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.
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 Water Quality
Protecting Florida Together map delivers statewide water quality information for blue-green algae and red tide (harmful algal blooms). You can sign-up to receive notifications when water quality changes in your area.
The Florida Department of Health in Baker County’s Environmental Health Office is now located at our Main Health Department.
Florida Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
The Florida Environmental Public Health Tracking Program is pleased to announce the launch of its online portal. The Florida Environmental Public Health Tracking Program works in partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track diseases that may be related to environmental exposures. This program provides data sets on environmental hazards and associated health outcomes.