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Fact sheet: Environmental Health Risks of Personal Cannabis Cultivation

Topics: Built Environment, Cannabis, Indoor Air, Mould

Personal cultivation as described by the Cannabis Act (2017) will permit adults to cultivate up to four cannabis plants per household as of October 17, 2018. The Canadian Federal government will be...

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Mapping the Built Environment: Peel Public Health’s Healthy Development Mapping and Monitoring Project

Topics: Built Environment

The BCCDC/NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series provides an opportunity for learning and knowledge exchange on a variety of environmental health topics. The seminars can be attended in-...

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Healthy Built Environment

Topics: Built Environment, Outdoor Air, Seniors' Environmental Health

BackgroundAspects of the built environment, including man-made and natural features, impact human health directly and indirectly through air quality, traffic injuries, and toxic substances. These...

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How the “Tick Talk” works for communicating risk awareness

Topics: Biological Agents, Communicable & Infectious Diseases

Climate changes are expanding the areas where ticks can survive and thrive across Canada. The number of Canadians contracting tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme Disease and Anaplasmosis, is also...

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Inuit and Metis radon research across the country

Topics: Indigenous Environmental Health, Built Environment, Radon., Radiation

Radon, an odorless, colourless, radioactive gas, is an established carcinogen and the leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers. Radon poses a health risk for indoor environments, particularly in...

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Wildfire Smoke and Health

Topics: Air, Forest Fires, Outdoor Air

BackgroundThe frequency and intensity of Canadian wildfires is increasing as a consequence of the changing global climate, as well as long-standing forest management practices (Flannigan et al., 2013...

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Public Health Responses to Wildfire Smoke Events

Topics: Forest Fires

The public health response to wildfire smoke events is complex, involving inter-sectoral collaboration, community engagement and the use of many sources of information in decision-making. The focus...

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Indigenous Disaster Response

Topics: Indigenous Environmental Health, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response

BackgroundFirst Nations communities may be disproportionately impacted by a variety of emergencies and disasters, including floods, wildfires, and crude oil spills in their traditional territories....

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Computer Keyboards Transmitting More Than Words: A Knowledge Synthesis of Computer Keyboards in Hospitals as a Reservoir for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection

Topics: Communicable & Infectious Diseases, Public Facilities

This work was one of the 2018 Ron de Burger Student Award winners. Author: Saarah Hussain, University of Guelph, Master of Public HealthIntroductionMethicillin-resistant...

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Guidance for the Environmental Public Health Management of Crude Oil Incidents

Topics: Chemical Agents, Contaminants and Hazards, Emergency Preparedness, Emergency Response

Crude oil spills/releases, alone or in combination with combustion/explosion of the oil, have been the cause of several major disasters in Canada and around the world including the 2010 Deepwater...

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