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• n  an agency that serves as the office of Surgeon General; includes agencies whose mission is to improve the public health
• n  (from potential of Hydrogen) the logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter; provides a measure on a scale from 0 to 14 of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution (where 7 is neutral and greater than 7 is more basic and less than 7 is more acidic);

• United States Public Health Service
• PHS
• pH
• pH scale

News & Articles

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• Pittsfield High School students put science on TV
  These ‘cane toad aliens’ are paper and stick puppets designed by Pittsfield High School junior Matt Brites. He, along with PHS freshman Ian Phair, designed the backdrop for a new television show called SciTV, which will air on Pittsfield Community Television.
  June 11, 2013 - Berkshire Eagle
• PHS Waterlogic issues ‘buyer beware’ warning about purification claims
  PHS Waterlogic, Europe’s largest supplier of mains-fed water dispensing and purifying systems, has issued a warning concerning the purification claims being made within the water vending market. Claims of ‘unrivalled hygienic benefits’ are often unsubstantiated says PHS and could mislead buyers. (PRWeb June 06, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10808028.htm
  June 6, 2013 - PRWeb
• PHS Datashred Reminds Schools To Clear Out Documents Over The Summer
  As schools across the UK reconvene for the final part of the academic year, PHS Datashred reminds staff to clear out confidential information before the summer holidays begin. (PRWeb June 06, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10807989.htm
  June 6, 2013 - PRWeb

Quotes

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• Benjamin Franklin in American Medical News
  These doctors often work side by side with PHS doctors in the same facilities,Franklin said. "Congress could not have intended to single out only PHS doctors."