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Climate Action

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. Conserve Water and Energy Adjusting your behaviour to conserve energy and water can be as simple as turning off the tap while brushing your teeth, , lower your heating and cooling bills, and make your home more comfortable. Conserving energy and water, . Green spaces in our communities increases our quality of life and improves health outcomes, increases, to stay safe in extreme temperatures.Be aware of the AQHI and air quality alerts and follow

Annual Report 2023

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services, such as food safety and water quality inspections to prevent illness. Additionally, it provides, included proactive measures to address potential contaminants and maintain water quality standards, believe in providing the highest quality programs and services to achieve our vision. POSITIVE, 1,377 safe water inspections 8,215 food premise inspections 1,551, . Air quality and wildfire smoke alerts The Healthy Environments Program developed and implemented

Extreme Heat

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air, water, food quality and safety. Heat can increase rates of some diseases. Heat events stress our, be dangerous to health. Rising temperatures can also influence health related to air, water and food quality, . Water is best. Heat stroke is a medical emergency! If you are caring for someone who has a high body, if possible- Removing excess clothing- Applying cold water to the skinHealth Canada provides further, coverage, and places with water features (public pool, beach, splash pad).If you live alone or need

Optimizing your health

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such as physical activity levels, ability to control pain, quality of social connections, and our diet. Check, get older their bodies metabolize alcohol differently due to the reduction in body mass and water, or emotionally there are supports for you. Pain negatively impacts our mental and physical quality of life, is having on your quality of life.There are assessment tools that can be used to help you communicate, , not eating healthy foods and not drinking enough water, can lead to dizziness and other health

Climate Change in Simcoe Muskoka

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. Changes to the environment (e.g., water quality) have an influence on health (e.g., increased risk of water-borne diseases) and the economy (e.g., increased health system cost, reduced tourism, with an increase in food- and water-borne illnesses, and the risk of vector-borne diseases such as Lyme, the costs of climate impacts in Canada Under Water: The Costs of Climate Change for Canada’s Infrastructure, Other Data Sources Climate and Source Water Protection

Newsroom

Containing press releases, public service announcements, regular columns, and resources for journalists, editors and the general public.

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. Full story Check on Water Quality Before Heading to the Beach Jun 25, about water quality before heading to the beach Jun 22, 2023, be directed to [email protected] or 705-721-7520 ext. 8533. Boil water advisory lifted for the Town of Midland Aug 27, 2024 MIDLAND – The Boil Water, by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. Laboratory test results have confirmed that the water is free

Where You Live and Your Health

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health-related aspects of your life, such as your level of physical activity, the quality of the air you breathe, the cleanliness of the water you drink and your overall sense of well-being. The built, produces run-off that can negatively affect groundwater quality. People are more likely to meet

In Our Region

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as community-wide emergencies. Poor air quality and wildfire smoke events can lead to increases, cancers. Changing weather will also affect water and food safety, and the ability to grow food. It can, ; and providing health advice when heat and cold warnings and air quality alerts

Board Orientation Manual

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"that a high quality health care system is one that is accessible, appropriate, effective, efficient, on physical and mental health related to extreme weather, extreme temperature, air quality, infectious diseases, water and food impacts, ultraviolet radiation, degraded determinants of health and expanding, to provide the public with information about inspections at food premises, child care, recreational water facilities, recreational camps, personal service settings and drinking water systems in Simcoe County

SMDHU Annual Report 2020-2021

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in providing the highest quality programs and services to achieve our vision. POSITIVE WORKPLACE We, environments. Safe Water Program continued with efforts to prevent or reduce the burden of water-borne illnesses and injury related to drinking and recreational water through on-going response to adverse water conditions, and where required, issuing boil water and/or drinking water orders and public notices. Public health inspectors assessed risk and inspected small drinking water systems. Open