Global Health News

Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:30 pm
Location: Centre for Clinical Research, CH&E Classroom #409

Speaker: Gary O'Toole B. Tech CPHI(C), Director, Environmental Health Division, Public Health Branch, Nova Scotia Health & Wellness

Title: Environmental Health Risk Factors: The risk of disease and injury in the built and natural environments and the role of government in protecting health  

Environmental health hazards and risks are factors outside of the human body that can affect a person’s well being. The discipline of environmental health focuses on mitigating physical, biological and chemical hazards present in the environments where we live, work and play that have the potential to cause negative health consequences.

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