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BCIT Environmental Health Student Presentations 2018

Topics: Cannabis, Food, Mould
 The BCCDC/NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series provides an opportunity for learning and knowledge exchange on a variety of environmental health topics. The seminars can be attended in-person or…
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Calls to the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre on the Cusp of Cannabis Legalization

Topics: Cannabis
The BCCDC/NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series provides an opportunity for learning and knowledge exchange on a variety of environmental health topics. The seminars can be attended in-person or…
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Cannabis Edibles: Regulatory Updates, Risk Assessment and Public Health Messaging

Topics: Cannabis
The NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series provides an opportunity for learning and knowledge exchange on a variety of environmental health topics. The seminars can be attended in-person or online…
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Cannabis legalization: what can public health do?

Topics: Cannabis, Indoor Air
Given the complexities of the Cannabis Act (2017) , public health communities will face a series of challenges as the Act’s implementation rolls out. Attention to a few key issues may help to…
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Cannabis poisoning in BC: Insights from poison control centre calls

Topics: Cannabis, Contaminants and Hazards
This blog is a synopsis of a recent seminar entitled “Calls to the British Columbia Drug and Poison Information Centre on the Cusp of Cannabis Legalization”, presented in our 2019 NCCEH Environmental…
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Contaminants in black market cannabis: Consumers need answers

Topics: Cannabis, Contaminants and Hazards, Indoor Air, Pesticides
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…
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Cultivation, Consumption, and Complexity - Cannabis Legalization Day in Canada

Topics: Cannabis, Indoor Air
On October 17, 2018, the Federal government’s Cannabis Act (2017) will come into force. Three main goals have anchored the Act through the legislative process: Reducing cannabis availability for…
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Environmental Health Seminar - BCIT Student Research Projects

Topics: Cannabis, Food
The NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series provides an opportunity for learning and knowledge exchange on a variety of environmental health topics. The seminars can be attended in-person or online…
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Growing at Home: Health and Safety Concerns for Personal Cannabis Cultivation

Topics: Built Environment, Cannabis, Indoor Air
This presentation is based on an NCCEH Evidence Review titled Growing at Home: Health and Safety Concerns for Personal Cannabis Cultivation, which you can access here. A two page factsheet was also…
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Growing Cannabis Safely at Home

Topics: Cannabis, Indoor Air, Pesticides
As of 2018, it became legal for Canadians to grow up to 4 cannabis plants per household. Having cannabis plants in a home poses risks but there are ways to grow more safely. Children, pets, and even…
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