4. Reduce Risk From the Environment
Having addressed and reduced the risk of infection with toxoplasmosis from food, it would be negligent to fail to address the risk posed by the environment, and so this group of prevention methods addresses that issue head-on.
In order to reduce the risk of toxoplasmosis infection from the environment, people are encouraged to refrain from drinking untreated water. Treatment methods could include filtration, sterilization or the use of iodine tablets, but to be certain, avoid untreated altogether. Gloves should be worn when gardening or when a person is coming into regular contact with soil, sand or gravel, on the assumption that somewhere along the line you’ll come into contact with cat feces. There are a few prevention points that concern children predominantly worth considering.
Covered in further detail below, it is important to teach children about the potential for their environment to cause them to become ill, and so things like hand washing should be taught explicitly. Where outdoor play areas exist, such as sandboxes and water trays, every effort should be made to covert these when not in use, to prevent roaming cats from using them as a litter box on the go.