January 2018 Environmental Health Research Scan

Full Scan

The attached PDF version of the Research Scan has over 100 references and is broken into over 30 categories.

Editor’s Picks

After searching through the dozens of articles referenced in the scan, our librarian picks the ones she feels may be especially interesting to our stakeholders.  Her “Editor Picks” for January 2018 include:

• Adverse effects after medical, commercial, or self-administered colon cleansing procedures 
  “What information is available regarding the environmental health-related risks of colonics in the academic literature, and how can environmental health practitioners help reduce these risks?”   
• Infection control for tebori-tattooing 
  “Information regarding tebori, a traditional form of Japanese “hand-poke” tattooing; requesting information regarding infection control and inspection.”
• Meat-packing pads as tattoo dressings 
  “Is there evidence for or against the use of clean vs. sterile dressings in the care of tattoos?” 
• Municipal heat response planning in British Columbia, Canada 2017 
  “This review aims to describe the interest in and approaches to addressing the risks associated with extreme heat by health authorities and municipalities in BC. From these findings, gaps in knowledge will be shown and recommendations made to advance heat response planning in BC.”