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Welcome to the National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health (NCCEH) website—bringing together practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers for evidence-based practice and policy. To learn about the NCCEH, please visit our About Us page.

What's New

Evidence Reviews:
- Health effects from mould exposure in indoor environments - revised
- Perceived and potential human health risks associated with consumption of genetically modified animals
- Wind turbines and health – revised
Major Projects: Understanding microbial indicators for drinking water assessment
NCCEH Workshops: Environmental health surveillance
Practice Questions: Paralytic shellfish poisoning
Additional Resources:
- outbreak of cryptosporidium at a recreational water park by Hopkins et al.
- asthma or bronchiolitis in children living near an aluminum smelter by Lewin et al.
- residential dampness, molds, and asthma by Quansah et al.
- burden of foodborne illness in Canada by Thomas et al.
- health and active transportation by van Balen and Winters
- adverse reactions after tattooing by Wenzel et al.
Recently updated:
- NCCEH Presentations: Communicating health risk uncertainty
- Continuing Education

Reminders

NCCEH Journal Club, June 20
Conference: Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors, National Educational Conference, Winnipeg, June 23-26 - Congratulations CIPHI on 100 years of distinction in public health protection!
NCCEH workshop: Indoor Air Quality: Interpreting assessment results, CIPHI National Educational Conference, Winnipeg, June 23
NCCEH and CIPHI presentation: Who's Who in the Zoo: How environmental health is organized in Canada, CIPHI National Educational Conference, Winnipeg, June 24
Seminar/webinar: Guidelines for toxicological risk assessment of environmental contaminants in Quebec: a balance between harmonization and flexibility of the approaches, BCCDC Environmental Health Seminar Series, June 27
Online course: Risk-based inspection of food premises, NCCEH and BC Centre for Disease Control - contact us if you're interested in future offerings
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