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More than three years after the City of Calgary launched its $14 million accelerated lead pipe removal program, roughly 150 households in Calgary still get their drinking water through lead pipes. Half of those households have declined replacement, often due to costs.
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Calls to the Ontario Poison Centre for accidental painkiller overdoses in kids rose during last year’s shortage of Tylenol and Advil, as viruses surged.
Taking certain medications during heat waves can lead to a slightly higher risk of heat-related illness, doctors say, but it can be more dangerous to stop taking medication.
Alberta's poison hotline has been getting a lot of calls from people who got sick after taking the drug ivermectin, which has been widely — and wrongly — touted as a treatment for COVID-19.
Calls to Alberta’s poison and drug information service regarding the use of an unapproved remedy for COVID-19 are rising, say Alberta experts.