Environment

The Environment category includes HealthLinkBC File topics on air quality, and recreation awareness topics such as: ultraviolet light, water safety, and West Nile virus.

Air Quality
Recreation Awareness

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Air Quality

Health Risks of Alternative Tobacco Products (#30b)
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Indoor Air Quality (#65a)
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Indoor Air Quality: Combustion By-products (#65c)
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Indoor Air Quality: Mould and Other Biological Contaminants (#65b)
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Indoor Air Quality: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) (#65d)
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Particulate Matter and Outdoor Air Pollution (#65e)
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Quitting Smoking (#30c)
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Radon in Homes and Other Dwellings (#42)
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The Harmful Effects of Second-hand Smoke (#30a)
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Recreation Awareness

Aerial Spraying in B.C.'s Forests (#90b)
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Campylobacter Infection (#58)
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Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)
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Cyanobacteria Blooms (Blue-green Algae) (#47)
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Disinfecting Drinking Water (#49b)
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E. coli Infection (#02)
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European Lymantria Moth Spraying (#90a)
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Giardia Infection (#10)
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Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (#36)
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Health Risks in the Wilderness (#24)
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Heat-related Illness (#35)
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Immunization for Health Care Workers in B.C. (#66)
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Insect Repellents and DEET (#96)
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Outdoor Air Quality Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) (#65f)
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Particulate Matter and Outdoor Air Pollution (#65e)
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Petting Zoo and Open Farm Visits (#61b)
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Preventing Water-Borne Infections For People with Weakened Immune Systems (#56)
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Rabies (#07a)
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Residential Hot Tubs and Pools: Health and Safety Tips (#27a)
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Residential Hot Tubs and Pools: Safe Water Quality (#27b)
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Role of Pets in Human Disease (#61a)
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Safety Tips for Swimmers (#39)
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Shigellosis (#80)
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Sun Safety for Children (#26)
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Swimmer's Itch (#52)
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Tick Bites and Disease (#01)
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Ultraviolet Radiation (#11)
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Waterborne Infections in British Columbia (#49a)
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West Nile Virus (#88)
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Yersiniosis (#77)
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