Welcome to theEHP’s newsletter issue 106. View the online version here.

In this weeks newsletter you will find the more Top 10 Lists, raw milk video-on-demand, lots of prosecutions & jobs.

Latest Environmental Health Book Deals
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New Latest Book Deals Store

‘Book Deals on Amazon’ has been a regular feature in theEHP Newsletter for some time. In this feature, I have provide links to a short list of Environmental Health Book Deals on the Amazon. These links have been very popular and I have been planning to improve the feature for some time. I have now created a dedicated Amazon Store that contains a larger range of Environmental Health Book Deals. This new store is regularly updated. You will find a link to the new store in the following locations:

  • The side bar of the website,
  • At the bottom of the Resources menu of the site, and
  • A banner ad in each newsletter (you can’t miss it).

Alternatively, you could just click this link. All comments are welcome.

theEHP Top 10

I have posted four new Top 10 Lists. These are:

You can find all Top 10 Lists here. Below you will find 2013’s list so far:

 

If you would like to submit an article or Podcast to theEHP, Contact Us for details. Looking forward to seeing you at theEHP.

Jobs

View the latest edition of Just Jobs on theEHP here.

Environmental Protection

Top 10 Environmental Protection Articles 2013
I have compiled a list of 2012′s ten most popular environmental protection articles on theEHP. This list has been complied by analysing the most viewed articles on the site.

Environmental protection: Fined for fly-tipping asbestos
A woman who fly-tipped asbestos tiles near to junior football teams’ changing rooms has been fined.

Environmental Protection: Home owner prosecuted for failing to clean up property
Hull City Council has successfully prosecuted a home owner in Hull under the Environmental Act 1990 for failing to clean up their property on Wellsted Street.

Environmental Protection: Van man’s loudspeaker on the scrapheap
A scrap metal dealer has been fined more than £1,500 for causing a noise disturbance to Coventry residents.

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Food Safety

Food Safety: Watch the FSA raw milk event online
The Food Standards Agency’s consultation event on the future of raw milk regulation is now available as a video-on-demand. The event, which was chaired by broadcaster Julian Worricker, was held on 31 March 2014.

Top 10 Food Safety Articles 2013
I have compiled a list of 2013′s ten most popular food safety articles on theEHP. This list has been complied by analysing the most viewed articles on the site.

Food Safety: Successful Food Hygiene Prosecution by Fareham
Fareham Borough Council has successfully prosecuted the owner of Kams Palace, for five offences under the Food Hygiene Regulations and two offences under Health and Safety legislation.

Food Safety: French restaurant fined for food hygiene breaches
A Brighton restaurant that voluntarily closed after council officers found dead mice and rodent droppings was ordered to pay just over £4,500 at Brighton Magistrate’s court for food hygiene breaches on Thursday, 2 January.

Food Safety: Mouse droppings in the Ocean
A Brighton restaurant has pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to keep its premises clean after council food safety officers discovered mouse droppings in a saucepan.

 

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theEHP Book Store

theEHP Book StoreView all Environmental Health Books here. If you think a book should be added to the store, please let us know.

theEHP’s Top 10 Environmental Health Books 2013

I have compiled a list of the 10 most popular environmental health books on theEHP in 2013. This list is based on an analysis of purchases and clicks through to the Amazon.co.uk.

Statutory Nuisance Mineshafts – Methods of Investigation and Duties of Local Authorities

This publication follows on from and updates an investigation completed in 2006/7, funded by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Kindle version available now for £31.24.

Understanding Housing Defects (4th Edition) – From £31.90 up to 9% off Understanding Housing Defects provides a concise, coherent and comprehensive introduction to the causes, investigation and diagnosis of defects in domestic buildings. For this new edition, many of the chapters have been substantially updated and new photographs have been added. There are four new chapters covering:

  • How defects are defined
  • An overview of building and architectural history
  • External joinery and painted finishes
  • Environmental and health- related building problems

Many of the 21 chapters cover a specific building element and include a brief introduction setting out construction principles and the evolution of current practice. All of the chapters consider the identification, cause and diagnosis of common (and sometimes not so common) defects. This book is a must have for all those students and practitioners who require a broad understanding of housing defects.

Health & Safety

Top 10 Health & Safety Article 2013

I have compiled a list of 2013′s ten most popular health & safety articles on theEHP. This list has been complied by analysing the most viewed articles on the site.

Housing

Top 10 Housing Article 2013
I have compiled a list of 2013′s ten most popular housing articles on theEHP. This list has been complied by analysing the most viewed articles on the site.

Housing: Fine for rogue landlord
A landlord who was letting out three self contained outbuildings at the back of a house in Hounslow has been fined almost £6,500 following a prosecution by Hounslow Council.

Housing: Fine for Bangor property owner
The owner of a Bangor property has been ordered to pay £2,500 and will be required to carry out immediate improvement work on his house at Caellepa in the city.

Housing: Cornwall successfully prosecutes landlord of Newquay property
On 17 January 2014 at Truro Magistrates Court, Cornwall Council’s Private Sector Housing Team successfully prosecuted landlords Michelle Rachel Bathe and Stacey Darren Bathe of Devon for failing to comply with the requirements of the Housing Act 2004

Public Health

Public Health: Scarlet fever on the rise in England
Public Health England (PHE) has reported a continued significant increase in scarlet fever notifications across England with 883 new cases reported from 24 to 30 March: the highest weekly total across all weekly records available since 1982.

Top 10 Public Health Articles 2013
I have compiled a list of 2013′s ten most popular public health articles on theEHP. This list has been complied by analysing the most viewed articles on the site.

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