Welcome to This Week at theEHP, a summary of the recent articles to appear on theEHP.com.

This week at theEHP we report on a Sentencing Council consultation, a Cryptosporidium outbreak report, prosecutions and RPT Decisions.

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Student Survey: The perception and understanding of health and safety at work among young adults
The questionnaire through the link below has been created in order to gather information for the Dissertation Research entitled “The perception and understanding of health and safety at work among young adults”.

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Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection: Environmental Offences Guideline Consultation
New proposals for how environmental offenders like fly-tippers should be sentenced have been launched by the Sentencing Council.

 

Food Safety

Food Safety: Spring 2012 Cryptosporidium outbreak report
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) can confirm that findings of an investigation into an outbreak of Cryptosporidium infection that affected around 300 people in England and Scotland in May 2012 showed strong evidence of an association with eating pre-cut bagged salad products which are likely to have been labelled as ‘ready-to-eat’.

Food Safety: Sushi seller fined for food safety breaches
The owner of a New Malden food shop has been handed a £5,125 penalty after breaking food safety rules.

Food Safety: HPA Study shows poor hygiene practices at mobile food vendors
Research from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has revealed that food, water, chopping boards, cleaning cloths and security wristbands sampled from mobile and outdoor food vendors were contaminated with a range of bacteria including E.coli.

Housing

Housing: Cannock landlord is prosecuted over dangerous housing standards
Cannock Chase Council has successfully prosecuted a local landlord for failing to manage his housing stock safely.

Housing: £5,000 fine for Kingston landlord who broke safety rules
A Kingston Hill landlord who failed to ensure the safety of her tenants is more than £5,000 out of pocket after being convicted of breaching rules governing housing in multiple occupation.

Housing: Hounslow targets agents who let beds in sheds
The council is warning rogue letting agents that they could be prosecuted for advertising illegal backyard dwellings.

Public Health

Public Health: Global Burden of Disease study shows mixed picture for UK health
Life expectancy in the UK has improved over the last 20 years, but levels of ill health have not and the UK is now below average compared with 18 other countries on many important indicators. These data are revealed by a special analysis of the high profile Global Burden of Disease Study 2010, published in The Lancet.

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RPT Decisions

RPT Decision: Interim EDMO (CAM/00KF/HYI/2012/0005)
This case relates to an application by Southend-on-Sea Borough Council to make an interim EDMO. The Panel authorised the interim EDMO.

RPT Decision: Improvement Notice Appeal (MAN/00BZ/HIN/2012/0003)
This case relates to an appeal against an Improvement Notice served by St Helens MBC. The Panel confirmed the notice.

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