A key component of public health, environmental public health focuses on preventing and controlling human diseases caused or impacted by our environment.
Many aspects of our environment, both built (pools, sidewalk, and park access) and natural (water, air, soil, and food), can impact our health.
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You can pay your fees and print your renewal permit(s) online.
Environmental public health professionals work to prevent disease and create healthy environments that promote well-being, fostering healthy, and safe communities by ensuring the safety of what we eat, breathe, touch, and drink.
Statewide activities focus on prevention, preparedness, and education through routine monitoring, outreach, surveillance, and sampling of facilities and other environments that may contribute to injuries and the occurrence or transmission of disease
Florida Department of Health in Indian River County’s Environmental Health section protects Indian River County’s residents and visitors from natural and man-made health risks and exposures.
Environmental Health also provides timely guidance and information to the public, businesses, and other governmental agencies on public health issues and concerns during emergencies such as hurricanes, fires, floods, hazardous materials incidents, sewage spills, and disease outbreaks.