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• Additives for Septic Tanks  from The Small Flows Quarterly, Winter 2002, reprinted with permission from the National Small Flows Clearinghouse, West Virginia University

• Alternating Drainfields RS&G (Effective Date: July 1, 2007)
   

• Amalgam Dental Fillings 

• Ammonia Emergency Release Events in Washington State, 1993--2001 (Word)
  Ammonia Emergency Release Events in Washington State, 1993--2001 (PDF)

• Animals in Public Settings (such as petting zoos).  See this, and other animal-related compendiums on the NASPHV (National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians) Web site

• Arsenic: Hazards of Short-term Exposure to Contaminated Soil - January 1999 (PDF)
• Arsenic Treatment for Small Water Systems

• Arsenic in Drinking Water

• Arsenic in the Environment (PDF)

• Arsenic and Your Private Well (PDF)

• Asian Gypsy Moth Spraying in Ballard/Magnolia  (Word)
  Asian Gypsy Moth Spraying in Ballard/Magnolia  (PDF)

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• Barbeques (BBQ's) and Picnics Food Safety

• Basic Principles of On-Site Sewage (PDF)

• Be a Germ Buster

• Be Sun Smart

• Biotoxins - Myths & Misconceptions  

• Brucellosis

• Bug Bombs: Overkill Can Be Dangerous 

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• Carbon Monoxide

• CDL Environmental Sampling Guidelines (November 30, 2005) (PDF)

• Choose Fish That Are Low in Mercury

• Clandestine Drug Lab in my Neighborhood?  (PDF)  (Copy-ready Art: The brochure is intended for use by local health jurisdictions. Download and print this file for an 8.5 x 14 master. Copy back to back and fold in half twice to create a four-panel brochure.  Local agencies can insert their logo and contact numbers in appropriate blank spaces of the brochure.)

• Clandestine Drug Labs:  Meth Bust; Now What?  (Brochure, 12/99) (Word)
  Clandestine Drug Labs:  Meth Bust; Now What?  (Brochure, 12/99) (PDF)

• Clandestine Drug Labs:  Preventing Drug Labs on Motel Property

• Compendium: Animals in Public Settings.  See this, and other animal-related compendiums on the NASPHV (National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians) Web site 

• Conventional Gravity Distribution On-Site Sewage Systems in Soil Type 1A, Design Guidelines (August 1994) (PDF)

• Cryptosporidium

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• Decontamination Contractor, Hiring a DOH CDL Certified (PDF)

• Design Guidelines for Conventional Gravity Distribution On-Site Sewage Systems in Soil Type 1A (August 1994) (PDF)

• Dinoseb

• Dinoseb (Spanish)

• Domoic Acid (ASP) in Shellfish 

• Dosing Gravity Drainfield Systems (Effective Date: July 1, 2007)

• Drinking Water Publications

• Drug Labs on Motel Property, Preventing

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• E. Coli

• Elementary School Disability Prevention Pilot Project  (PDF)

• Encephalitis, St. Louis

• Environmental Sampling Guidelines for Illegal Drug Manufacturing Sites (revised November 2005) (PDF)

• EPA (U.S.) (1980) Design Manual, Onsite Wastewater Treatment  - Summary page  This link takes you to a Web page that will give you the option of viewing the "Table of Contents" for this large file of 414 pages and 15.4 MB before you open/download it. Note:  The 1995 Washington State WAC which governs on-site wastewater treatment systems still references this 1980 version of this EPA document.

• Establishing Tolerable Dungeness Crab Cancer magister and Razor Clam Siliqua patula Domoic Acid Contaminant Levels July 1996 (PDF)
• Evaluation of Evidence Related to the Development of a Tolerable Daily Intake for Methylmercury (PDF)

• European Gypsy Moth?

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• Fish Consumption Advisories
   

• Fish Eating Guide
   

• Fish Facts for Good Health Brochure
   

• Fish:  Human Health Evaluation of Contaminants in Puget Sound Fish (2006) 2.31 MB pdf

• First Responder Injuries from HSEES Events in Washington state, 1995-2000
   

• Flooding Season, How to be Safe

• Fluridone

• Foggers and Insect Bug Bombs can be Dangerous
   

• Food Safety
    Food Irradiation
    Food Safety: Barbecues and Picnics
    Food Safety Tips
    Food Safety Tips for the Holidays
    Food Storage During Power Outage

• Foot and Mouth Disease (PDF)

• Formaldehyde

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• Giardia

• Glendon BioFilters (Word)
  Glendon BioFilters (PDF)

• Got Mold - Frequently asked questions

• Granting Waivers from State On-site Sewage System Regulations

• Gravelless Drainfields - RS&G (Effective Date: July 1, 2007)

• Grey Water

• Guidelines for Environmental Sampling at Illegal Drug Manufacturing Sites (revised November 30, 2005) (PDF)

• Gypsy Moth (Asian) Spraying in Ballard/Magnolia (PDF)

• What is the European Gypsy Moth?

