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2023 - 2024 Research Scans
September 19, 2024
These monthly Research Scans highlights recent environmental health publications by topic and provides easy access to article abstracts and report summaries to support public health professionals,…
Rotary tattoo pens in personal services establishments: What are the risks?
September 12, 2024
Rotary tattoo pens are a recent but increasingly popular tool within the personal services world but may not be fully covered within current personal services establishment or body modification…
Cold plunge tanks: Considerations for environmental public health
April 24, 2024
Key Messages Cold water immersion in small pools or vessels constructed from a variety of materials such as stainless steel, plastic, vinyl, fiberglass, or specially treated wood has…
Can we reduce inevitable exposures to chemicals of concern?
October 25, 2023
Abstract Populations are inevitably and inequitably exposed to chemicals of concern, where exposures have been linked to population-wide adverse health effects. The inevitability of exposure comes…
2024 Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada
October 20, 2023
Upcoming Environmental Public Health Professional Session 2024 Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada: EPHP February 1, 2024, 12:00pm - 1:00pm PTClaire Betker & Lynda TjadenNational…
Alternative disposition services: Green burial, alkaline hydrolysis and human composting
April 19, 2023
Key Messages Public interest in new ways to dispose of human remains (alternative disposition services) is growing, driven in part by consumer demand for more sustainable funeral…
Public health practices to support psychosocial and mental health response and recovery post-flooding
March 30, 2023
Floods have a significant and long-term impact on community mental health and psychosocial well-being. Post-flooding psychosocial and mental health recovery requires public health disaster responders…
Interdisciplinary foodborne outbreak investigations
February 15, 2023
Outbreaks of infectious foodborne diseases continue to affect populations across Canada, with potentially severe impacts on susceptible groups such as children, older adults, immune compromised…
Lowering workplace and community risks through proactive engagement with the cannabis industry
December 13, 2022
Since legalization in 2019, the cannabis industry has rapidly developed new cultivation, processing, extraction, and retail facilities to serve the Canadian market. Although the public is often…
Mpox in personal service establishments: Low risk, but know the signs
November 23, 2022
Photo credit: US CDC. This digitally-colorized electron microscopic (EM) image depicted a mpox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin…