a variety of programs that prevent disease by reducing health risks. Most people know about restaurant and septic system inspections, but few realize that environmental health also inspects schools, swimming pools, hotels, grocery stores, organized camps, water systems, housing and the list goes on and on.
Rest assured that from the food you eat and the water you drink, to the day care center or school that your child attends, Environmental Health is making your life safer and healthier every day.
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