The Public Health and Environmental Laboratories (PHEL) is comprised of five service areas: Public Health Laboratory Services, Environmental and Chemical Laboratory Services, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Services, Policy Planning and Regulatory Compliance, and Administrative/Financial Services.

PHEL strives for quality in all areas of service to the residents of New Jersey through its programs of newborn screening, bio and chemical threat preparedness, ensuring water quality, identifying infectious disease outbreaks and other public health threats.

We Have Moved!     

The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Division of Public Health and Environmental Laboratories (PHEL) has moved from its current location in Downtown Trenton and Sierra Park in Ewing to the new Public Health Environmental and Agriculture Laboratory (PHEAL) at 3 Schwarzkopf Drive, Ewing, NJ.  This facility is located within the State Police Headquarters complex and will be shared with the laboratories of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Plant Industry, and Animal Health Laboratory.