El Dorado County Public Health

11/13/2025

📌📌Smart Vapes, also known as Smart Phone Disposable Vapes, are a new product that makes va**ng even more convenient.

📌📌Smart Vapes come in many different forms, but they generally include a digital display screen and smart phone features like games, touchscreens, and Bluetooth connectivity.

📌📌Many come in fruit or candy flavors and contain ni****ne. This device combines addictive components like ni****ne, video games, and smartphone applications, potentially attracting and addicting youth.



Learn more about Smart Vapes here: https://tpc.dph.ncdhhs.gov/ecigs/CDC-

11/03/2025

Ninety percent of adult smokers begin this deadly addiction as teenagers or earlier.
As a result, youth are critical and powerful voices in the fight against to***co.
They encourage their peers to be to***co-free, stand up to the to***co industry and its deceptive marketing, and urge elected leaders to take action.

For more information:

10/31/2025

🦷✨¡Feliz Día Nacional del Cepillado!✨🦷
¿Sabías que cepillarte los dientes solo 2 minutos, dos veces al día, puede marcar la diferencia para toda la vida?🪥
¡Celebremos las sonrisas saludables haciendo del cepillado un hábito divertido y diario para toda la familia!

10/31/2025

🦷✨ Happy National Brush Day! ✨🦷
Did you know that brushing your teeth for just 2 minutes, twice a day, can make a lifetime of difference? 🪥
Let’s celebrate healthy smiles by making brushing a fun, daily habit for the whole family!

10/27/2025

🐾🐾🐈‍⬛🐈🦮Pets can be exposed to the toxic residue left behind on carpets, walls, furniture, and other surfaces, which is very harmful to their health.

🔴Thirdhand smoke is the toxic chemical residue left behind after someone smokes or vapes to***co.
🔴Thirdhand smoke contains toxic chemicals that can stick on surfaces and objects.
🔴The chemicals in second- and thirdhand smoke are not only harmful to people but also our furry friends.

Read more here: https://thirdhandsmoke.org/

10/24/2025

🌶 🌶 🌶 Urban Gardening/Jardinería Urbana: 🌶 🌶 🌶


Grow lead-safe, eat lead-safe! Planting your own food is a great way to serve fruits and vegetables to your family.
To keep your food lead free:
Plant in a raised bed or indoor garden
Use new soil - store-bought may be safer than the original soil in the yard
Wash food well before eating
Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/LeadWeek2025

¡Cultive sin plomo, coma sin plomo! Plantar su propia comida es una excelente manera de servir frutas y verduras a su familia.
Para mantener sus alimentos libres de plomo:
Plante en una cama elevada o jardín interior
Use tierra nueva: tierra comprada en la tienda puede ser más segura que la tierra original en el jardín.
Lave bien los alimentos antes de comerlos

Más información: go.cdph.ca.gov/LeadWeek2025

10/23/2025

🍏🍎Some baby foods and snacks, like cereals with rice flour or juices with apple, pear, or grape, can have lead and other heavy metals.

Lead can be dangerous for babies and make it hard for them to learn.

Try these lower-risk foods for lead:
Oatmeal, multi-grain cereal, and yogurt
Milk or water instead of fruit juice
A variety of fruits and veggies in whole or puree form

Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/LeadWeek2025
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Algunos alimentos y bocadillos para bebés, como los cereales con harina de arroz o los jugos con manzana, pera o uva, pueden contener plomo y otros metales pesados.

El plomo puede ser peligroso para los bebés y dificultar su aprendizaje.

Pruebe estos alimentos de menor riesgo para el plomo:
Avena, cereales multicereales y yogur
Leche o agua en lugar de jugo de frutas
Una variedad de frutas y verduras enteras o en forma de puré

Más información: go.cdph.ca.gov/LeadWeek2025

10/22/2025

Protect your child from the effects of lead by offering healthy foods high in calcium, iron, and vitamin C 🍊🍊🥝🥝🍒🍑🍋🥭
Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/LeadWeek2025

Proteja a su hijo de los efectos del plomo ofreciéndole alimentos saludables con alto contenido de calcio, hierro y vitamina C 🍊🍊🥝🥝🍒🍑🍋🥭
Más información: go.cdph.ca.gov/LeadWeek2025

10/21/2025

🍏🍎🍐Nutrition as Prevention 🍏🍎🍐

Lead can make it hard for kids to learn and pay attention. Foods high in calcium, iron, and vitamin C can help limit the amount of lead absorbed into the body.

Offer a variety of healthy foods to protect your child from the effects of lead, like:
Yogurt or oatmeal with fruit
Nut butter on whole wheat toast
Chicken, veggies and lentils

Learn more: go.cdph.ca.gov/LeadWeek2025

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El plomo puede dificultar que los niños aprendan y presten atención. Los alimentos ricos en calcio, hierro y vitamina C pueden ayudar a limitar la cantidad de plomo que el cuerpo absorbe.
Ofrezca una variedad de alimentos saludables para proteger a su hijo de los efectos del plomo, como:
Yogur o avena con fruta
Mantequilla de nueces sobre pan tostada de trigo integral
Pollo, verduras y lentejas

Más información: go.cdph.ca.gov/LeadWeek2025

The California Department of Public Health is dedicated to optimizing the health and well-being of Californians

10/20/2025

🎯🎯🎯🎯Hello Parents and Caregivers! 🎯🎯🎯🎯

DYK that healthy eating can help protect your children from lead poisoning?
Join our free public webinars during Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (October 19-25) to learn how nutrition can be a powerful form of prevention!
Register today: go.cdph.ca.gov/LeadWeek2025

🎯🎯🎯🎯 ¡Hola padres y cuidadores! 🎯🎯🎯🎯

¿Sabe que una alimentación saludable puede ayudar a proteger a sus hijos del envenenamiento por plomo? ¡Únase a nuestros seminarios web públicos gratuitos durante la Semana de Prevención del Envenenamiento por Plomo (del 19 al 25 de octubre) para aprender cómo la nutrición puede ser una forma poderosa de prevención! Regístrese hoy:
go.cdph.ca.gov/LeadWeek2025

The California Department of Public Health is dedicated to optimizing the health and well-being of Californians

10/15/2025

Cigarette butts are more than mere litter; environmental and health groups are just now appreciating the seriousness of the butt problem, from bio-accumulation of poisons up the food chain to damage to commercial fisheries and water supplies.

https://no-smoke.org/tag/litter/

10/09/2025

It's flu season! Schedule your flu shot with your primary care provider, or visit a free El Dorado County Public Health community flu clinic: