Summer Health & Safety

Sun Sense

• Summer is here. Beat the heat!
• Sunsense Guidelines  
• Sunscreen

Environmental & Health Hazards

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment's Air Quality Index Program provides daily air quality bulletins for sites across Ontario. These bulletins are available through the media, recorded messages at 1-800-387-7768 and online.

• Ontario's Air Quality Index 
• Ways to Reduce Your Contribution to Smog
• Smog Alert: How to Cope with Bad Air Days
• Pollution and Air Quality - The Lung Association
• Essar Steel Algoma - Incorporated Air Quality Station Data 
• Visiting Animals in Public Settings
• Public Weather Warnings for Northern Ontario
• Humidex Map of Canada
  
  
Water Safety
• Drinking Water
• Recreational   
• Beach Warnings

West Nile Virus (WNV)

•  West Nile Virus  

Lyme Disease

Lyme disease is an infection caused by bacteria found in some species of ticks.  If you discover a tick on your body:

• Carefully use tweezers to remove it from your skin. 
• Grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible. 
• Pull it straight out, gently but firmly. 
• Place the tick into a jar or screw top bottle and submit it to your local Algoma Public Health office.  A public health inspector can arrange to have the tick tested. 
• Public health division fact sheet.