Sunday, March 17, 2013
A Robinson Township pizza shop is no longer under a consumer alert for bug infestation, according to the Allegheny County Health Department.
The Allegheny County Health Department has removed a consumer alert for a Mall at Robinson pizza shop. Health inspectors on March 5 placed Villa Pizza, located in the mall's food court, under a "consumer alert" after evidence of a roach infestation was discovered. On March 11, the health department lifted the alert. Earlier this month, inspectors placed the pizza shop under alert after several German roaches, both living and dead, were found in the restaurant's kitchen. Dr. Ronald Voorhees, interim director of the Allegheny Count Health Department, said the company no longer poses a health risk to consumers. "They took steps to alleviate the problem," Voorhees said. "Upon re-inspection, the conditions no longer warranted the alert." …
Friday, March 8, 2013
The Allegheny County Health Department has issued an alert for Villa Pizza at the mall.
Evidence of a roach infestation has lead the Allegheny County Health Department to place a restaurant at the Mall at Robinson under alert. Villa Pizza, located in the mall's food court, was issued a "consumer alert" by the health department after inspectors found living and dead German roaches in the restaurant. View the full health department report by clicking in the media of this article. The alert was issued on March 5. Under a consumer alert, a food facility is allowed to operate for a period of up to 10 days. A health permit can be revoked after that period if the violations remain, according to the department's policies. Following an inspection, health department officials said "two live roaches were observed both coming out and…
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Dixon also owned the historic Schwab mansion in North Braddock.
Dr. Bruce Dixon, the former head of the Allegheny County Health Department, died overnight at UPMC Presbyterian, according to news reports. The county medical examiner's office said Dixon, 74, a Forest Hills resident, died of a blood infection caused by an inflammation of his gallbladder. He was ousted from his job in March 2012 by the county Board of Health, acting at the request of Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “For over 20 years, Dr. Bruce Dixon was the ultimate public servant, dedicating his life to serving the needs of the residents of Allegheny County through his direction of the Allegheny County Health Department," Fitzgerald said in a statement issued this morning. "The …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Public comments are being accepted over the next month regarding proposed changes to air quality regulations.
The Allegheny County Board of Health is accepting public comments until March 6 on proposed changes to county air quality regulations. A hearing on the revisions is planned for 10 a.m. Friday, March 1 at the Clack Health Center, Building 7, 301 39th St. in Lawrenceville. Proposed changes include opacity limits for soaking emissions from coke oven standpipes; definition of soaking emissions from standpipe caps; and revisions related to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s review time for proposed operating permits. Testimony at the public hearing must be pre-scheduled, by calling 412-578-8008, no fewer than 24 hours in advance. Speakers will be limited to five minutes and are asked to submit a written copy of their testimony. Those …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Pennsylvania is reporting high influenza activity, according to the state health department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Allegheny County certainly isn't immune from the widespead outbreak of influenza reported by the Pennsylvania Health Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Allegheny County Health Department reports four local deaths in the last few weeks have been attributed to the influenza Type A virus. All four deaths have been patients 65 years or older, with the oldest victim 98 years old, according to Dr. Jim Lando, acting director of the department's Office of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. "Influenza does take people each year," he said. "That's why we do recommend that people get vaccinated." Lando said that between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, 2012—the most up-to-date reporting period this flu season—there had been 215 confirmed …
Friday, September 7, 2012
Health officials are asking individuals who had close contact with man to take precautions.
Allegheny County Health Department officials issued a rare public health notice Friday following the bacterial meningitis death of a Squirrel Hill resident. Joseph Christopher Cecchini, 29, died from meningococcal meningitis on Wednesday in Pittsburgh, according to Dr. Ron Voorhees, acting director of the Allegheny County Health Department. Cecchini, who also went by the name Joe Christopher, worked and lived in Pittsburgh and was the president and publisher of Cue magazine. “We want to make sure that people who have had close contact with Mr. Cecchini between Aug. 24 and Sept. 5 take precautions and get antibiotics to prevent the onset of symptoms," Voorhees said. "They also should seek care promptly if they become ill. “People who were …
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Dozens of case of the West Nile virus have been found in mosquitoes around western Pennsylvania over the past two months.
Dozens of case of the West Nile virus have been found in mosquitoes around western Pennsylvania over the past two months, but no humans have been infected yet. Allegheny, Washington, Beaver and Fayette counties are currently considered “high risk” areas in Pennsylvania, according to state regulators. Cases were pinpointed in Sewickley, Leetsdale and Emsworth on July 19. Most recently three cases were located in the Bridgeville area on July 26 and July 21, according to state records. Other areas that have been impacted are the city of Pittsburgh with dozens of reports and nine cases in Wilkinsburg since July 3. Other areas that have had sporadic positive tests are Baldwin (July 26), Collier Township (June 21), Ross Township (July 17), …
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
The settlement with Shenango Inc. is part of an agreement to resolve environmental violations issued in 2006.
A Neville Island coke plant has agreed to pay a $1.75 million fine as part of a settlement to resolve violations dating back to 2005, the company announced Monday. The settlement with Shenango Inc. was filed in federal court in Pittsburgh by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and Allegheny County Health Department. DTE Energy Services, based in Ann Arbor, MI, purchased the plant in 2008 and, according to the company, began a series of upgrades to reduce emissions and bring the plant into compliance with local, state and federal environmental standards. Shenango Inc. produces metallurgical coke, coke oven gas and other salable byproducts "This settlement is a milestone in our …
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Sewickley residents urged to eliminate potential breeding grounds for mosquitoes.
Sewickley area residents are being urged to check their property for standing water, which could become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, which can carry the West Nile Virus. Since May, the Allegheny County Health Department has caught 10 mosquitoes in various neighborhoods, which have tested positive for the virus, the Post Gazette reported. “Mosquitoes breed in standing water, even in small amounts, so people should make every effort, especially after wet weather, to seek and eliminate accumulations of water,” said Interim Health Director Dr. Ronald E. Voorhees in a statement on the health department’s web site. Approximately 80 percent of people who are infected with West Nile Virus will not show any symptoms at all, according to the …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
The health department plans to update the community on the status of $114,000 in fines.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Representatives of the Allegheny County Health Department’s (ACHD) Air Quality Division will attend a community meeting at 6 p.m. tonight in Bellevue regarding a Neville Island coke works plant. Attendees will receive an update on the current enforcement action against Shenango, Inc., an industry on Neville Island that in August was fined $114,000 for air pollution violations. The fine was issued in response to 114 violations since the beginning of 2011. The meeting will take place in the Bellevue Borough Building, 537 Bayne Ave. and was organized to address the concerns of residents living near Neville Island. Local community members are concerned about the impact the pollution from Shenango, Inc. is having on their health, and the health…
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