Health department hires consultants to help with air monitoring
The contract with Tioga Environmental Consultants will temporarily relieve the Shelby County Health Department’s air monitoring branch of staffing issues to avoid losing control of the program. (The Daily Memphian file)
Last summer, the Shelby County Health Department’s air monitoring branch was operating with only two employees, and the State of Tennessee gave the local program until June of this year to resolve the issue.
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Shelby County Health Department Tioga Environmental Consultants air qualityKeely Brewer
Keely Brewer is a Report for America corps member covering environmental impacts on communities of color in Memphis. She is working in partnership with the Ag & Water Desk, a sustainable reporting network aimed at telling water and agriculture stories across the Mississippi River Basin.
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