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Meet Dr. Wing Sung and discover a career in which scientists use little proteins to solve big problems, such as treating diseases, reducing chlorine use in the pulp and paper industry and improving the quality of hemp fibre.

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.

This site looks at health effects and how to test for arsenic levels in your water.

Access information on BSE, including news releases, disease information and policies and procedures to contain this disease.

Discover how scientists are working to try to understand how climate change could impact our health. Access related resources such as publications and reports.

Information dealing with the effects of lead in the environment - in food, in water, and in the air.

Addressing air quality, water quality, soil contamination affecting food supply, toxic management, use of pesticides and radiation-emitting devices, as well as a wide range of workplace health and safety issues.

Learn about fallout radiation in Canada’s North and how it can travel through the food chain to humans (text and video).

Learn how research into wind chill effects has determined precisely how long it takes for exposed skin to freeze in cold winter weather.

Find fact sheets on 24 issues of environmental health, from aircraft noise to woodsmoke. Each fact sheet has background information, details about health effects, and tips on how to minimize personal risk.

Facts about mercury, its properties, and the impact it has on the environment and human health.

Find information about a program responsible for the investigation, communication and reduction of health risks to Canadians from exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation.

Information about environmental health issues such as radiation, contaminants, health sciences, and health impacts.

Read this newsletter for the latest research articles about toxic chemicals, updates on Canada's National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) and more. Updated yearly.

Lists publications on water quality and your health.

Link to information on West Nile virus, which mosquitoes transmit after becoming infected by feeding on the blood of birds carrying the virus.