Fact Sheets A - Z
St. Clair County Health Department’s Fact Sheets provide the public with information on frequently asked questions related to biological, chemical, radiological, environmental health, and other general hot topics.
A - B
Acetonitrile
Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Allyl Alcohol
Ammonia
Animal Disposal: Proper Disposal of Animal Carcasses in Michigan
Animals: Animal Hoarding
Animals: Dog Safety
Animals: Disaster Preparedness for Pets
Animals: Pet Shelter Guidelines for Controlling Disease Transmission
Animals: Zoonotic Diseases
Anthrax
Arenaviruses
Arsenic in Well Water
Asthma in Michigan Webpage
ATSDR Toxic Substance
Automotive Gasoline
Avian Influenza
Avian Influenza Webpage
Bacterial Meningitis (See Meningitis: Bacterial)
Bath Salts
Bed Bugs Webpage
Bed Bugs Manual (Michigan)
Bilharzia (see Schistosomiasis)
Black Death (see Plaque)
Bleach: How to Properly Clean and Sanitize using Bleach
Blister (Vesicant) Agents
Botulism
Bovine TB Webpage
Break-Bone Fever (see Dengue Fever)
Brucellosis
C - D
Campylobacteriosis
Cancer: How Can I Protect Myself?
Canine Influenza
Carbon Monoxide
Carfentanil
CDC Chemical Agent A – Z
Chemical Emergency: Evacuation
Chemical Emergency: Personal Decontamination
Chickenpox
Chlamydia
Chlorine
Chlorine Dioxide - Chlorite
Cholera
Chronic Wasting Disease Kuru (see Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathies)
Climate Change: Impact on Michigan
Conjunctivitis (Pinkeye)
Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)
Cyanide
Cyclospora
Dengue Fever
Desert Fever (see Valley Fever)
Diphtheria
Disaster: Chemical Hazards During a Disaster
Disaster: Disaster Tips for People with Mobility and/or Medical Needs
Disaster: Preventing Illness and Disease After a Disaster
Diseases: Childhood Infectious Diseases and How They are Spread
Diseases: How to Prevent the Spread of Infectious Disease
Diseases: Factors in the Emergence and Re-Emergence of Infectious Diseases
E - F
Escherichia Coli (E. Coli)
Earthquake
Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Ebola Epidemic - West Africa 2014
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever
Electrical Hazards - Prevent Electrical Hazards Following a Disaster
Encephalitis (St. Louis)
Emergency Preparedness
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68)
Extreme Heat
Fentanyl
Fifth Disease
Floods - What to do After a Flood
Flu (see Influenza)
Food Safety: When to Save Food and When to Throw Food Out
Foodborne Illness: “What Can Consumers Do To Protect Themselves?”
Foodborne Illness: Common Foodborne Illnesses
Fuel Oils
G - I
Haemophilus Influenzae Disease
Handwashing...Clean Hands Save Lives
Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD)
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS)
Hepatitis C Screening Among Adults
Influenza: Controlling Pandemic Flu
Influenza: Influenza Virus Types
Influenza: Is It a "Cold" or "Flu?"
Influenza: Preparing Your Business for a Pandemic Flu
Influenza: Preventing Influenza in the Workplace
Influenza: Seasonal Flu Versus Pandemic Flu
J - M
Lead Contamination (See Water Safety: Drinking Water and Lead Contamination)
Lead in Your Environment
Lead Poisoning
Legionellosis (Pontiac Fever)
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis (Listeria)
Lyme Disease
Malaria
Mad Cow Scrapie (see Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathies)
Measles
Medication Disposal: How to Dispose of Unused Medications
Meningitis: Bacterial
Meningitis: Viral
Mercury
Mercury Spill
Mold
Mold: After a Disaster
Mold: Get Rid of Mold
Mononucleosis
MRSA
Mumps
N - P
Nerve Agents
Nicotine
Norovirus
Pertussis
Phosgene
Pinkeye (see Conjunctivitis)
Plague
Polio
Pontiac Fever (see Legionellosis)
Power Outage
Psittacosis
Pulmonary Intoxicants
Pyrethrins - Pyrethroids
Q - T
Query Fever (Q Fever)
Salmonella Infection
Sarcoptic Itch (see Bed Bugs)
Scabies
Schistosomiasis
Sharps Disposal
Shelter in Place
Shigella Infection
Shingles
Smallpox
Snail Fever (see Schistosomiasis)
Snakes: Snake Bites and Common Michigan Snakes
Soman / GD
Strep Throat/Scarlet Fever
Sulfur Mustard
Synthetic Marijuana
Tabun / GA
Tetanus
Tinea (see Ringworm)
Tornadoes
Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Webpage
Toxoplasmosis
Transmissable Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE)
Tuberculosis
Tularemia
U - Z
Undulant Fever (see Brucellosis)
Valley Fever
Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF)
Viral Meningitis (See Meningitis: Viral)
VX
Water Safety: Bathing Beach Water Quality Monitoring Program
Water Safety: Boil Water Alert (Guidance for Food Service Establishments)
Water Safety: Drinking Water and Lead Contamination
Water Safety: Temporary Water Supply Disruption and Boil Water Alerts
Water Safety: Testing Well Water to Assure Drinking Quality
Water Safety: Understanding Drinking Water Standard Testing Results
Water Safety: Well Water Disinfection Procedures
West Nile Virus (WNV)
Whooping Cough (see Pertussis)
Wildlife Disease Manual (Michigan)
Winter Storm: How to Prepare, Survive and Recover from a Winter Storm
Zika Virus