Disclaimer of Liability, Reliability, Damages, and Endorsement
The Massachusetts Environmental Public Health Tracking (MA EPHT) network is maintained, managed and operated by the Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health (BCEH), within the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH).
In preparing the EPHT data sets every effort has been made to offer the most current, correct, complete and clearly expressed information as possible. Nevertheless, some errors in the data may exist. In particular, and without limitation, the MDPH disclaims any responsibility for source data, compilation and typographical errors, and accuracy of the information that may be contained in these data sets. These data sets do not represent the official legal versions of source documents or the data used to compile these data sets. If errors or otherwise inappropriate information are brought to our attention, a reasonable effort will be made to fix or remove them.
The MDPH, BCEH further reserves the right to make changes to these data sets at any time without notice. The MA EPHT data sets have been compiled from a variety of data sources, and are subject to change without notice.
The MDPH makes no warranties or representations whatsoever regarding the quality, content, condition, functionality, performance, completeness, accuracy, compilation, fitness or adequacy of the data sets included in or linked to the MA EPHT.
By using these data sets, the user assumes all risk associated with the acquisition, use, management, and disposition of these data sets in your information system, including any risks to your computers, software or data being damaged by any virus, software, or any other file which might be transmitted or activated during the data exchange of these data sets. The MDPH shall not be liable, without limitation, for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, compensatory, or consequential damages, or third-party claims, resulting from the use or misuse of the acquired data, even if the MDPH has been advised of the possibility of such potential damages or loss. Format compatibility is the user's responsibility.
Reference herein to any specific commercial products, processes, services, or standards by trade name, trademark, manufacture, URL, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation or favoring by the MDPH. The views and opinions of the metadata compiler expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the MDPH or the data owners and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.
Use of these data sets with other data shall not terminate, void or otherwise contradict this statement of liability. The sale or resale of these data sets, or any portions thereof, is prohibited.
The information on this website is presented to describe the occurrence of health outcomes and select environmental data, but the information should not be used to establish causal relationships.
These data sets are not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions. This is public information and may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the MDPH any authority for the decisions that they make.
Photographic or digital enlargement of these data sets to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can result in misinterpretation of the data. Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.