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'Better safe than sorry' - acting now to protect children's environmental health  Offers information to explain why children are more vulnerable than adults to hazardous substances in the environment and how individuals, communities and governments, among others, can adopt precautionary actions to protect children. Source: Voices for Children 'Kids will be kids': why children are especially vulnerable to environmental contaminants  Explains how everyday environments and products can affect children's health. Describes why children's bodies and behaviours make them more likely to be exposed to environmental contaminants. Discusses why children need healthy spaces. Prepared in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Child Health. Source: Canadian Child Care Federation (CCCF) 'Sun-smart' your kids  Discusses how much danger children face from the sun, and how to protect them with clothing, sunscreen, and sun glasses. Source: British Columbia Ministry of Health A Father's Day report - men, boys and environmental health threats  Examines boys' particular vulnerability to environmentally-linked diseases, birth defects and disabilities. Discusses fathers' roles in children's environmental health, including the impact of exposure to toxic chemicals at home, work or play. Includes tips for reducing children's risk. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE) A Father's Day report - men, boys and environmental health threats: summary report  Summarizes a study examining the link between environmental hazards such as parental exposure to toxic chemicals and boys' vulnerability to childhood cancer, asthma, learning and developmental disabilities, birth defects and testicular dysgenesis syndrome. Includes tips for reducing children's risk. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Canadian Partnership for Children's Health and Environment (CPCHE) A hantavirus risk control program for employers and workers  Contains guidelines for employers to prevent hantavirus infections and to put in place a risk control program to minimize potential worker exposure to hantavirus. Includes recommended work procedures. Link requires PDF reader. Source: Workers' Compensation Board of BC (WCB) A parent's guide to sun protection - protecting your family  Lists reasons why babies have a greater risk of sun damage than adults. Describes how to protect the skin of babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Source: Health Canada A parent's guide to sun protection - sun fiction and fact  Presents a series of facts on exposure to the sun in relation to some commonly held beliefs. Source: Health Canada A parent's guide to sun protection - what is SPF?  Explains what sunscreen's sun protection factor (SPF) means. Describes how to use sunscreens on children. Source: Health Canada A parent's guide to sun protection - why be careful?  Explains the health hazards related to sun especially among children. Covers long term damage, skin cancer, UV rays, and the vulnerability of children. Source: Health Canada
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