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NCCEH eNews - October 2016
 
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Fires, Floods, and Bugs: How Climate Change Impacts Drinking Water

Presented at CIPHI's 82nd Annual National Educational Conference last month, this slideshow gives a brief overview of research of how climate change is affecting stream and river water quality, primarily through changes in precipitation patterns, wildfires, infestation by the mountain pine beetle, and how these affect forested watershed hydrology and water quality. The presentation slides are now available for download.
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Review of Guidelines for Shock Chlorination in Private Wells

Microbial contamination of groundwater from private wells poses a significant health risk to Canadians. Shock chlorination is important for both health protection and well maintenance, but users remain vulnerable to pathogens when shock chlorination is performed improperly, and when it is used to the exclusion of other well protection strategies.

Flint Water Crisis: Can It Happen in Canada?


In January 2016 a US federal state of emergency was declared in Flint Michigan due to elevated lead concentration in the city’s drinking water. This presentation, given at CIPHI's 82nd Annual National Educational Conference, provides an overview of the Flint lead crisis and how regulation was insufficient to protect public health given human error and omission.

Understanding Microbial Indicators for Drinking Water Assessment

The presence of microbial indicators in drinking water does not necessarily mean that there is a public health risk. This guide is meant to assist environmental health officers interpret laboratory results and make a more informed decision regarding whether or not to intervene.
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Announcements

Environmental Health Needs Assessment Survey
• The NCCEH is looking for your input to help us anticipate emerging environmental health issues, identify knowledge gaps relevant to your practice, and determine the most effective means of presenting our information products. Survey closes November 15.

The Ron de Burger Student Award
• Our Student Project Award has been renamed in honor of NCCEH advisory board member Ron de Burger, and we are once again accepting submissions from environmental and public health students through the 2016-17 academic year.

Featured Event
• Alongside the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP), the NCCEH will be co-presenting Public Health Ethics: A Case in Environmental Health on November 29. The webinar will feature a case involving radon and will highlight both evidence and ethics.

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Upcoming Events

• BCCDC Environmental Health Seminar Series - Climate change adaptation in public health: Over 10 years of progress in Quebec (Oct 27)
• Public Health Ontario - Application of the HIA Framework to Projects in North America (Oct 28)
• UBC School of Population and Public Health - Measuring household air pollution in thousands of homes around the world with a novel air quality monitor (Oct 28)
• BC Wildfire Service et al - National Smoke Forum 2016 (Oct 28)
• American Public Health Association - Creating the Healthiest Nation: Ensuring the Right to Health (Oct 29-Nov 2)
• BC Food Protection Association - Fall Workshop 2016 (Nov 7)
• Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment - Radon and children’s health: What you need to know (Nov 7)
• CIPHI BC Branch - Farmed and Raised: Eating for Student Health (Nov 9)
• NCCHPP and NCCEH - Public Health Ethics: A Case in Environmental Health (Nov 29)
• CIPHI BC Branch - Earthquake Hazard and Public Health Inspectors in the BC Emergency Management System (Nov 30)
• National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy - Online Education Course: HIA Step by Step (registration deadline: Jan 9)
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Recent Publications

Air
• Critical review of health impacts of wildfire smoke exposure
• Smoke signals: teasing out adverse health effects of wildfire emissions
• Outdoor air pollution and human infertility

Built Environment
• A multilevel longitudinal analysis capturing the impact of bicycle sharing on residential sales in Montreal
• Land use, transport, and population health: estimating the health benefits of compact cities
• Use of science to guide city planning policy and practice
• Elevated parks, transforming neighbourhoods, and the ever-changing relationship between the urban and nature

Climate
• Public health adaptation to climate change in OECD countries
• A multilevel analysis to explain self-reported adverse health effects and adaptation to urban heat

Contaminants and Hazards
• Glyphosate issue paper: evaluation of carcinogenic potential
• Bed bugs and possible transmission of human pathogens
• Outdoor and indoor sources of residential radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, personal cell phone and cordless phone use, and cognitive function in 5-6 years old children

Food
• Community dinner guidelines
• Global burden of foodborne diseases
• Microbiological quality and handling practices of ice served in selected downtown Toronto food premises

Practices and Procedures
• Environmental health needs assessment for northern Canada
• Environmental justice in the environmental non-governmental organization landscape of Toronto

Water
• 2016 National water and hydraulic fracturing survey
• Arsenic in groundwater from domestic wells in northern Alberta
• Updated Drinking Water Advisory Communication Toolkit

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