Water Safety, Sanitation & Heavy-Metal Toxicity Response Task Force
Protecting community health from water contamination and heavy metal toxicity through surveillance, response, and remediation.
Unit Mission
The Water Safety, Sanitation & Heavy-Metal Toxicity Response Task Force protects community health from water contamination and heavy metal toxicity — investigating water quality failures, assessing health impacts of lead, arsenic, and other heavy metal exposures, and implementing the remediation and treatment interventions needed to protect affected populations. The task force applies environmental health, toxicology, and public health to respond to water contamination crises, provide medical management for heavy metal exposure, and advocate for the infrastructure investments needed to ensure safe water access.
Key Functions
Contamination Response
Responding to water contamination crises — assessing health risks, providing alternative water supplies, and implementing the public health measures needed to protect communities from contaminated water during infrastructure failures.
Heavy Metal Screening
Conducting heavy metal exposure screening — measuring blood lead, arsenic, and other heavy metal levels in exposed populations, identifying cases requiring medical treatment, and monitoring the effectiveness of remediation interventions.
Treatment Programs
Implementing heavy metal toxicity treatment programs — providing chelation therapy, nutritional support, and developmental monitoring for lead-poisoned children and other heavy metal exposure victims.
Operational Capabilities
Health Security, Bio-Risk & Humanitarian Medicine Directorate
Join This Unit
Pacific 7.0 International recruits medical professionals, epidemiologists, public health specialists, and humanitarian health workers committed to protecting lives in the world's most challenging environments.