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Summer is coming: Wildfire smoke + COVID-19
April 21, 2020
It is meant as an ominous threat when characters in the popular Game of Thrones series utter “winter is coming”, and I feel the same way about the summer of 2020. The catastrophic wildfire seasons of…
Environmental public health professionals can support health equity in the time of COVID-19
April 17, 2020
The world has changed dramatically in recent weeks. COVID-19 has disrupted economies, social interactions, and how (or whether) we do our jobs. Environmental public health (EPH) professionals are…
COVID-19 and use of disinfectants and sanitizers in food premises
April 3, 2020
This blog is based on the NCCEH guidance document Disinfectants and Sanitizers for Use on Food Contact Surfaces to reflect recent developments due to COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 is the coronavirus…
Contaminants in black market cannabis: Consumers need answers
February 19, 2020
Legalization of cannabis in 2018 was intended, among other things, to cut off funding to organized crime by removing revenue streams from the sale of illicit cannabis. Public health broadly supported…
FNHA and the NCCEH: supporting Indigenous communities through a knowledge translation partnership
February 12, 2020
In October 2013, the First Nations communities in British Columbia took a historic step forward in self-determination of health services, when programs were transferred from Health Canada’s First…
March Research Scan
January 22, 2020
Each month, our librarian casts her expert eye across hundreds of journals, news portals, newsletters, and websites to find all the best research articles and grey literature related to environmental…
Cooling Tower Registries and Building Water Management Plans: Strategies to combat Legionnaires’ Disease
January 20, 2020
There’s something in the aerosols Devices that aerosolize water can increase the risk of exposure to Legionella bacteria through inhalation, leading to serious illness such as Legionnaires’ disease…
Weighing the complex public health and community impacts of artificial turf
January 12, 2020
Why are people so concerned about artificial turf? Since 2015, when soccer coach Amy Griffin went public with her concerns about seemingly elevated cancer rates among young soccer players, parents…
2019 NCCEH Year in Review
December 19, 2019
As we reflect back on 2019 it is our pleasure to recount highlights of some of our NCCEH work in 2019. We continue to focus on built environment, climate-related public health impacts, emergency…
Incorporating Health in Urban Planning: Quebec City Case Study
November 19, 2019
For over 50 years the importance of protecting health has been recognized in many areas of public policy. Concepts and approaches for actually including health considerations in assessment processes…