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All CIEH media releases from 2009

CIEH throws its support behind Get Serious About CO2 campaign

25th June 2009

At least 70,000 jobs could be created across England and Wales if councils slashed climate-changing emissions by insulating homes and businesses and fitting green energy to buildings, according to independent research released by Friends of the Earth today (Thursday 25 June 2009).

Government must adopt advice to ban sunbeds

19th June 2009

The government must adopt tough new recommendations to ban unsupervised sunbed salons and to prohibit the use of sunbeds by the under 18s, a leading environmental health organisation has said.

WHO declares Phase 6 pandemic alert

12th June 2009

While the World Health Organization (WHO) Phase 6 is significant, it does not mean that WHO thinks the outbreak is more serious; it is simply a measure of the extent of global spread.

CIEH extends qualifications delivery in the United Arab Emirates

2nd June 2009

CIEH extends qualifications delivery in the United Arab Emirates

Failure to develop new pesticides could increase health risks

18th May 2009

Public health could be put at risk unless there is improved availability of products to control public health pesticides in industrialised and disease endemic nations.

New sunbed guidance is not the cure

1st May 2009

The CIEH will continue to lobby for a ban on the use of sunbeds by under 18’s, despite the publication of HSE guidance to reduce the risks to health of using UV tanning equipment.

CIEH to participate in major food safety conference in China

20th April 2009

CIEH to participate in major food safety conference in China 2009 04 20 CIEH As part of its drive to develop new partnerships and markets in China, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) will be participating in a

Move climate change up the political agenda

8th April 2009

Following work in 2008, the CIEH wishes to establish a practitioner forum as part of its efforts to move the issue of climate change further up the agenda.  

CIEH to host international Public Health Pesticides Workshop

7th April 2009

An international Public Health Pesticides Workshop organised jointly by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) is to be held at the CIEH headquarters in London.

The future for Environmental Health

7th April 2009

Environmental health practitioners from across the UK met at Stratford upon Avon for the third annual CIEH/Lacors Environmental Health: The Year Ahead conference on Thursday 2 and Friday 3 April.

Ind-Expo signs two major clients for CIEH qualifications in Sri Lanka

30th March 2009

CIEH-registered training centre Ind-Expo Certification (PVT) Ltd has signed up Colombo Municipal Council and the National Cleaner Production Centre as clients for the CIEH food safety and environmental awareness qualifications programme.

CIEH national guidance for outdoor and mobile catering

26th March 2009

The CIEH has updated the mobile catering guide to help promote best practice in food safety at outdoor events.

Revised Smokefree guidance

24th March 2009

The CIEH and LACORS have released an update to guidance that helps councils continue the positive implementation of smokefree legislation.

E.coli Inquiry

19th March 2009

In response to Professor Hugh Pennington’s report, The Public Inquiry into the September 2005 Outbreak of E.coli 0157 in South Wales, Director of CIEH Wales Julie Barratt commented: “Professor Hugh Pennington’s report rightly points out that we owe it to the memory of Mason Jones to learn lessons from this outbreak.

New Food Safety Act in China heralds in new opportunities for CIEH qualifications

10th March 2009

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has welcomed the new Food Safety Act in China, which comes into force on 1 June 2009.

Sunbed parlours must be licensed to protect the young, says CIEH

25th February 2009

65 percent of sunbed salons have either no staff at all or staff were not on hand to provide guidance and prevent the underage from using facilities, a survey by a leading environmental health organisation has found.

“Listen carefully,” nightclub owners told by CIEH

25th February 2009

Fifty percent of pub and club owners are failing to protect their staff from excessive noise at work, a survey by a leading environmental health organisation has found.

Water fountains can be a health hazard, says CIEH

25th February 2009

A quarter of water features in garden centres could be a health hazard a leading environmental health organisation is warning after analysing water quality from ornamental fountains.

Tory club fined over cigarettes

18th February 2009

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has welcomed the successful prosecution of Conservative Club for allowing smoking on its premises.

More must be done to tackle rat problem, says CIEH

9th February 2009

A single government department must take active responsibility for supervising and monitoring pest control, a leading environmental health organisation has said today.

Good housing key to good health, says government minister

9th February 2009

Housing minister Iain Wright said that there is “no room for complacency” in efforts to improve private sector housing as he addressed today a conference organised by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH).

Government minister to address major CIEH conference

28th January 2009

Iain Wright, the Parliamentary under Secretary of State at the Department of Communities and Local Government, is to speak at a conference organised by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH).

Water meters will lead to poverty and rising debt, says CIEH

23rd January 2009

Water metering will drive more people into water poverty and threaten public health the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is warning.

Director of CIEH Wales recognised for services to the community

23rd January 2009

Director of the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) Wales Julie Barratt has been awarded an honorary fellowship of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC).

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