Why are you being asked to complete the reCAPTCHA challenge? The reCAPTCHA, a 3rd-party image verification tool, helps identify the user as a human (rather than a spam-generating computer) and reduces the likelihood of this form being used for unintended purposes.

reCAPTCHA Quick Help:

• If you use the audio challenge, type the numerals/digits without spaces (do not spell out the numbers).
• If you use the image-based challenge each word you type should be separated by a space.
• If you don't like your challenge, click the refresh button to the right of the response field to get a new one.
• If you need further help, click the question mark ("?").

Why are there 2 words in the reCAPTCHA puzzle? A full summary can be found at http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore. Solving the reCAPTCHA puzzle improves the process of digitizing scanned books by sending words that cannot be read by computers via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to the Web in the form of CAPTCHAs for humans to decipher.

Disclaimer: You use reCAPTCHA, a third-party tool, at your own risk. The State Laboratory for Public Health (SLPH) has no control over the images/words displayed in the reCAPTCHA.

SLPH does not monitor nor does it have any control over reCAPTCHA images/words. SLPH does not endorse or adhere to views or opinions expressed or perceived by any of the images/words in the reCAPTCHA tool. SLPH does not endorse or adopt reCAPTCHA images/words and can make no guarantee as to its accuracy or completeness. SLPH undertakes no responsibility to update or review any reCAPTCHA images/words.

If you do not agree with the use of the reCAPTCHA or if you find reCAPTCHA words offensive, you may contact us to arrange another way of submitting your feedback.