Become a Member of NEHA Today!

Position Papers

By Year: 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004-1996
 

One of the National Environmental Health Association's (NEHA's) responsibilities is to speak up on issues of concern to our members, and one way of doing this involves adopting positions. By publishing these positions, we strive to keep you informed about where we stand as an association on issues critical to environmental health. If you and/or your colleagues have the opportunity to advance any of these positions, we encourage you to do so.  For more information about NEHA's work concerning these positions, please visit our Government & External Affairs Program.

2012 POSITION PAPERS

• NEHA Resolution that states that businesses or any individual engaged in production of non-TCS Food as part of a defined cottage foods industry should be registered with the appropriate state/local/tribal regulatory food safety or public health agency, April 2012
   

• NEHA Resolution to recognize and reaffirm the public health value of optimal community water fluoridation, April 2012
   

• NEHA Response to Ohio State House Bill 416 proposing revisions to current Ohio State Law regulating the swimming pool industry in Ohio, February 2012

Return to Top

2011 POSITION PAPERS

• NEHA Response to proposed closing of the Occupational and Environmental Sciences (OEHS) program at Wayne State University, August 2011
   

• NEHA Opposition to MN initiative HF 637 2010, SF 477 2010, Adopted April 18, 2011
   

• NEHA Support of the NCEH/ATSDR budget for FY2012, Adopted February 23, 2011
   

• NEHA Response to Iowa Food Establishment Inspection Frequency, Adopted February 2011
   

• NEHA Response to Iowa House Bill HF394 and Iowa Senate Bill SF278 (Sale of Raw Milk), Adopted February 2011

Return to Top

2008 POSITION PAPERS

• Position on Improving the Effectiveness of Food Safety Programs, Adopted December 2008
   

• Food Safety Effectiveness Position Appendix, December 2008
   

• Letter to Mike Taylor from NEHA, December 2008
   

• Position Paper on "One World-One Health", Adopted October 2008
   

• Position Regarding the Sale or Distribution of Raw Milk,  Adopted January 2008

Return to Top

2007 POSITION PAPERS

• Labeling Requirements for Food Products from Cloned Animals,  Adopted June 2007
   

• Environmental Public Health Tracking,  Adopted April 2007

Return to Top

2006 POSITION PAPERS

• Working Group Reports on Undergraduate Public Health Education,  Adopted December 2006
   

• Avian and Pandemic Flu,  Adopted April 2006
   

• H.R. 4167 "The National Uniformity for Foods Act of 2005", H.R. 4167 Fact Sheet,  Adopted February 2006

2005 POSITION PAPERS

• Workforce Development,    Adopted June 2005

Return to Top

POSITION PAPERS

• CDC's Draft Paper "Strengthening Partnerships between Environmental Public Health Professionals and Public Health Nurses",    Adopted June 2004
   

• Direction and Usage of NEHA's REHS/RS and CFSP Credentials,    Adopted December 2003
   

• Antibiotic Feed and Human Health,    Adopted April 2000
   

• Resolution Regarding Genetically Modified Organisms,    Adopted April 2000
   

• Resolution to Support Public Health Principles and Guidance for Brownfields Policies and Practices,    Adopted July 1999
   

• Resolution to Support A Federal Trade Commission Requirement for Surgeon General Warning Labels on Cigars,    Adopted July 1999
   

• Resolution regarding Community Water Fluoridation,    Adopted July 1999
   

• Responsible Irradiation of Foods,    Adopted July 1999
   

• Resolution to Support Global Approach to the Prevention of Youth Tobacco Use,    Adopted July 1999
   

• Secondhand Tobacco Smoke,    Adopted May 1998
   

• Clean Air Act Amendments,    Adopted May 1998
   

• Pesticides,    Adopted May 1998
   

• Children's Environmental Health,    Adopted July 1997
   

• Endocrine Disrupters,    Adopted July 1997
   

• Global Climate Change,    Adopted April 1997
   

• Environmental Health,    Adopted April 1996
   

• Environmental Justice,    Adopted June 1996

Return to Top