Public Health

The Maryland Department of the Environment's (MDE's) efforts at addressing the impact of environmental agents on public health focus on enviromental disease prevention, cautionary advisories and sometimes intervention to improve overall community health and safety. The site also includes health tips and actions citizens may take to reduce and protect themselves from environmental pollution.

• Arsenic Information
• Asbestos and Industrial Hygiene 
• Beaches Program
• Coal Fly Ash Information
• Fish Advisories 
• Flood Hazard Mitigation 
• Lead Poisoning Prevention
• Mercury Information
• Mold Information 
• Ozone Forecast
• Pfiesteria and West Nile Virus
• Radiological Health
• Shellfish Harvesting 
• Solid Waste Management
• Water Supply
• Water Quality Standards

Recent Public Health Concerns: 

• Westview Park Rock Crushing Activity
• Regulating Coal Combustion ByProducts
• Anne Arundel County/BBSS Fly Ash
• Swann Park
• Public Safety Information - Deep Creek Lake
• Energy Answers International

Related Resources:

• County Environmental Health Offices
• County Health Departments