Comments on: Public health on public display http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/07/16/public-health-on-public-display/ Medical Museion Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Thomas http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/07/16/public-health-on-public-display/comment-page-1/#comment-246449 Thomas Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:42:28 +0000 http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/07/16/public-health-on-public-display/#comment-246449 Oops -- apparently I haven't done my on-line homework. But the general problem is still interesting, I think. (And why does the municipality conscientiously put these announcements on the local billboard, if nobody can dechiffer them? Is this a case of public information atavism, a relic of the good old times when the public was informed via the local billboard?) And to add to your question about Denmark---do other countries outside the Public Health Paradise of Sweden put such data on-line? Oops — apparently I haven’t done my on-line homework. But the general problem is still interesting, I think. (And why does the municipality conscientiously put these announcements on the local billboard, if nobody can dechiffer them? Is this a case of public information atavism, a relic of the good old times when the public was informed via the local billboard?) And to add to your question about Denmark—do other countries outside the Public Health Paradise of Sweden put such data on-line?

]]> By: Gustav http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/07/16/public-health-on-public-display/comment-page-1/#comment-246448 Gustav Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:24:17 +0000 http://www.corporeality.net/museion/2008/07/16/public-health-on-public-display/#comment-246448 Interesting post. It seems that there is more to public display of bathing water quality in Sweden than the on-site billboard. At <a href="http://badplatsen.smittskyddsinstitutet.se/" rel="nofollow">Badplatsen</a>, run by the Swedish Institiute for Infectious Disease Control, such data from all over Sweden is available. Search for a particular place or use the <a href="http://badplatsen.smittskyddsinstitutet.se/data/badplatsen.kmz" rel="nofollow">Google Earth interface</a>. Time-series data is available (since 1996, the Kristianopel beach has had a couple of peaks in the amount of intestinal enterococci; July 23 2007 it was 210 (you were lucky!)). The site doesn't inform us about Hawaii's stricter regulation, though. It also does not inform us about the quality of the data. That kind of contextualization is left to us, the informed biocitizens, to perform ourselves. I will spend next week at Tisvildeleje, which makes me wonder: is there a Danish equivalent to Badplatsen? Interesting post.

It seems that there is more to public display of bathing water quality in Sweden than the on-site billboard. At Badplatsen, run by the Swedish Institiute for Infectious Disease Control, such data from all over Sweden is available. Search for a particular place or use the Google Earth interface.

Time-series data is available (since 1996, the Kristianopel beach has had a couple of peaks in the amount of intestinal enterococci; July 23 2007 it was 210 (you were lucky!)).

The site doesn’t inform us about Hawaii’s stricter regulation, though. It also does not inform us about the quality of the data. That kind of contextualization is left to us, the informed biocitizens, to perform ourselves.

I will spend next week at Tisvildeleje, which makes me wonder: is there a Danish equivalent to Badplatsen?

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