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A snapshot of sampling done by Environmental Health Practitioners

A snapshot of sampling done by Environmental Health Practitioners

Remember – today, 26 September 2022, is World Environmental Health Day

“Today I am going to speak ‘all things sampling’, but very very briefly. I think the question on the table is why do we take samples, to begin with?; where exactly do we take the samples?; and where do we take them at the end of the day? We take samples on a monthly basis without fail to determine whether or not the food or water is fit for use. So, we go out on a monthly basis to different sampling points to clinics, hospitals, créches, and informal settlements, to name a few. We do this to try and determine whether or not the food or the water we take samples of, are fit for human consumption. Not only that, we go out to rivers, beaches and even wastewater plants to take water samples. Even after that, we take it to an accredited lab for analysis. This is just one of nine (9) key performance areas EHPs have to perform on a daily basis.” Ivy Mamegwa, Environmental Health Practitioner, Garden Route District Municipality.

Read more about Environmental Health Practitioners here. 

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