Environmental Health Service

noun

1. (in Britain) a service provided by a local authority, which deals with prevention of the spread of communicable diseases, food safety and hygiene, control of infestation by insects or rodents, etc

Example Sentences

“NHS Fife’s Health Protection Team and the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership worked closely with Fife Council’s Environmental Health Service to support the management of the care home and offer advice to prevent spread of the virus.”

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Local health teams said they were working with the council's environmental health service to support the care home and "reduce further transmission of the virus".

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We reached out to Winifred Hamilton, director of the Environmental Health Service at the Baylor College of Medicine, who put together a team that included Lauren Stadler and Qilin Li, researchers from Rice University; herself and Jesse Crain III from Baylor; and Loren Raun and Lisa Montemayor from the City of Houston.

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Dr. Winifred Hamilton, director of the Environmental Health Service at Baylor College of Medicine and a member of the testing group, said she is especially worried about exposure to mold among people who are moving back or who bring along their children as they try to clean and repair their houses.

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“Many people are already back into their homes that have been flooded with two or three feet or more of water,” said Winifred J. Hamilton, director of the environmental health service at Baylor College of Medicine.

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