Meigs Health Matters… Open burning
By Daschle Facemyer - Meigs Health Matters
One of the things people do to dispose of certain items is to burn them, but this could cause some environmental and health impacts if you burn the wrong things. Smoke can carry harmful pollutants which can harm the air that we breathe. When you burn any type of item it will leave behind ash which gets carried off through the air and can pollute the soil, groundwater, river, lakes and streams. Burning anything outdoors can cause a wildfire if not doing it safely. Burning only approved materials and following state regulations can minimize the potential for these harmful effects.
Meigs Health Matters… Open burning
By Daschle Facemyer - Meigs Health Matters
One of the things people do to dispose of certain items is to burn them, but this could cause some environmental and health impacts if you burn the wrong things. Smoke can carry harmful pollutants which can harm the air that we breathe. When you burn any type of item it will leave behind ash which gets carried off through the air and can pollute the soil, groundwater, river, lakes and streams. Burning anything outdoors can cause a wildfire if not doing it safely. Burning only approved materials and following state regulations can minimize the potential for these harmful effects.
Services aim to improve health of community, families
By Sarah Hawley - shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
New sidewalks were placed at the Syracuse Municipal Park as part of the Creating Health Communities Program at the Meigs County Health Department.
The sidewalks and batting cage at the Syracuse Municipal Park were updated as part of the grant funding.
Editor’s note: This is the fifth article in a series on the Meigs County Health Department’s 2020 annual report.
POMEROY Several of the programs and services at the Meigs County Health Department area geared toward healthier communities and families, including the Creating Healthy Communities Program, WIC and the Maternal and Child Health Program.
MCHD provides range of nursing services
By Sarah Hawley - shawley@aimmediamidwest.com
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles regarding the 2020 annual report from the Meigs County Health Department.
POMEROY Among the services available at the Meigs County Health Department are several which fall under the public health nursing program.
These services include Project DAWN, immunizations, tobacco cessation, communicable disease reporting and other programs and health checks.
Leanne Cunningham is the Director of Nursing at the Meigs County Health Department, with nurse and certified tobacco treatment specialist Sherry Hayman and public health nurse Terri Hoschar, who joined the team in October. Regional Epidemiologist Mikie Strite also works with the Meigs County Health Department.
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