Jake Pauls

As part of APHA’s effort to enhance crosscutting activity among various APHA sections, work is under way to establish a new Forum on Built Environment Standards and Law.  APHA requires that at least 75 APHA members indicate an interest in being a member of such a Forum and, already, nearly this number have signed on, especially among those attending the APHA Annual Meeting in November.  Other interested members of the Environment Section are now specifically invited to add their names in support of this new Forum as they are counted on for significant input to the work of the new Forum.  As we all appreciate, health is profoundly affected by one's environment, and the design, construction and use of built environments in the form of dwellings and many other facilities are impacted by laws and standards taking many forms.