The Great Lakes Center of Excellence in Environmental Health

Best Practices

This site features Environmental Health practices by health departments that you may consider using as a model for your own use.

From Michigan: Public Health and Preparedness Tools

• Information Source Matrix (Excel .xls file)- a handy guide to online resources for toxic industrial chemicals and WMDs
• Fact Sheet Matrix (Excel .xls file) - A Listing of Available High Threat Chemical and Toxin Fact Sheets and Medical Management Guidelines
• A template for creating a chemical specific fact sheet for Health Care providers (Word .doc)
• A template for creating a chemical-specific fact sheet for a public audience (Word .doc)

From Wisconsin: Advice and more on safe fish consumption

• Advisories and guides for specific sub-populations
  dhfs.wisconsin.gov/eh/Fish/

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