Media and Information
January 15, 2014
Problems in the Attic and Roof
Information from CMHC
http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/co/grho/moaiprre/moaiprre_009.cfm
Quick Ice Dam Cure - A temporary solution is better than none
Article suggests ways to prevent water leaks.http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/skill-builder/0,,211604,00.html
January 2, 2014
Cigarette Tax Hikes May Prevent 200 Million Deaths
http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20140102/big-cigarette-tax-hikes-might-prevent-200-million-deaths-in-a-century
(HealthDay News) -- Tripling cigarette taxes around the world -- an ambitious notion -- would prevent 200 million people from dying prematurely over a century and shrink the number of smokers worldwide by one-third, a new review estimates.
June 2013
Recipe for Food Safety
http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/listeria/index.html?utm_source=Breaking+Release%3A+CDC+Report+on+Listeria&utm_campaign=Ecard+-+6.4+CDC+Release+&utm_medium=email
Protecting people from deadly Listeria food poisoning
March 2, 2013
European food scandal
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/european-food-scandal-taco-bell-beef-traces-horse-231636436.html
Taco Bell is the latest restaurant chain to acknowledge that its food has been adulterated with horse meat, yanking a variety of ground beef products from its three British outlets and issuing an apology to its patrons Friday.
Meanwhile, in Iceland, a food official said his team had found a beef product from a local producer that contained no meat at all.
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FOOD SAFETY
You can minimize your family’s risk of food poisoning by following some simple guidelines about food safety.
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/food-aliment/summer-ete-eng.php
Cooked foods are safe to eat when internal temperatures are:
71°C (160°F) for ground meat (beef, veal, lamb and pork)
74°C (165°F) for leftover food and boned and deboned poultry parts
85°C (185°F) for whole poultry
Fight BAC!® - Food Safety Education stresses four simple steps that are critical to food safety:
- Clean: Wash hands and surfaces often
- Separate: Don't cross-contaminate
- Cook: Cook to proper temperatures
- Chill: Refrigerate promptly
http://fightbac.org/ <<<--- SITE LINK
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Government of Canada
Recalls and Safety Alerts
Here to Help. Here to Guide. Here to Inform.
Public Health Inspectors, as they are known in
are known as Environmental Health Officers internationally.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Health_Inspector
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