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2023 - 2024 Research Scans
November 15, 2023
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,…
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
Responding to calls to update the 2008 Core Competencies for Public Health in Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) commissioned the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health to…
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…
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…
Benzene contamination in sunscreen: Not worth getting burned
July 20, 2022
Unprotected exposure to solar radiation is a major cause of skin cancer. Approximately 80-90% of skin cancers are believed to be attributable to skin damage from solar radiation. Skin cancer is the …
Human health risk assessments addressing artificial turf and crumb rubber
March 1, 2022
Public concern regarding the potential toxicological effects of exposure to artificial turf pitches has led to the publication of numerous human health risk assessments (HHRAs) on styrene-butadiene…