Keeping Your Surroundings Safe

The Environmental Health Section provides control and prevention through a combination of surveillance, education, enforcement, and assessment programs designed to identify and abate the environmental conditions that adversely impact human health. In addition to the primary programs described below, the EH section executes programs related to indoor air quality, emergency response activities, and individual drinking water systems (wells). Additional information, including Rules and Regulations, can by found for each program at the website of the Division of Public Health Environmental Health Section.

Contact Your Local Environmental Health Office

Learn about our related health services:

Additional Resources: 

• Locate your county Environmental Health Office
• Information about Uranium in Private Drinking Water Wells
• 2013 NCHD Key Environmental Health Indicators