Utah EPHT News and System Updates
This page lists the latest publications, data updates, news, and website functional changes for the Utah EPHT Network. Be sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+ for all of the latest news and more.
Latest Updates
Latest Updates
- We've added a new topic section for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including new data reports for COPD hospitalizations and emergency department visits. Find it under the Health topics section. (31 July 2015)
- Data reports have been updated for Drinking Water (tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene, uranium, disinfection byproducts, nitrates, radium) and Reproductive and Birth Outcomes (sex ratio at birth and very preterm birth). (28 July 2015)
- A new EPHT educational booklet is available: "Air Pollution and Public Health in Utah." Find it in the Documents section. (9 July 2015)
- New data report available: "Environmental Burden of Asthma in Children" shows how much childhood asthma and the associated cost is due to the environment. (6 May 2015)
- Data reports have been updated for air quality (ground-level ozone and particulate matter), hazardous substance releases, all climate change topics, asthma, and reproductive health and birth outcomes. (29 April 2015)
- Drinking water data for atrazine, DEHP, radium has been added for TriCounty LHD. All other drinking water data reports have been updated as well. (23 April 2015)
- All Carbon Monoxide Poisoning data has been updated, including three new data reports for Exposure to Carbon Monoxide (11 February 2015)
- Utah Cancer Investigation Reports are now housed on our website. Find them on the "Cancer" topic page under the "Utah Cancer Studies" tab. (6 February 2015)
- Data reports have been updated for air quality, ground-level ozone, carbon monoxide poisoning, and heart attack hospitalizations. (4 December 2014)
- New website content added: Asbestos, Cadmium, Mercury, and Mold, including all of the Utah Healthy Homes information. (1 December 2014)
- Over 60 new cancer data views have been added in the Cancer topic section. Find them under the "Data tables, charts, and more detailed information" tab. (4 August 2014)
- The newest EPHT educational booklet is now available: "Cancer: Risk Factors and Prevention." Find it in the Documents section. (22 July 2014)
- New documents and resources have been added to the "FAQs and Resources" tab in the Asthma and Cancer topics. (21 July 2014)
- All indicator reports in the Drinking Water contaminant topic section have been updated. Also, data on six new contaminants is now available: atrazine, DEHP, radium, uranium, tetrachloroethene (PCE), and trichloroethene (TCE). Find them under the "Data tables, charts, and more detailed information" tab. (18 July 2014)
- The NCDM Cancer queries have been updated to include new age groupings for count incidence and age-adjusted rates for the following cancers: breast, leukemia in children, acute myeloid leukemia in children, and acute lymphocytic leukemia in children. Find them here in the NCDM section of the Public Query Dataset Index. (14 July 2014)
- The following indicator reports in the Blood Lead topic section have been updated: Blood Lead in Children (Prevalence and Geometric Mean); Blood Lead in Adults (Prevalence). (30 May 2014)
- The General Fertility Rate indicator report has been updated. Find it in the Reproductive and Birth Outcomes topic section under the "Data tables, charts, and more detailed information" tab. (31 March 2014)
- The Lung Cancer Death indicator report has been updated. Find it in the Cancer topic section under the "Data tables, charts, and more detailed information" tab. (21 March 2014)
- The Utah EPHT Network is featured in the February issue of Utah's Health Status Update. Find it in the Documents section. (15 February 2014)
- The cancer statistical review for southern Davis County can be found at the Environmental Epidemiology Program website here. (12 February 2014)
- All indicator reports in the Air Quality topic section have been updated. Also, new data views are available. Find them under the "Data tables, charts, and more detailed information" tab. (14 January 2014)
