Florida Environmental Public Health Tracking
works in partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track diseases that may be related to environmental exposures. This website provides data sets on environmental hazards and associated health outcomes. The purpose of these efforts is to inform communities about disease trends and to design interventions that lead to better health outcomes. Learn more
works in partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to track diseases that may be related to environmental exposures. This website provides data sets on environmental hazards and associated health outcomes. The purpose of these efforts is to inform communities about disease trends and to design interventions that lead to better health outcomes. Learn more
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Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) Season
HABs usually happen in late summer or early fall. They can be found in saltwater, freshwater and brackish water bodies in Florida.
HABs usually happen in late summer or early fall. They can be found in saltwater, freshwater and brackish water bodies in Florida.
- Check out the current HABs status at the DEP Algal Blooms Dashboard.
- Learn more about how to keep you and your pets safe from HABs.
Heat Illness in Florida
Heat-related illness in the U.S causes more deaths each year than hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods combined.
Learn more about how extreme heat events in Florida affect human health from viewing hospitalizations, emergency department visits and death data. You can also find weather data related to the number of days or events with daily maximum temperatures above 90-105 degrees or heat index above 90-105 degrees.
Check out our Beat the Heat infographic and video for ways to prevent heat related illness.
Heat-related illness in the U.S causes more deaths each year than hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods combined.
Learn more about how extreme heat events in Florida affect human health from viewing hospitalizations, emergency department visits and death data. You can also find weather data related to the number of days or events with daily maximum temperatures above 90-105 degrees or heat index above 90-105 degrees.
Check out our Beat the Heat infographic and video for ways to prevent heat related illness.
Generator Safety and Carbon Monoxide Danger
Hurricane Season begins June 1st and ends on November 30th. Learn how to avoid accidental exposure to carbon monoxide by viewing our portable generator safety video.
Go to Florida Tracking for more information about preventing carbon monoxide poisoning.
Hurricane Season begins June 1st and ends on November 30th. Learn how to avoid accidental exposure to carbon monoxide by viewing our portable generator safety video.
Go to Florida Tracking for more information about preventing carbon monoxide poisoning.