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Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, she has worked in preparedness, rabies, and childhood lead poisoning preven- tion. She is Program Manager for the SC Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program. An active NEHA member since 2003, M.L. received the Sabbatical Exchange award and served as Technical Advisor for the Children’s Environmental Health Section. M.L. was a member of the first cohort of NEHA’s Environmental Health Leadership Academy and serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Health. M.L. is currently serving as a Technical Advisor for Healthy Communities.
M.L. Tanner A native of Mississippi, M.L. Tanner holds a BS in biology from the University of the South, Sewanee, TN. She got her start in environ- mental health at the Halifax County Health Department in North Carolina, then moved to NC Department of Environment and Natu- ral Resources in the Children’s Environmen- tal Health Branch. Since coming to the South
More than 44% of the U.S. population depends on groundwater as a primary water source. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. uses 82.3 billion gallons of fresh groundwater per day for public and private supply, irrigation, livestock, manufacturing, mining, and other purposes. National Groundwater Awareness Week, taking place on March 5–11, was established to highlight the responsible development, management, and use of groundwater. The event is also a platform to encourage yearly water well testing and well maintenance, along with the promotion of policies that impact groundwater quality and supply. Learn more at www.ngwa.org/get-involved/groundwater-awareness-week.
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