Health Canada

Canadians spend a great deal of time indoors. That's why it's important to make sure our homes are safe and healthy places to live. Learn about the more common health risks that may be present in your home, and the simple steps you can take to protect your health and the health of your family.

This publication covers a wide range of issues relating to products such as blind cords, cribs, car seats, lighters and matches. It provides useful tips and advice for parents and caregivers to help them choose and use consumer products for the children in their care.

Information and tips to help you keep your children safe from the sun.

Most of us like to work, play, and relax outside on a sunny day. But too much sun and heat can be harmful, so be careful!

Full-body scanners are devices used in some airports to ensure that passengers are not carrying prohibited items aboard the aircraft. Airport full-body scanners can emit radiofrequency radiation or x-ray radiation. Learn about the radiation they emit and your safety.

Did you know that ordinary household items such as window coverings can cause serious injuries to children? If your window coverings have cords, your children are at risk of strangulation and even death.

Learn how to keep your child safe with correct installation and use of a suspended baby jumper.

This short position paper outlines the elements of a multi-barrier approach which would help ensure Canadian drinking water supplies are kept clean, safe and reliable for generations to come. The multi-barrier approach recognizes the inter-relationship of health and environmental issues, and...

Learn about the health effects of uranium and how to reduce your exposure if uranium is present at high levels in your drinking water.

Safe drinking water is everybody's business. Managing drinking water supplies properly, from the source water to the consumer's tap, takes a great deal of knowledge and coordination among multiple stakeholders--from governments and businesses, to individuals like you and me.

Learn about the health effects of strontium and how to reduce your exposure if it is present in your drinking water.

Perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals. Short-term exposure to PFAS in drinking water at levels slightly higher than the maximum acceptable concentrations (MAC) or screening values, below, is not expected to result in health effects as these values are based on a lifetime of...

Learn about the health effects of manganese and how to reduce your exposure if it is present in your drinking water.

Learn about the health effects of lead and how to reduce your exposure if it is present in your drinking water.

Learn about the health effects of enteric viruses and how to reduce your exposure from your drinking water.

Learn about the health effects of copper and how to reduce your exposure if copper is present at high levels in your drinking water.

Health Canada has developed a guideline value for chloramines in drinking water to protect the health of Canadians. Learn about what it means to have chloramines in your drinking water.

Questions and answers on drinking water treatment devices.

In Canada, we are fortunate to have access to drinking water that is generally of very high quality. That said, no naturally-occurring water is 100% pure. Water picks up minerals and contaminants found in the soil or deposited from the air. It is disinfected to kill harmful bacteria and other...

The Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality are established by Health Canada in collaboration with the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Committee on Drinking Water (CDW) and other federal government departments.