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… the level of treatment in your local water system, contact your drinking water purveyor or supplier, or the … officer. To find your health authority’s drinking water contact visit … /water/water-quality/drinking-water-quality/health-authority-contacts. For more information about water-borne infections …
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… testing, see HealthLinkBC File #05b Well Water Testing . Contact your local public health unit or environmental … or preparing food. Exposure through breathing and skin contact is not harmful. For example, there are no known … more information on drinking water and treatment options, contact your local environmental health officer. For more …
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… is very contagious and spreads easily. Mumps is spread by contact with saliva or mucus from the mouth, nose, or throat … or 2 doses of mumps vaccine are recommended for protection. Contact your health care provider to find out if you need to … swollen salivary glands, especially if you have been in contact with a person with mumps or traveled to an area with …
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… hospital. If your baby did not receive a hearing screening, contact your local public health unit. The screening test is … to talk. If you have concerns about your child’s hearing, contact your local public health hearing clinic or your … see HealthLinkBC File #71a Hearing Loss in Children , contact your local public health office, or visit the BC …
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… conditions, lead can leach into drinking water through contact with building plumbing after delivery to a property. … in your building or lead service lines to the water supply. Contact your local government to find out if any programs … concerns about the quality of the water you are drinking, contact the local environmental health officer at the health …
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… some families when choosing formula types for their baby. Contact the manufacturer if you have questions about the …
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… by people sneezing or coughing and by direct skin-to-skin contact. The disease can result in very serious breathing … easily spread by coughing, sneezing or close face-to-face contact. Pertussis can cause pneumonia, seizures, brain … infected with the polio virus. Polio can be spread by contact with the bowel movements (stool) of an infected …
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… or volunteering. You also may need a TST if you were in contact with someone who had untreated TB disease of the … unit, travel health clinic, pharmacy or doctor’s office. Contact your local health unit to find out where you can get … to search for your local health unit’s contact information. For more information For more …
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… and maintenance. An owner of a sewage system should contact an authorized person to set up an annual service … plan. Owners of systems built before 2005 should contact an AP to develop a maintenance plan In areas where … on or near the dispersal area, or doing many loads of laundry in a row, can overload the system. Establish a water …
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… spreads by coughing, sneezing or close face-to-face contact. It may spread through saliva by kissing, or sharing … air when people sneeze or cough, or by direct skin-to-skin contact. The disease can result in severe breathing … when someone coughs, sneezes, or has close face-to-face contact with another person. Pertussis can cause severe …
