Health Canada
Environmental and Workplace Health
Environmental and Workplace Health
The environment, including the workplace and residences, has an important impact on a person's health. Health Canada works to protect the health of Canadians from environmental risks.
This section offers information and advice on some of the most common environmental factors that affect human health: air, noise, soil and water pollution, climate change, environmental contaminants, occupational health and safety, pest control and radiation.
Air quality, climate change & health, contaminated sites, environmental contaminants, environmental health assessment, environmental impacts, indoor air quality, noise, occupational health & safety, pest control, radiation, water quality
Documents related to housing are found in the Environmental and Workplace Health - Reports and Publications section of the Health Canada website. Documents are listed under the following topics:
- Air Quality;
- Climate Change and Health;
- Contaminated Sites;
- Environmental Contaminants;
- Environmental Health Assessment;
- Noise;
- Occupational Health and Safety;
- Radiation;
- Water Quality.
Documents are listed in chronological order with most recent first, within each category. Documents are available in PDF format, free of charge.
The website has an in-depth section on indoor air quality: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/air/in/index-eng.php
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