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Colorado chief medical officer Wolk resigning to go to California

Aug 3, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

Dr. Larry Wolk, the sometimes-controversial head of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, is leaving his post at the end of August and headed to California, according to an announcement Friday from Gov. John Hickenlooper. Wolk was appointed as the state’s chief medical officer in September 2013. In announcing Wolk’s departure, Hickenlooper said “Larry’s leadership…
Colo.’s draft rules on cannabis inhalers, suppositories draw lively debate

Jul 9, 2018

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Marianne Goodl

Colorado’s first step toward regulating some of the newest ways to ingest marijuana and cannabis got off to a lively start Monday when a working group of state regulators, industry professionals and community activists met in Golden to debate just how that would work. The group included regulators from the Colorado Department of Public Health…
Silver mine, and 152 jobs in Ouray, waiting on resolution with state agency

Oct 5, 2017

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Marianne Goodl

A dispute between mine owner in Ouray hoping to restart a silver mine and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is now being reviewed by a legislative water committee. Ouray Silver Mines wants to reopen a mine that produces silver, gold, lead and copper and would bring 152 jobs to Ouray County,…
Colorado state lawmakers chew on state health department over rural water costs

Sep 9, 2017

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Marianne Goodl

If you think paying for the state’s transportation wishlist at an estimated $9 billion is expensive, you haven’t seen anything yet. Meet water. When it was released in 2015, the state water plan estimated the cost to implement its recommendations – just to handle an expected population surge of 3 to 5 million people by 2050…
Long: SB17-250 would have clarified vaccine exemption policy for Colorado schools, parents

Apr 26, 2017

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Jared Wright

The vaccine wars opened up again in Colorado April 13, 2017, with the hearing of Senate Bill 17-250 in the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. Since 2011, there has been an annual attempt to “strengthen” vaccine exemption policy in Colorado, an expression for making it more difficult for parents to exercise their lawful rights…
Colorado lawmakers accuse CDPHE of ‘dismissive tone’ in oil and gas report

Apr 11, 2017

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Peter Marcus

A group of 17 lawmakers have sent a letter to state health officials taking issue with a report that found the risk of harmful health effects is low for Coloradans living near oil and gas operations. The letter – spearheaded by Sen. Matt Jones, D-Louisville – references a February Colorado Department of Public Health and…
Lane: CIIS pits profit against children’s privacy

Mar 23, 2017

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Rebecca Lane

Recently, several Colorado newspapers have published articles regarding Colorado childhood immunization rates and fears surrounding the de-funding of the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS), a $3.3 million per year, tax payer funded, inaccurate, opt-out only tracking system that contains private medical information accessible to health care providers, governmental agencies and school personnel across the state. In…
State health report finds that the risk of living near oil and gas sites is low

Mar 1, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Environmental groups are pushing back against a state health department report that found that the risk of harmful health effects is low for Coloradans living near oil and gas operations. The Department of Public Health and Environment released the report after a review stemming from recommendations made by a task force two years ago that examined…
Long: CDPHE recognized by governor’s award for statewide ‘phishing scam’

Jan 31, 2017

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Jared Wright

‘The public should be appalled at this award’ On January 24, 2017, Gov. John Hickenlooper recognized the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment with a Governor’s Elevation Award for enhancing a database that tracks the public’s private medical information without their knowledge with a long list of undisclosed entities. Specifically, CDPHE was honored for…
Long: CDPHE has become the Colorado Department of Public Harassment and Exceeding the law

Oct 3, 2016

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Colorado Politics

For seven years, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment (CDPHE) has abused its power. It is overdue for a Senate Oversight Committee to put it in check and balance. Recently, I was talking to a Colorado lawmaker about my concerns with CDPHE’s unresolved 2016 state audit that found serious conflicts of interests within CDPHE awarding years of…