March 2018 Environmental Health Research Scan

Full Scan 

The attached PDF version of the Research Scan has over 100 references and is broken into over 30 categories.

Editor’s Picks

After searching through the dozens of articles referenced in the scan, our librarian picks the ones she feels may be especially interesting to our stakeholders.  Her “Editor Picks” for March 2018 include:

• Wildfires, emergency preparedness, and the importance of communication from the National Environmental Health Association
  Summary: “NEHA connected with and interviewed the following environmental health professionals at the EPA to learn more about their work with wildfires and emergency preparedness.”
• NEHA body art model code - draft from the National Environmental Health Association
  Summary: “Since 2016, the National Environmental Health Association has been facilitating the revision of the 1999 BAMC with a committee of body art and regulatory professionals. The code is now ready for public review.”
• Evidence review of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products 2018: executive summary from Public Health England
  Summary: “Implications of this review included the following: There is a need for continued research on the impact of regulations on smoking rates and patterns, use of e-cigarettes by adults and young people, product design and quality, and adverse effects of e-cigarettes.”
• Public health consequences of e-cigarettes from the National Academies of Science and Engineering
  Summary: “This report is a systematic review of the literature that evaluates the evidence about e-cigarettes and health, highlights gaps that are a priority for future research, and makes recommendations to improve the quality of this research.”
• Public health consequences of lead in drinking water from Current Environmental Health Reports
  Summary:  “The importance of drinking water as a contributor to total lead exposure depends on water lead levels and the amount consumed, as well as….”
• New Zealand Standard for Testing and decontamination of methamphetamine-contaminated properties from the Government of New Zealand
  Summary: “Application of the standard will provide assurance that activities such as screening, testing, assessing, and decontamination of contaminated properties and disposal of their contents are carried out following good practice.”