Diana Felton is the State Toxicologist with the Hawaii Department of Health, Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office. She works with many federal, state and community partners on issues such as childhood lead poisoning prevention, climate change and health, safe fish consumption, air pollution risks, pesticides, PFASs and other environmental hazards. She also serves on the EPA’s Children’s Health Protection Advisory Committee and as the Regional Consultant for Hawaii to the Region 9 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU). Diana is board certified in Medical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine. She spent many years working as an ER physician and medical toxicologist before transitioning to state government work in 2018.
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State Toxicologist
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Hawaii Department of Health, Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response Office
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