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Keeping Your Cool

As hot, hazy and humid conditions persist in the region, the Health Unit urges people to take precautions in the extreme temperatures.

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Lets Target Lyme!

With casese of Lyme disease on the rise in parts of southern Ontario, it's time to "Get Tick Smart!"

Enjoy Summer Safely

Make the most of your summer vacation, but remember that being safe does not take a holiday -- no matter what time of year.

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Child Car Seats: It's Time For a Change

If your child's car seat is out-of-date, then it needs to be replaced. In Haliburton County, discounts are available on the purchase of new select car seats at local retailers.

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Beach Testing

Planning to visit a local beach this summer? Find out whether it is safe to swim at beaches in Northumberland County, Haliburton County and the City of Kawartha Lakes.

White Nose Syndrome in Bats

With White Nose Syndrome being detected in bats in Ontario, you are asked to take precautions when coming in contact with bats.

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Simply Safer is Simply Smarter

Considering home renovations? A free Simply Safer is Simply Smarter Kit can help you build safey features into your plans for a home safe home.

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Taste that Hits Home

With the warmer weather here, there is no place like home for enjoying fresh food grown and produced in your own community.

How Well is Your Well Water?

Free well water testing is available for local residents. Let the local Health Unit help you ensure your drinking water is safe.

Convictions

Through its inspection work, the Health Unit has obtained convictions against establishments that contravene various pieces of health legislation.

Tobacco Use Prevention

Flavoured Lies - Spit Tobacco Resources

Big tobacco strikes again, and youth under the age of 12 are the intended prey. You can help stop the cycle of addiction before it starts. Follow this link for curriculum-friendly resources and information about smokeless tobacco that are ideal for use in your classroom.

Smoke-Free Ontario Act

The Smoke-Free Ontario Act is a new law that prohibits smoking in all enclosed workplaces and enclosed public places across Ontario. The Smoke-Free Ontario Act took effect on May 31, 2006, replacing the Tobacco Control Act, 1999 and Smoking in the Workplace Act, 1990.

Calling it Quits

You can succeed at becoming smoke-free. It is never too late to quit. Becoming smoke-free takes commitment and hard work, but you are worth it!

You’re Young, You’re Female and You Smoke

The tobacco industry uses promises of sophistication, pleasure, independence, power, and freedom to entice you to smoke. These promises couldn’t be further from the truth. The truth is smoking causes addiction. It smells bad and it affects your health.

Where there’s smoke...it’s usually second-hand

Second-hand smoke is the most common and harmful form of indoor air pollution. It fills the air in a room where people are smoking with two kinds of smoke.

Smoking and Your Oral Health

Tobacco is Ontario’s number one preventative public health problem, and the leading cause of premature death in the province, killing more than 13,500 people each year. This is almost five times the number of deaths caused by traffic accidents, suicides and AIDS combined.

Myths and Facts about Smoking and Babies

Don't rely on myths about smoking and babies to guide your actions. Learn the facts to help protect yourself and your baby.