BC HealthFiles - List of Environment Topics

Environment

The Environment category includes BC HealthFile topics on air quality, and recreation awareness topics such as: ultravoilet light, water safety, and West Nile virus.

Air Quality
Recreation Awareness

Complete List of BC HealthFile Topics

Air Quality

Drifting Second-hand Smoke in Multi-unit Dwellings (#30b)		PDF (65KB)
Indoor Air Quality (#65a)		PDF (69KB)
Indoor Air Quality: Combustion By-products (#65c)		PDF (65KB)
Indoor Air Quality: Moulds and Other Biological Contaminants (#65b)		PDF (63KB)
Indoor Air Quality: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) (#65d)		PDF (131KB)
Particulate Matter Air Pollution (#65e)		PDF (63KB)
Protecting your Family from Second-hand Smoke (#30c)		PDF (65KB)
Quitting Smoking (#30e)		PDF (69KB)
The Harmful Effects of Second-hand Smoke (#30a)		PDF (131KB)
The Harmful Effects of Tobacco Products: Not a Safe Option to Cigarettes (#30d)		PDF (64KB)

Recreation Awareness

Arsenic in Drinking Water (#49c)

PDF (62KB)

Blue-green Algae Blooms (#47)

PDF (69KB)

Campylobacter Infection (#58)

PDF (75KB)

Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)

PDF (78KB)

Giardia Infection (#10)

PDF (72KB)

Gypsy Moth Spraying (#90)

PDF (96KB)

Hamburger Disease (Haemorrhagic Colitis) (#02)

PDF (66KB)

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) (#36)

PDF (67KB)

Health Risks in the Wilderness (#24)

PDF (69KB)

Heat-related Illness (#35)

PDF (69KB)

Hot Tubs: Health and Safety Tips (#27a)

PDF (60KB)

Hot Tubs: Safe Water Quality (#27b)

PDF (70KB)

How to Disinfect Drinking Water (#49b)

PDF (65KB)

Insect Repellents and DEET (#96)

PDF (72KB)

Particulate Matter Air Pollution (#65e)

PDF (63KB)

Petting Zoo and Open Farm Visits (#61b)

PDF (150KB)

Rabies (#07)

PDF (76KB)

Role of Pets in Human Disease (#61a)

PDF (86KB)

Safety Tips for Swimmers (#39a)

PDF (63KB)

Shigella (#80)

PDF (67KB)

"Sun-smart" Your Kids (#26)

PDF (70KB)

Swimmer's Itch (#52)

PDF (60KB)

Swimming Lessons in Private Pools (#39b)

PDF (66KB)

Tick Bites and Disease (#01)

PDF (133KB)

Ultraviolet Light (#11)

PDF (65KB)

Water-borne Diseases in British Columbia (#49a)

PDF (67KB)

West Nile Virus (#88)

PDF (88KB)

Weakened Immune Systems and Water-borne Infections (#56)

PDF (132KB)

Yersiniosis (#77)

PDF (56KB)

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Arsenic in Drinking Water (#49c)		PDF (62KB)
Blue-green Algae Blooms (#47)		PDF (69KB)
Campylobacter Infection (#58)		PDF (75KB)
Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)		PDF (78KB)
Giardia Infection (#10)		PDF (72KB)
Gypsy Moth Spraying (#90)		PDF (96KB)
Hamburger Disease (Haemorrhagic Colitis) (#02)		PDF (66KB)
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) (#36)		PDF (67KB)
Health Risks in the Wilderness (#24)		PDF (69KB)
Heat-related Illness (#35)		PDF (69KB)
Hot Tubs: Health and Safety Tips (#27a)		PDF (60KB)
Hot Tubs: Safe Water Quality (#27b)		PDF (70KB)
How to Disinfect Drinking Water (#49b)		PDF (65KB)
Insect Repellents and DEET (#96)		PDF (72KB)
Particulate Matter Air Pollution (#65e)		PDF (63KB)
Petting Zoo and Open Farm Visits (#61b)		PDF (150KB)
Rabies (#07)		PDF (76KB)
Role of Pets in Human Disease (#61a)		PDF (86KB)
Safety Tips for Swimmers (#39a)		PDF (63KB)
Shigella (#80)		PDF (67KB)
"Sun-smart" Your Kids (#26)		PDF (70KB)
Swimmer's Itch (#52)		PDF (60KB)
Swimming Lessons in Private Pools (#39b)		PDF (66KB)
Tick Bites and Disease (#01)		PDF (133KB)
Ultraviolet Light (#11)		PDF (65KB)
Water-borne Diseases in British Columbia (#49a)		PDF (67KB)
West Nile Virus (#88)		PDF (88KB)
Weakened Immune Systems and Water-borne Infections (#56)		PDF (132KB)
Yersiniosis (#77)		PDF (56KB)