All of these items, along with any "Too New to Link," are found in this EH Hot Topics public documents collection.

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• Abandoned Mine Land and Residential Development
  This flyer provides an introduction to the issue and the requirements to be addressed prior to residential construction.
• Annual Mussel Quarantine -- For those of you that sport harvest shell fish, here is important quarantine information to prevent illness.
• LISTERIA PRECAUTIONS -- Here is some important food information for those who are pregnant, undergoing chemotherapy, or have weakened immune systems.
• EPA Region 9--Lava Cap Mine Web Page Contains information on the location, history, contaminates, description, response action, progress, siter reports and documents.
  
• Ground Beef Issues -- USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service Alert Jan 29, 2004. Find out how to prepare ground beef for safe consumption.
  
• West Nile Virus -- a disease that can be carried by mosquitos appeared in Southern California in 2003 and has spread throughout the State in 2004. Awareness and prevention of mosquito bites are the best defenses. Learn more about West Nile Virus and its prevention.
• Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases -- CA Dept of Health Services News Release Jan 21, 2004.
• Mercury Contamination -- Recommendations and warnings from the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
• Groundwater and Drought -- What do you do when your well runs dry? That and other info for well owners.
• Camp Beale -- Ordnance & Explosives Cleanup Project - Links to information on this federal project.