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Environmental health relates to how air, water, food and our physical environment can affect our health, for better or for worse. Occupational health relates to keeping people healthy at work. We provide expertise, support and resources for environmental and occupational health.

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Evidence Synthesis

Explore resources that may support the development of public health surveillance of climate change impacts on the health of populations in Ontario.

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Published 15 Aug 2024

At a Glance

For primary health care providers assessing a patient for possible cadmium exposure, including relevant sources of exposure, clinical signs and symptoms, and interpreting test results.

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Published 12 Aug 2024

At a Glance

For primary health care providers assessing a patient for possible mercury exposure, including relevant sources of exposure, clinical signs and symptoms, and interpreting test results.

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Published 12 Aug 2024

At a Glance

For primary health care providers assessing a patient for possible lead exposure, including relevant sources of exposure, clinical signs and symptoms, and interpreting test results.

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Published 12 Aug 2024

Data and Analysis

Calculates how much bleach product to dilute with water to get your desired concentration (ppm) of chlorine solution.

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Updated 26 Nov 2020

Form or Tool

Provides an easy way to calculate the amount of chlorine product that is needed to disinfect a well.

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Updated 19 June 2019

Sub Topics

Air Quality

Documents, resources and links related to air pollution, including indoor air quality, traffic-related air pollution and radon.

Equipment Loan Program

Information on the Environmental and Occupational Health Equipment Loan Program, including indoor and outdoor air sampling instruments available for temporary loan.

Food Safety

Information, resources and links on handling, preparing and storing food to reduce the risk of foodborne illnesses.

Healthy Environments

Information and resources related addressing modifiable environmental factors including air pollution, the built environment, noise and our climate.

Health Hazards

Resources, information and links on chemical, physical or biological factors that impact our health.

Water Quality

Resources, information and links related to monitoring and protecting our water from hazards, such as microbial or chemical contaminants.

Event

PHO Rounds: Preventing Childhood Asthma: The Neglected Impacts of Antibiotic Stewardship and Human Milk Exposure in Infants

This session of PHO Rounds presents a recently concluded study of 600,000 Canadian children in two provinces, showing that this association is operating in populations at a scale that may help to explain observed tempering of the asthma epidemic.

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Environmental and Occupational Health

eoh@oahpp.ca

Updated 15 Aug 2024
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