Built Environment
Recognizing the health impacts of the natural and human-made surroundings in which we live, work, and play.
Nearly 200 million tonnes of livestock manure are generated in Canada each year.1 Manure storage and land application tends to produce odour, greenhouse gases, microbes, and particulate matter, which…
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Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) 2010 Centennial Conference
The objective of this paper is to share four Canadian cities’ experiences with bed bug infestations and to explore public health roles in managing them. We summarize presentations from a workshop at…
This review assessed the confounding effect of one traffic-related exposure (noise or air pollutants) on the association between the other exposure and cardiovascular outcomes. A systematic review…
Primary inquiry: In Canada, as in many other countries, cemeteries are required to be setback a certain distance from waterbodies to protect drinking water sources from contaminated liquids that can…
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Introduction
Outdoor recreational spaces make important contributions to social well-being as well as physical and…
Multi-unit residential buildings bring together tens to hundreds of people within the same building envelope and in contact with many of the same surfaces. Although we know that COVID-19 is primarily…
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In Canada, preference for cremation is increasing. The Cremation Association of North America (CANA) estimates that…
Primary inquiry
A municipality received an application from a funeral home to install a cremator within their facility. Objections were received from nearby residents who were concerned about…