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• Hantavirus Fact Sheet

• Hantavirus - Rodent Control:  Taking Steps to Prevent Hantavirus

• Hazardous Substance Emergency Events in Washington State, 1998-2001 (PDF)

• Health and Safety Guide for K-12 Schools in Washington (PDF)

• Hiring a DOH CDL Certified Decontamination Contractor (PDF)

• Holding Tank Sewage Systems (Effective Date: July 1, 2007)

• Holiday Food Safety Tips

• How Can You Reduce Your Exposure to PBDEs?

• HSEES Program (Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance)

• (HSEES) First Responder Injuries from HSEES Events in Washington state, 1995-2000
   

• (HSEES) Hazardous Substances Emergency Events Surveillance, Cumulative Report, 1993 - 1997

• HSEES Methamphetamine-related Incidents (PDF) 

• Hydrogen Sulfide (Word)

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• Illegal Drug Lab in My Neighborhood? (PDF)  

• Illegal Methamphetamine Labs

• Indoor Air Primer - An Overview of Possible Residential Indoor Air Problems

• Indoor Air Quality for School -  Best Management Practices Manual (PDF) 

• Insect Foggers and Bug Bombs can be dangerous (PDF) 

• Intake of Methylmercury (PDF) 

• Intermittent Sand Filter Systems (Effective Date: July 1, 2007)

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• Lake Whatcom Fish Advisory (PDF) 

• Lake Whatcom Fish Residential and Angler Fish Consumption Survey (PDF) 

• Large On-Site Sewage System (LOSS) Design Standards (PDF)

• Large On-site Sewage System (LOSS) Program

• Lead in Drinking Water

• Lead Poisoning

• Fight Lice (Copy-ready Art: The brochure is intended for parents, schools, and childcare providers)

• Lindane (PDF) 

• Lower Duwamish Waterway, Public Health Assessment (PDF) 
  Appendix A  Appendix B (PDF) 

• Lyme Disease

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• Meth Labs:  Meth Labs Fact Sheet  

• Meth Labs:  Environmental Sampling Guidelines at Illegal Drug Manufacturing Sites (revised November 30, 2005) (PDF) 

• Meth Labs:  Is There a Meth Lab In My Neighborhood?  (PDF)  (Copy-ready Art: The brochure is intended for use by local health jurisdictions. Download and print this file for an 8.5 x 14 master. Copy back to back and fold in half twice to create a four-panel brochure.  Local agencies can insert their logo and contact numbers in appropriate blank spaces of the brochure.)

• Meth Labs:  Meth Bust; Now What? (Word)
  Meth Labs:  Meth Bust; Now What? (PDF)

• Meth Labs: Preventing Drug Labs on Motel Property

• Meth Labs: Preventing Drug Labs on Rental Property

• Mobile Phone Use (PDF)

• Mold - Got Mold? Frequently Asked Questions About Mold

• Mold - Stachybotrys chartarum

• Mosquitoes, and West Nile Virus

• Mosquitoes - Do You Know What's Biting You? (brochure in English & Spanish)

• Mosquito Repellent - How to Use it Safely

• Mound Systems (Effective Date: July 1, 2007)

• Understanding and Caring for Your Mound System (PDF)

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• Nitrogen-reducing Technologies for On-site Wastewater Treatment, Report to Puget Sound Action Team (PDF)

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• On-site Wastewater Advisory Committee - Summary Report, September 30, 2001 (PDF)

• On-site Sewage System Additives, Chapter 246-273 WAC

• On-site Sewage - Basic Principles (PDF)

• On-site Sewage Systems Regulations (Chapters 246-272A WAC)

• On-site Wastewater Treatment  Design Manual, (U.S. EPA) (1980) - Summary page This link takes you to a Web page that will give you the option of viewing the "Table of Contents" for this large file of 414 pages and 15.4 MB before you open/download it. Note:  The 1995 Washington State WAC which governs on-site wastewater treatment systems still references this 1980 version of this EPA document.

