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Environmental health specialists promote the control of infectious disease through environmental hygiene by enforcing health and safety standards relating to food, water, waste water and consumer products.
Environmental health specialists collect, analyze, interpret and disseminate information about health events through public health "surveillance" to track and anticipate possible health problems, such as outbreaks of foodborne illness or disease.
In Oregon, the majority of environmental health professionals are registered and practice as environmental health specialists. They may also specialize and be registered as a waste water specialist.
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