The HEER Office has released a newly updated and redesigned fish consumption brochure entitled A Local Guide to Eating Fish Safely. You can also download this and other fact sheets and brochures at Fact Sheets
Public Health Projects
The HEER Office will hold a public hearing for the proposed amendment of Hawaiʻi Administrative Rules Title 11 Chapter 5 (HAR 11-5), entitled “Environmentally-Related Illness and Injury Reporting”. The proposed amendments update requirements for the reporting of designated heavy metal and pesticide laboratory results to include all results as well as improve the quality of ...
Read More Proposed Rule Change: HAR 11-5, “Environmentally-Related Illness and Injury Reporting” (Comments 8/26/2019 – 9/25/2019)
The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has conducted biomonitoring pilot studies assessing mercury and arsenic levels in clients of DOH’s WIC Program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children). Results of these studies are now available. 2018-02 HDOH Biomonitoring Pilot Study Hair Mercury Levels in WIC Program Clients 2018-02 HDOH Biomonitoring Pilot Study Hair ...
Read More Biomonitoring Pilot Studies: Mercury and Arsenic Levels in Hair in WIC Clients
In October 2014, community members from Kauaʻi requested that the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) perform a Public Health Assessment on the west side of Kauaʻi due to environmental health concerns associated with pesticide use by nearby agricultural operations. On August 15, 2016, ATSDR responded to the requestors, stating that: “To ...
Read More ATSDR Response to Kauaʻi Public Health Assessment Request
Vanadium is naturally occurring in Hawaiʻi’s drinking water and not considered to be harmful at the levels present. 2014-05-29 HDOH Statement regarding vanadium in drinking water
HDOH is making available a report on the human health risks of 1,2,3-trichloropropane (TCP), a contaminant found in some sources of drinking water in Hawaiʻi. The purpose of the report is to review the available data on the potential human health effects of TCP as a drinking water contaminant and evaluate the adequacy of Hawaiʻi’s ...
Read More New Report: “Human Health Risks of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane in Tap Water”