World Environmental Health Day (WEHD) is virtually being celebrated at East Carolina University for the 5th year on September 26, 2020 by the ECU Environmental Health Sciences (EHS) Program, along with the International Federation…
Reiskind MH, Styers DM, Hayes I, Richards SL, Doyle MS, Reed EM, Hollingsworth B and Byrd BD (2020). Short-term, large-area survey of container Aedes spp. (Diptera: Culicidae): Presence and abundance is associated with fine-scale…
Iverson G, Sanderford C*, Humphrey C, Etheridge JR and Kelley T (2020). Fecal Indicator Bacteria Transport from Watersheds with Differing Wastewater Technologies and Septic System Densities. Applied Sciences 10(18):6525. doi:10.3390/app10186525 Abstract Wastewater contains elevated…
Stellefson M, Wang M, Balanay JG, Wu R and Paige S (2020). Latent Health Risk Classes Associated with Poor Physical and Mental Outcomes in Workers with COPD from Central Appalachian U.S. States. International Journal…
Byrd BD, Richards SL, Runkle JD, Sugg MM (2020). Vector-borne Diseases and Climate Change: North Carolina's Policy Should Promote Regional Resilience. NC Medical Journal 81: 324-330. doi:10.18043/ncm.81.5.324 Abstract Emerging and endemic vector-borne diseases remain significant…
The presence of algae can benefit the environment. Algae can be food for small fish and other animals and can also filter water in a controlled environment. However, in an uncontrolled environment, the overgrowth…
September is National Food Safety Education Month, highlighting the importance of safe food handling techniques to protect public health (United States Department of Agriculture [USDA], n.d.). Approximately 48 million people in the United States…
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Richards SL, Byrd BD, Reiskind MH and White AV (2020). Assessing Insecticide Resistance in Adult Mosquitoes: Perspectives on Current Methods. Environmental Health Insights 14: 1-7. doi:10.1177/1178630220952790 Abstract Mosquito insecticide resistance (IR) is a growing…