County Sanitarian:
Steve Patterson

Assistant Sanitarian:
Mike Stringham

Environmental Technician:
Justin Downing

Office Manager:
Darcia Robson

Ph: (641) 747-8320
Fax: (641) 747-8916
envhlth@netins.net

Guthrie County Courthouse
200 North 5th Street
Guthrie Center, IA 50115

Hrs: 8:00 - 4:30 (M-F)

Guthrie County Main > Environmental Health > Web Pages Pot Pourri

Web Page Pot Pourri
updated March, 2010

This is a list of wide ranging web sites on lots of topics that you might find of interest from a health standpoint.  From time-to-time additional sites will be added as they become known.

1) Check out the IDPH Toxicology Manual. Iowa has an evolving manual of fact sheets on various chemicals, elements, etc. showing health effects, how to handle, etc.  By going to the site you can scan the list, which is supposed to grow with time.

2) For a bedbugs fact sheet with pretty pictures (!!) go to: Bed Bug Fact Sheet

3) Visit www.wastewatertraining.com. Contractors and other interested career people may find the On-Site Training Center web site very helpful to learn when various courses will be offered, mostly through DMACC.

4) Any contractors involved in the licensing requirements for plumbers, HVAC, refrigeration, and hydronics will definitely want to keep checking on the Iowa Plumbing and Mechanical Systems Examining Board web site.

5) Electrical permits are required by the State for all residential, commercial, and industrial building sites.  The State has inspectors in all counties that will check on sites.  Visit the Electrical Examining Board website at iowaelectrical.gov.  A wealth of information is available, but do NOT put in www before the domain name when you put in the web address.

6) This web page is for the Bureau of Environmental Health Services, a division of the Iowa Dept. of Public Health. This web site covers all the programs of the Dept. such as tattoo, swimming pool, Iowa Code, training programs, etc. The web page is http://www.idph.state.ia.us/eh/code.asp

7) For items on mold go to #6 above and type "mold" in the search box. You can also click here for those results.

8) The State has passed requirements for ANY contractor, rental property owner, etc. that works on pre-1978 homes to comply with very stringent lead notification and safety requirements.  The following web site will provide information .  Looking at the Frequently Asked Questions section would be the most helpful.  The site is within the Iowa Dept. of Public Health website:
www.idph.state.ia.us/eh/lead_poisoning_prevention.asp

9) The State has a very good web site that explains the grant programs for the well plugging, well testing, and well rehabilitation programs. These programs are administered locally by this Dept. for Guthrie, Cass, Adair, and Audubon Counties. That web site is www.idph.state.ia.us/eh/grants.asp.

10. The Iowa Pharmacy Association has a program called TakeAway. This is a web listing of pharmacies that will take most old medications for proper disposal. Today the recommendation is that you shouldn’t put most medicines down the drain or into the garbage. To locate pharmacies that will take old medicines go to www.iarx.org/takeaway.

NOTE: While we don’t vouch for any of these sites, they are ones that appear to have a lot of great information.

 
 

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