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