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Workshops and Presentations
The team at NCCEH regularly presents at environmental health events across Canada in addition to organizing workshops and meetings on various developing topics. A select listing of our presentations made at conferences and other meetings is available here.
Please contact us to find out if we can contribute to an upcoming event.
Topics: Climate, Drinking Water, Recreational Water, Risk Analysis, Water
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) 82nd Annual National Educational Conference.
Climate change is anticipated to have myriad potential impacts on human health, some of which may be difficult to predict. However, the effects of climate change on ground and surface water, and the concomitant risk to human health through disruptions to drinking water, have been the subject of intensive research, particularly for communities with high quality source water supplies that originate in forested watersheds. Observed and modelled impacts include changes to the quantity of water available, as well as changes in water quality. Of particular concern are the anticipated increases in frequency of sudden shifts between high- vs. low-flow conditions, as well as rapidly changing and increasingly variable water quality, which may pose a severe challenge for drinking water treatment, particularly in small water systems.
CIPHI_National_2016_Climate_change_impacts_drinking_water-Eykelbosh.pdf
Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Chemical Agents, Metals, Drinking Water, Environmental Health Surveillance, Practices and Procedures, Risk Analysis, Water
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) 82nd Annual National Educational Conference
In January 2016 a US federal state of emergency was declared in Flint Michigan due to elevated lead concentration in the city’s drinking water. This presentation gives an overview of the Flint lead crisis and how regulation was insufficient to protect public health given human error and omission. Comparisons will be made to the Canadian regulatory system and a discussion of the role of lead monitoring in drinking water and blood lead surveillance in Canada will be presented. Effective mitigation strategies for lead in drinking water and implications for public health inspector practice in Canada will be discussed.
CIPHI_National_2016_Flint_water_crisis-Fok.pdf
Topics: Air, Contaminants and Hazards, Chemical Agents, Outdoor Air, Risk Analysis, Waste, Water
The BCCDC/NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series provides an opportunity for learning and knowledge exchange on a variety of environmental health topics. The seminars can be attended in-person or online.
Speaker: Anne-Marie Nicol, MES, PhD, Environmental Health Scientist, NCCEH
Abstract: This seminar describes the processes involved in shale gas production, including hydraulic fracturing, and provides an overview of the main public health concerns that can arise from the various stages. Potential exposures in air, water and at the community level are discussed, along with the current state of the evidence of regarding these exposures in the US and Canada. The presentation also includes an overview of the seismic risks that can occur specifically from hydraulic fracturing and waste water disposal.
2016-02-25_EH_Seminar_Fracking_and_seismic_risk-Nicol.pdf
Topics: Water, Drinking Water
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) 81st Annual National Educational Conference
National and International agencies establish drinking water guidelines based on objectives which combine health protection, aesthetics, and the efficacy of metal removal. Recent examples of requests by BC agencies to BCCDC around selenium, arsenic, manganese and lead in water illustrate the need to appreciate the objectives and evidence supporting the guideline. Here we review how aggregate exposure is compared to effects on health (or other endpoint), how acceptable population all-source intake is set, and review how water consumption is apportioned within overall acceptable exposure. Lesson: read the fine print.
CIPHI_National_2015_Metal_Drinking_Water_Guidelines-Kosatsky.pdf
Topics: Water, Drinking Water Location: General, Canada
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (Ontario Branch) Small Drinking Water Systems Symposium
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Topics: Water, Drinking Water, Small Drinking Water Systems Location: General, Canada
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (Newfoundland and Labrador Branch) Annual Branch Conference 2009
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Lead in School Drinking Water: Approaching a Public Health Issue from an Occupational Hygiene Perspective
Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Children's Environmental Health, Water, Chemical Agents, Drinking Water Location: General, Canada
University of Washington/UBC/Simon Fraser University Occupational and Environmental Health Conference
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Topics: Water, Drinking Water Location: AK, United States
15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
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Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Water, Communicable & Infectious Diseases, Drinking Water Location: ON, Canada
Walkerton Clean Water Centre Fall Training
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Topics: Water, Drinking Water Location: AB, Canada
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) 2008 National Conference
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Topics: Aboriginal Environmental Health, Water, Drinking Water Location: NS, Canada
Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) 2008 Annual Conference
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Topics: Drinking Water, Water Location: General, Canada
Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (Saskatchewan Branch) 2010 Seminar; previous version presented at Canadian Public Health Association Centennial Conference (2010)
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Topics: Drinking Water, Small Drinking Water Systems, Water Location: General, Canada
Canadian Public Health Association Centennial Conference (2010)
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