• On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems that Conserve Water (RS&G) (Effective date:  July 1, 2007)

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• Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP)  

• PBDEs, How to Reduce Your Exposure

• Pesticide Illness Surveillance Data, Improving the Quality (PDF)

• Pesticide Incident Reporting and Tracking (PIRT) Review Panel Reports and Legislative Summaries - See "PIRT" below

• Pesticide Safety, Bug Bombs: Overkill Can Be Dangerous

• Petting Zoos:  Animals in Public Settings

• PIRT  (Pesticide Incident Reporting and Tracking Review Panel)

• Pneumonic Plague

• Pressure Distribution, Recommended Standards and Guidance (Effective Date: July 1, 2007).

• Proprietary Treatment Products guidance document (RS&G) (Effective Date:  July 1, 2007)

• Pressure Distribution System, Understanding Your (PDF)

• Preventing Drug Labs on Motel Property, brochure

• Preventing Drug Labs on Rental Property, brochure

• Protect Kids From Toxins

• Protect Yourself Against Pesticides

• Psittacosis - Disease Can Be Spread By Birds - Poster

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• Rabies Fact Sheet

• Rabies Prevention in Washington State: A Guide for Practitioners, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice 

• Radiation Hazards of Wireless Facilities - January 1998 (PDF)

• Radiation Publications

• Rats:  Let's Get Rid of Them

• Recirculating Gravel Filters RS&G (Effective Date: July 1, 2007)

• Recreational Shellfish Harvester Precautions

• Relapsing Fever, Tick-borne

• Reptile Rules - to prevent Salmonella infection

• Rodent Control:  Taking Steps to Prevent Hantavirus

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• Safety, Food (Program)

• St. Louis Encephalitis

• Salmonellosis

• Salmonellosis - Reptile Rules

• Salmonella - Wash Your Hands After You Touch a Duck or Chick

• Understanding and Caring for Your Sand Filter System (Brochure, DOH 334-014, 09/96) (PDF)

• Sand Filters (Stratified) RS&G - (Effective Date: July 1, 2007)

• Sand Lined Trench Systems RS&G (Effective Date:  July 1, 2007)

• School Disability Prevention Pilot Project, Elementary (PDF)

• School Indoor Air Quality Best Management Practices Manual (PDF)

• School Health and Safety Guide for K-12 Schools in Washington

• Septic System Additives, List of Approved

• Septic Tank Additives (Question & Answer) (PDF)  from The Small Flows Quarterly, Winter 2002, reprinted with permission from the National Small Flows Clearinghouse, West Virginia University.

• Understanding and Caring for Your Septic Tank  (PDF)

• Sewage System Additives, Chapter 246-273 WAC
   

• Shellfish Annual Inventory Publications

• Stachybotrys chartarum

• Statewide Bass Advisory (PDF)

• Stratified Sand Filters Effective Date: July 1, 2007)

• Subsurface Drip Systems (Effective Date:  July 1, 2007)

• Summary Results of Yakima Farmworker Focus Groups about Pesticides and Health Care 2003 (English) (PDF) and in Spanish (PDF)

• Sun Smart

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• Toxic Blue-Green Algae Blooms
• Toxic Cyanobacteria Blooms (PDF)

• Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases in Washington

• Tick-borne Relapsing Fever

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• Understanding and Caring for Your Mound System (PDF)

• Understanding and Caring for Your Pressure Distribution System (PDF)

• Understanding and Caring for Your Sand Filter System (PDF)

• Understanding and Caring for Your Septic Tank (PDF)

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• Vertical Separation (Literature Review - 1990) (PDF)

• Vibriosis in Shellfish  
   

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• Waivers from State On-site Sewage System Regulations (Application Guide)

• Washington State Plan for Priorities for Biomonitoring (PDF)

• Wastewater Management Program

• Wastewater (on-site septic) regulations

• Water Safety

• Water Conservation Using Greywater  

• Water Conserving Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems (Effective Date: July 1, 2007)

• West Nile Virus

• West Nile Virus:  Do You Know What's Biting You? (brochure in English & Spanish)

• Wildfire Smoke (PDF) A Guide For Public Health Officials

• Wireless Facilities, Radiation Hazards of - January 1998 (PDF)

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• X-ray Information

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For additional publications within the Department of Health, visit the Topics A-Z List

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