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Provides services to protect, promote, and improve the environment in Anoka County. Types of services offered are the following: - Education resources on food safety, groundwater protection, hazardous waste management and disposal, and recycling - Regulation of food and lodging establishments, public swimming pools, hazardous and solid waste disposal, and body art establishment - Well water information and testing

Provides evaluation, education, and promote safe environmental practices using consistent, risk-based collaborative approach to ensure health and safety. Services include: - Develop environmental health initiatives for continued public health and safety - Enforce county environmental regulations and ordinances - Inspection and enforcement of licensed establishments. Licenses food, beverage, and lodging establishments. - Provides education and information on environmental conditions that impact health - Respond to complaints, public health nuisances, and natural disasters. Organizes cleanup of public nuisance properties. Offers education and resources on public nuisance concerns.

Provides evaluation, education, and promote safe environmental practices using consistent, risk-based collaborative approach to ensure health and safety. Services include: - Develop environmental health initiatives for continued public health and safety - Enforce county environmental regulations and ordinances - Inspection and enforcement of licensed establishments. Licenses food, beverage, and lodging establishments. - Provides education and information on environmental conditions that impact health - Respond to complaints, public health nuisances, and natural disasters. Organizes cleanup of public nuisance properties. Offers education and resources on public nuisance concerns.

Seeks the protection of all persons in their environment. Services include: - Information regarding other environmental conditions affecting health such as insect-borne diseases, healthy housing conditions, and clandestine lab clean-up - Licensing and inspection of food and beverage businesses, public lodging, public swimming pools, manufactured home parks, and campgrounds - Managing septic compliance and new system installations to protect public health - Permitting and inspection of well-construction and sealing - Radon test kits and information

Inspects and licenses food, beverage and lodging establishments, campgrounds, and mobile home parks. Services include: - High blood lead level follow-up - Inspect and license tobacco retailers - Investigate public health nuisance complaints - Provide education and information for food safety, water quality, and clean air. Radon test kits are available to residents. - Special event food and camping permits - Takes reports of suspected foodborne or waterborne illnesses

Responds to public health nuisance complaints and works with other county departments in resolving ordinance violations. Services include: - Provides protection of ground water. Permit and inspect new well construction, sealing of abandoned wells, and the installation of Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems (SSTS). - Provides certified water sampling for anyone within the service area - Local Government AgBMP Loan Program helps farmers, agriculture supply business, landowners identify problems, and find solutions to water quality issues faced by rural Minnesota including Septic systems

Seeks to protect public health by regulating environmental conditions and facilities. Services include: - Cleanup of clandestine drug lab sites - Investigation of public health nuisance complaints - Licensing and inspection of food and beverage establishments - Regulation of lodging establishments, hotels, motels, and resorts - Regulation of public swimming pools - Regulation of manufactured home parks, recreational camping areas, and youth camps - Reporting of foodborne illness concerns

Administers the Clean Indoor Air Act for the state of Minnesota, which regulates smoking in public places and work places. Provides information about mold, finding it in a home, cleaning up and why it's a health issue. Also gives information on finding radon and where to buy radon testing kits.

Provides information on environmental health issues

- Inspections and licensing of food, beverage and lodging facilities, swimming pools, mobile home parks, campgrounds, and youth camps - Investigation of general nuisance complaints - Resource for air, water quality, and home environment concerns

Inspection services for food, lodging, and pools to ensure commercial entities are compliant with state and local health codes. Enforces state and local environmental laws and assists the state with monitoring programs. Lead and Healthy Homes: Eliminate elevated lead levels in Minneapolis for children under six and reduce indoor environmental hazards in homes and family day cares. Environmental Services: Monitor and regulate air, water, and noise pollution within the city of Minneapolis. Work with the public and businesses about energy use strategies. Develop initiatives to reduce pollution throughout the city of Minneapolis.

Provides health information and topics on: - Bed bugs - Diseases and Conditions: Details on various health conditions, including ADHD, cancer, COPD, diabetes, heart disease, and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). - Environmental Health: Information on topics such as carbon monoxide, indoor air pollution, lead exposure, mold, poison safety, and ultraviolet (UV) safety. - Healthy Living: Guidance on adolescent health, food safety, emotional well-being, obesity prevention, smoking cessation, vaccines, and other immunizations. - Emergencies and Safety: Resources on specific types of emergencies, threats, injury prevention, violence prevention, and safety measures. - Public Health: Insights into epidemic investigations and vital pandemic updates. - Traveler Health: Travel health notices, disease directories, frequently asked questions, and precautions for travelers. - Workplace Safety and Health: Information on occupational safety, including topics like cancer, chemical safety, and workplace hazards.

- Blood pressure and sugar screenings - Car seat safety - Childbirth classes - Child and teen check-ups - CPR and AED training courses - Disease prevention and control - Emergency preparedness - Environmental health hazard information on mold, radon, lead and meth - Fall prevention program - Follow along program for child development tracking - Foot care clinics - Health fairs - Immunizations - Lactation Education - Medication disposal information - Outreach for pregnant women, parents of infants and young children - Postpartum home visits - Prenatal education - Tobacco use and exposure prevention - Well child checks - WIC program

Public Health Educators answer questions and provide information on environmental health topics such as mold, radon, and rabies. They perform inspections only for property complaints deemed public health nuisances, such as dumping garbage or exposed sewage. Radon home test kits are available for $2 as supplies last.