The Health Protection Agency publishes several regular reports about chemicals and poisons and their consequences for human health in the UK.
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April 2011 report from the Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards. This issue covers carbon monoxide from tobacco water pipes, refrigerator leaks, lead in the food chain and pre-hospital incident communication.
This issue of the Chemical Hazards and Poisons Report highlights concern about how to respond to public health aspects of large fires involving materials such as hydrocarbons, car tyres, liquid petroleum gas cylinders, alcohol and unspecified waste products.
First prize winnner in the Public Health category at the BMA Medical Book of the Year Awards 2009.
This document introduces the process of dealing with land contamination, including environmental protection regimes for protecting public health from substances in, on or under land, determining sites as 'contaminated land', and risk assessment procedures.
›› An Introduction to Land Contamination for Public Health Professionals