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Environmental toxicology relates to the potential impacts on human health from hazardous substances in the natural and built environments. Key issues relevant to environmental toxicology include air and water quality, and health hazards associated with contaminated soils, the built environment, new developments and domestic products.

Topics

• Around the house
• Healthy schools
• Animal contact
• Purified recycled water
• Radiation
• Toxic substances
• Water
• Related websites

Around the house

• Asbestos in the home [website]
• Home Roof Insulation Materials - Fact sheet
• Lead in Residential House Paint - Free Sample Assessment
• Tour a house

Healthy schools

• Health Promoting Schools: A Storybook of Success Stories
• Healthy Schools [website]

Animal Contact

• Infection Control Guidelines for Animal Contact

Purified Recycled Water

• Purified Recycled Water - Fact sheet

Radiation

• Radiation Protection Program for the transport of radioactive materials

Fact sheets

• Cobalt 60
• Food Irradiation
• Possession of Radioactive Substances

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Toxic substances

• General Toxicology Information - Guidance Note
• Investigation of Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia, Gladstone - Calliope 1996-2004
• Q & A: Contamination of Bindeez™ Beads

Fact sheets

• Chlorpyrifos
• Endosulfan
• Nickel in jewellery and your health
• Nitrate and your health
• Sodium Lauryl Sulfate

Water

• Cleaning of Spa Baths - Fact Sheet
• Managing the use of rainwater tanks
• Nitrates in your drinking water
• Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water - Guidance Note
• Swimming and Spa Pool Water Quality and Operational Guidelines

Related websites

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
• Asbestos in the Home (Queensland Health)
• Australian Pesticides and Veterniary Medicines Authority
• Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
• Australian Safety and Compensation Council
• Chemical Safety Information (INCHEM)
• enHealth Council
• Environment Protection and Heritage Council (Incorporating NEPC)
• Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
• Healthy Schools (Queensland Health)
• National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (NRCET)
• US Environment Protection Agency (US EPA)

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Related QH websites

• Environmental Health Unit
• Queensland Poisons Information Centre
• Sun Safety

Last Updated: 01 May 2008
Last Reviewed: 05 April 2007