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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, July 12, 2013 | 8 Recycle more Household hazardous waste Ways to recycle and safely dispose of your household hazardous waste Household hazardous waste Measles rash appears in four days continued from p.1 fidential reporting of public health concerns. According to Nosal, this new case may have led to exposures in an Oakville healthcare setting and other private locations. The Health Department is contacting all persons who may have been exposed at these settings. Measles is preventable through two doses of the measles vaccine. In addition, for those susceptible to measles, there is a risk of exposure at the following sites: · Freshco, 2501 Third Line, Oakville on the morning of July 6 · Target, Burlington Mall, Guelph Line and Fairview Street, Burlington, July 6, noon ­ 3 p.m. · St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, 2265 Headon Rd., Burlington, Sunday, July 7, 8 p.m. mass Updated information on any new cases or new exposure sites can be found on www.halton.ca/ measlesupdate. Symptoms of measles usually start with a cough, a runny nose, red, watery eyes and a fever. After about four days, a rash begins on the face and moves down the body and there can be white spots inside the mouth. If you think you may have measles and need to see a doctor, you must call ahead to the doctor's office, walk-in clinic, or emergency department. This will allow health-care staff to give you a mask to wear when you arrive and take you straight to a room in which you can be isolated. In a doctor's office, you may be given the last appointment of the day. For more information, dial 311 or call the Halton Region Health Department at 905-825-6000, toll free 1-866-442-5866 or visit www. halton.ca. Infants under one year old, pregnant women and those with weakened immune systems can get very ill if they contract measles. Complications of measles can include middle ear infections, pneumonia, croup and inflammation of the brain. "About one-in-1,000 measles patients die of it and those who have measles need to isolate themselves while they are ill, and for four full days after the rash first appears," according to Nosal. not Household Hazardous Waste Depot at the Halton Waste Management Site www.halton.ca/hhw. www.halton.ca/ batteries Orange Drop www.makethedrop.ca Special Waste Drop-off Days www.halton.ca/dropoff Medications Return and Sharps Return www.healthsteward.ca Halton Region's Battery Recycling Depots Not Accepted: Stay Connected! Help reduce the mosquito population www.halton.ca/wnv Halton Regional Meeting Schedule Aug 5 www.halton.ca/meetings 11/120713