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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

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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Outdoor air quality: Sulphur dioxide (SO2) (#65f)
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Particulate matter and outdoor air pollution (#65e)
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Quit or reduce vaping (#30d)
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Quitting smoking (#30c)
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Radon in homes and other dwellings (#42)
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Risks of alternative tobacco and nicotine products (#30b)
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The harmful effects of second-hand tobacco smoke and vapour (#30a)
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Recreation Awareness

Cryptosporidium Infection (#48)
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E. coli Infection (#02)
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Aerial spraying for native defoliators in B.C.’s forests (#90b)
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Campylobacter Infection (#58)
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Cyanobacteria Blooms (Blue-green Algae) (#47)
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Disinfecting Drinking Water (#49b)
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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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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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Short-term private residential pool rental (#27c)
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Spongy moth spraying (#90a)
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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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