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Environmental and Occupational Health

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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Focus On

This review outlines health and safety considerations for the safe operation of facilities where clients will be smoking drugs indoors.

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Published 9 Nov 2023

Environmental Scan

This scan describes heat alert and response systems, interventions and thresholds in Ontario and comparable jurisdictions.

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Published 4 Aug 2023

Rapid Review

Examine interventions that aim to prevent, mitigate or respond to heat-related harms among people at elevated risk of adverse health impacts during heat events.

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Published 4 Aug 2023

Best Practice

Recommendations for mitigating the immediate adverse health effects of heat events in Ontario, especially for individuals and communities at highest risk of adverse outcomes.

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Updated 26 July 2023

Calculator

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

Webpage
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.

Webpage
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

2023 wildfire smoke exposure and public health in Ontario: Triangulation of evidence

To address these gaps, we leveraged this wildfire event as a natural experiment to quantify the effect of wildfire smoke exposure on selected respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes across Ontario’s 22 largest health regions (~80% of total population) and will present the results in this PHO Rounds.

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Environmental and Occupational Health

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Updated 4 Aug 2023
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