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Director: Joseph Eldridge

Address: New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
                  Consumer and Environmental Health Services
                  PO Box 369
                  Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0369

Phone: (609) 826-4920

Fax: (609) 826-4980

E-mail: Joseph.Eldridge@doh.state.nj.us

 
Environmental and Occupational Health Surveillance Program Program Manager:Jerald Fagliano, M.P.H., Ph.D.

Phone:  (609)826-4982

E-mail: Jerald.Fagliano@doh.state.nj.us

The Environmental and Occupational Health Surveillance Program is committed to:
assessing and reducing human exposures to hazardous substances from waste sites through its Public Health Assessment Project
investigating health effects from exposure to environmental contamination, including low-level contamination of drinking water, through its Health Studies Project
developing and providing educational materials on human exposure to hazardous substances in the environment to citizens and health care providers through its Education and Outreach Project

Food and Drug Safety  Program Program Manager:Richard Ritota

Phone:  (609) 826-4935

E-mail: Richard.Ritota@doh.state.nj.us

The Food and Drug Safety Program regulates food safety and provides information to consumers and the food industry. Major activities are as follows:
license and inspect wholesale food, milk and shellfish establishments
enforce food safety laws
provide consumer information
issues Public Health Advisories
assists in the investigation of foodborne outbreaks
oversees the voluntary Food Manager certification
issues export certificates


Indoor Environments Program Primary Contact:  David Valiante 

Phone:    (609) 826-4950

Fax:    (609) 588-7618

Email:  David.Valiante@doh.state.nj.us   

The Program’s mission is to protect the public’s health by reducing exposures to lead and asbestos hazards. To accomplish this, the Program:
administers a statewide lead and asbestos training program to ensure a trained and competent workforce
provides outreach and technical assistance
conducts oversight and field investigations on lead abatement projects
reviews lead permit applications and issues permits to qualified individuals to perform lead abatement and evaluation activities in NJ
provides oversight on the state asbestos and lead examinations administered by private contractors
assesses exposure and hazard control technologies associated with environmental contaminants.

New Jersey was the first state in the nation to adopt a comprehensive policy which provided a rational, uniform approach to the management of statewide asbestos issues. The Department of Health and Senior Services is the designated state agency for asbestos issues, and is the designated state contact for training and certification.
Public Employees Occupational Safety and Health Program Primary Contact:Eric Beckhusen

Phone:   (609) 984-1863

Email:   Eric.Beckhusen@doh.state.nj.us   


Public Health, Sanitation and Safety Program Primary Contact:Vacant

Phone:   (609) 826-4941

The Public Health, Sanitation and Safety Program is committed to:
assessing and reducing human exposures to medical waste generated, stored, transported, collected, transferred, treated, destroyed, disposed of, or otherwise managed in New Jersey through its Regulated Medical Waste Project.
regulation of public campgrounds, development of regulations for tattooing, body piercing and permanent cosmetic procedures, institutional sanitation and infection control, and sanitary conditions impacting the quality of life in New Jersey.
certification of youth camps, regulation of public recreational bathing facilities, maintaining of ocean water quality, evaluation of state correctional institutions, monitor Pfiesteria occurrences, provide oversight on mattress statute.

Right to Know Program Primary Contact:Virginia M. Brenton, MS, CIH

Phone:   (609) 984-2202

Email:   Virginia.Brenton@doh.state.nj.us