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Follow the links below to find information on environmental health issues, including the health effects of pollution, pesticides and radiation.
Reviewed November 2007
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Arsenic
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Links to information about arsenic and its health effects.
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Electromagnetic Fields
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Links to information on the health effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF).
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Environmental Health Services
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Links to information on services related to environmental health.
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Environmental Poisoning
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Links to information about poisoning due to exposure to environmental pollutants, including agricultural and veterinary chemicals, heavy metals and asbestos.
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Occupational Asthma
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Links to information about occupational asthma and the relationship between the work environment and asthma.
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Passive Smoking
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Links to information on the health effects of passive smoking.
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Pesticides
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Links to information about pesticides and pest control.
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Radiation Effects on Health
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Links to information on the effects of radiation, including radioactive fallout and waste, on health.
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Waste Disposal
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Workplace Safety
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Physical environment
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Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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These web pages provide information and resources about aspects of the physical environment that influence the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. You will find info about: housing, water, electricity, and waste and sewage removal systems.
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May 2008
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| Title: |
Overview of environmental health
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
Environmental health addresses all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person, and all the related factors that can potentially affect health. It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments. This definition excludes behaviour not related to environment, as well as behaviour related to the social and cultural environment, and genetics.
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| Date: |
Dec 2007
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| Title: |
Environmental Health Services
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information on services related to environmental health.
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Dec 2007
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National Environmental Health Strategy 2007-2012
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
The National Environmental Health Strategy 2007 - 2012 (the Strategy) was approved by the Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC) on the 11-12 October 2007. The Strategy provides direction for environmental health management across Australia and identifies the Australian environmental health sectors' role in developing and supporting infrastructure for health protection.
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Nov 2007
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| Title: |
Environmental Health Committee (enHealth)
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
The Environmental Health Committee (enHealth) is a subcommittee of the Australian Health Protection Committee (AHPC).
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Nov 2007
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Environmental sanitary interventions for preventing active trachoma
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John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
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Trachoma is the commonest cause of preventable vision loss and is common in poor communities. Repeated bouts of conjunctivitis caused by chlamydia infection lead to scarring and turning in of the eyelid. The lashes rub the cornea causing opacification a...
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Jun 2007
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| Title: |
Indigenous Environmental Health: Report of the Fourth National Conference 2002
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
The conference theme was to reaffirm the importance of a well-trained Indigenous environmental health workforce. Conference aims were to contribute to the debate concerning, and increase the understanding and awareness of, environmental health issues facing Indigenous communities, focusing in particular on environmental health workers.
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Nov 2005
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| Title: |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Department of Health and Human Services (US)
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| Description: |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The CDC is responsible for the public health efforts to prevent and control infectious and chronic diseases, injuries, workplace hazards, disabilities, and environmental health threats. The CDC is also globally recognized for conducting research and investigations, and for its action oriented approach.
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Aug 2005
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Management of asbestos in the non-occupational environment
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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| Description: |
The information in this document outlines health risks associated with the existing asbestos-containing materials and seeks to assist in asbestos detection, hazard identification, risk assessment and risk management.
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| Date: |
Jan 2005
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| Title: |
Indigenous environmental health: report of the second national workshop
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Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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| Description: |
This second Indigenous Environmental Health publication brings together the issues identified by the conference and workshop participants and provides advice on progress and recommendations from the second workshop. The key topics identified by the conference participants were: training; career path; support; representation; working in partnership
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| Date: |
Jun 2003
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| Title: |
Asthma and the hygiene hypothesis
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| Publisher: |
myDr
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| Description: |
Read all about the hygiene hypothesis, and how it relates to increased prevalence of asthma throughout the world.
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| Date: |
Mar 2003
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| Title: |
Indigenous environmental health: report of the Third National Conference
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| Publisher: |
Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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| Description: |
The conference was held in November 2000 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. The report aims to contribute to the debate around, and increase the understanding and awareness of, environmental health issues facing Indigenous communities focussing in particular on Environmental Health Workers.
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| Date: |
Nov 2001
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Environmental health risk perception in Australia
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Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
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| Description: |
This is one of the most comprehensive surveys of the attitudes of the Australian public toward the subject of environmental health.
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