In recognition of World Water Day, Seven Seas Water Group (SSWG) proudly awarded the winners of the Prize for Water Science, the highest-scoring water science projects at the recently held National Science Fair.

The Environmental Health Division will join the global community in raising awareness and encouraging action for World Water Day on Saturday March 22.

The Environmental Health Division will be hosting four Food Handlers Training courses for the month of March.

On Wednesday, 26th February, the Environmental Health Division, at the request of the Ministry of Communications and Works, conducted a comprehensive assessment of the visible white plume observed from the Norwegian Epic. 

The Environmental Health Division will be hosting an in person Food Handlers Training Course on Tuesday February 25 at 4:45 p.m. at the Elmore Stoutt High School Lecture Room. 

Early childhood facilities in the Virgin Islands are being urged to be diligent with hand hygiene practices to arrest the spread of common childhood diseases.

The Environmental Health Division will be hosting its first in person food handler’s session on Jost Van Dyke on Tuesday February 18.

The Environmental Health Division has announced the recall of Morbier Cheese which is suspected to be contaminated with Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli (E. Coli).

The Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change in collaboration with H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (HLSCC), Center Resource Management and Environmental Studies (CERMES) and Spatial Innovision Ltd conducted a series of training sessions to enhance the capability of environmental and technical officers in water quality monitoring, data analysis and storage.

Officials from the Public Health Unit and the Environmental Health Division are uniting forces and forging an alliance with the community to reduce mosquito breeding.