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Undiluted Truth About Drinking Water
Answering your questions about drinking water quality.
Aluminum and Human Health
Looks at the ways in which we are exposed to aluminum, the health risks, and issues related to aluminum's presence in food and drinking water.
Arsenic in Drinking Water
This site looks at health effects and how to test for arsenic levels in your water.
Blue-Green Algae (Cynobacteria) and their Toxins
This document covers a wide range of topics related to cyanobacteria, their toxins, and your health.
Bottled Water
Find out about efforts to ensure that bottled water does not contain harmful contaminants, such as bacteria (text and video).
Canadian Water Network
Learn about the network formed to address critical issues in the provision of clean water, including research toward the protection of watersheds and ecosystems, protection of public health, and the development sustainable water infrastructure.
Drinking Water Away from Home
Drinking untreated water in the great outdoors can make you ill. Take these precautions to make sure the water you drink is safe.
Drinking Water Chlorination
Information on water chlorination including health effects, risks and benefits.
Drinking Water in the Great Canadian Outdoors
Learn crucial facts about drinking water in an outdoor setting, including extensive detail about purification methods.
Effects of Lead and Human Health
Information dealing with the effects of lead in the environment - in food, in water, and in the air.
Fluorides and Human Health
Describes where and how fluorides occur, sources of human exposure, and dental and health effects on humans.
Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Drinking Water
An explanation of the giardia and cryptosporidium parasites, responsible for giarchiasis (beaver fever) and cryptosporidiosis. Steps for disease prevention and treatment are given.
Lior Typing
Meet Dr. Hermy Lior, who was instrumental in developing research tests and methods to distinguish different types of the bacteria E. coli and Campylobacter (text and video).
Water Quality and Health Bureau
Lists publications on water quality and your health.