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NCCEH eNews - February 2017
 
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Using a Hierarchy of Evidence to Assess Chemical Health Risks of Artificial Turf

The NCCEH recently received a number of inquiries on synthetic turf and health concerns. In response, we produced this new resource to show strengths and limitations of the methods used to study the chemical risks of artificial turf that shall facilitate public health decision-making.
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Conducting a Literature Search and Semi-Systematic Review

This presentation provides an overview of the semi-systematic literature review, with a step-by-step protocol for searching, appraising and synthesizing scientific evidence.

Tools to Assist
with Critical Appraisal of Literature

This suite of critical appraisal tools was assembled to enhance our bi-monthly eJournal Club discussions, and provides guidance on how to evaluate environmental health literature.
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Announcements

Featured Events
• Feb 16: NCCEH Environmental Health Seminar Series - Guidance for the Characterization and Management of Public Health Risks from the Acute Release of Chemicals of Concern: Crude Oil
​• Mar 08: NCCID and NCCEH - Communicating the Risk of Infectious Diseases in a Changing Climate

NCCMT User Feedback Survey
• The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools (NCCMT) and Health Evidence are conducting a joint user feedback survey as a way to collect feedback from the valued users of each organization. The survey will close on March 1.

Live Webcast on Climate Change
• The American Public Health Association (APHA) and former Vice President Al Gore will host a meeting on Thursday February 16 focused on climate change and health. A recording will be available for any sessions you cannot view live.

Investigation Report: Synthetic Turf and Crumb Rubber
• The Washington State Department of Health has released a report and a set of FAQs regarding their investigation of reported cancer diagnoses among soccer players in Washington state.

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Recent Publications

Air
• Hydraulic fracturing and shale gas: environmental and health impacts
• Do air quality targets really represent safe limits for lung cancer risk?
• Living near major roads and the incidence of dementia, Parkinson's disease, and multiple sclerosis

Built Environment
• Active transport and obesity prevention
• Associations between urban greenspace and health-related quality of life in children
• Neighborhood design, physical activity, and wellbeing: applying the walkability model

Climate
• Adaptation in Arctic circumpolar communities: food and water security in a changing climate
• Climate change and human health

Contaminants and Hazards
• Azo dyes and human health
• Artificial turf and cancer risk
• Environmental indicators for human norovirus outbreaks
• The health effects of cannabis and cannabinoids: the current state of evidence and recommendations for research

Food
• Organic food in the diet: Exposure and health implications
• Prevalence of non-food allergies among non-immigrants, long-time immigrants and recent immigrants in Canada
• Making better use of what we have: strategies to minimize food waste and resource inefficiency in Canada
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Practices and Procedures
• New research consortium aims to build critical bridge between environmental and health data
• Growing healthier: a health equity impact assessment for Saskatoon’s growth plan
• Addressing health inequities in Ontario, Canada

Water
• Unusual Legionnaires' outbreak in cool, dry Western Canada
• Smart, strategic investments for urban water sustainability
• Sources of arsenic in groundwater and its health significance

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