Rhode Island Department of Health

Program Activities

Chemical Hygiene Officer

Environmental Hazards

Fish Advisories

Indoor Air Quality

Healthy Housing and Environment Team

3 Capitol Hill - Room 201
Providence, RI 02908-5097
(401) 222-3424
FAX: (401) 222-2456
Robert R. Vanderslice, Ph.D., Chief

Healthy Housing and Environment Team

The Environmental Health Risk Assessment Program’s mission is to identify and assess environmental risks to public health in Rhode Island and to consult in formulating policy and programmatic responses to these risks.

Major Program Areas:

Environmental Epidemiology

Biomonitoring (Lead, Mercury, and Cadmium)
Carbon Monoxide Monitoring

Environmental Health Promotion

Environmental Hazard
- Rhode Island Chemical Safe Schools
- SharpSmart

Highlights

Some Basic Facts About
Bed Bugs

Mercury Thermometer Exchange Program Report 2006

Web-based Information on MTBE and related topics

Some Basic Facts About Mold and Mildew
March 2002

Information about hydrogen sulfide