Research

Environmental Health Specialists Network (EHS-Net)

More than half of foodborne illness outbreaks are associated with restaurants. Learn about our research program to identify environmental causes of outbreaks in the restaurant setting.

Public’s Beliefs that Restaurants Meals Made Them Sick

Read our study about people’s experience with and beliefs about foodborne illness.

Restaurant Food Handling and Food Safety Practices

Access studies on how restaurants handle specific foods (e.g., beef, poultry, eggs, tomatoes, leafy greens) and restaurant food safety practices (food cooling, food preparation, handwashing, sick workers, kitchen manager certification, and others).

Restaurant-related Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

Explore studies on the practices of restaurants with outbreaks and how they differ from restaurants without outbreaks.

Retail Food Safety Programs

Review studies about environmental health specialists’ practices during inspections and outbreak investigations and about whether certified kitchen managers cause fewer critical violations.

Sustainability Research for Global Drinking Water

Explore historical, archived resources about the factors that contribute to and prevent the sustainability of water, sanitation, and hygiene interventions by research and assessment of water and sanitation construction and hygiene education interventions.

Onsite Wastewater System Nitrogen Contributions to Groundwater in Coastal North Carolina [PDF - 476 KB]

Read this research article that evaluates nitrogen contributions from onsite wastewater systems to groundwater and surface waters to better understand the link of onsite systems, fate of nitrogen in the environment, and public health.

Meteorological Influences on Nitrogen Dynamics of a Coastal Onsite Wastewater Treatment System

Read this 2-year research study about how on-site wastewater treatment systems can contribute nitrogen to coastal waters and why they are likely affected by weather events.

Water Publications

Explore our water publications on such topics as wastewater management, waterborne disease outbreaks, drought, drinking water, recreational water, and global water.