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Heroin is made from morphine, a substance that comes from the opium poppy. It is highly addictive. The withdrawal symptoms can be painful. An overdose can be fatal.

Health Canada develops and enforces regulations under Government of Canada legislation. The Department consults with the Canadian public, industry and other interested parties...

There are diagnostics tests, masks and a thermal camera now available through an Interim Order that allows expedited access to COVID-19-related medical devices. Health Canada...

Appearance of the Minister of Health Before HESA on the Supps A.

As a result of the screening assessment, the Government concluded that used oil residue, used vacuum gas oil, C12-25 used distillate, C5-18 used distillate, used light oil,...

To develop options for the registration and disclosure of clinical trial information of health products in Canada, Health Canada began consulting with Canadians in 2005.

This safety review was carried out to look at new information in the scientific literature that has emerged since the completion of a previous review in 2012 about the risk of...

Source water characterization should be part of routine system assessments. Boron is not widely distributed in source water in Canada and tends to be present at elevated...

This section of the guidance provides criteria and examples to help you classify a safety or efficacy related change. Examples are not exhaustive and are meant to provide...

The table below lists the clinical trials authorized by Health Canada for COVID-19-related medical devices.

Acetaminophen is safe and effective when used as directed, but there is a limit to how much you can take in one day. Taking more than the recommended dose can cause severe or...

Questions and answers regarding the uses of DMBP and actions taken to protect the public and the environment. DMBP is a man-made chemical powder used by industry in the...

The purpose of this Compliance Verification (CV) project was to sample free standing clothing storage units over 27 inches (686 mm) in height and test them to the performance...

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

Health Canada routinely collects environmental samples for radioactivity analysis. The backbone of its monitoring comes from three separate networks: The Canadian Radiological...

Table B-1. Total antimony concentrations for select river basins across Canada, from Environment Canada's long-term monitoring data (2000–2015) Table B-2. Total antimony...

This guidance document applies to sponsors intending to make changes to new drugs that have received a NOC pursuant to Section C.08.004 of the Food and Drug Regulations. In the...

Hazardous substance assessments are technical documents produced by Health Canada as educational and information resources for suppliers of hazardous products under the...

This List of Permitted pH Adjusting Agents, Acid-Reacting Materials and Water Correcting Agents sets out authorized food additives that are used to alter or control the acidity...

Since the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident, the Radiation Protection Bureau (RPB) of Health Canada has performed several analyses of the radioactive content of fish samples...