Environmental Health

Protecting Alaskan health

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Overview

The Department of Health is working to make Alaska a healthy place for everyone, including protecting the environment. We help ensure the food we eat, plants we gather, and seafood we catch are safe.

Kids Fishing On Rocks

Resources

External Resources

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

Related Resources

Services

Education

Alaska Lead Surveillance

Identifying and controlling sources of lead exposure

Food and Waterborne Disease

Results from consuming food or beverages that are contaminated by disease-causing microbes or pathogens

Get the Lead Out

No amount of lead is safe

Mercury Biomonitoring Project

Get a free and confidential mercury test by sending in a hair sample

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Food Safety

Services

Report Food Poisoning

Education

Botulism

Fish Facts & Consumption

Food and Waterborne Disease

Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning at DEC

Salmonella

Shellfish Poisoning