Chemicals and poisons
The Health Protection Agency publishes several regular reports about chemicals and poisons and their consequences for human health in the UK.
Choose from the left menu to view HPA's prominent annual and periodical publications about chemical hazards, incidents, and their effect on public health.
To purchase publications, please complete the bookshop order form.
To inquire about any publications not listed here, contact ChiltonInformationOffice@hpa.org.uk or the Information Office.
Chemical Hazards and Poisons Reports - Issue 20
September 2011 report from the CRCE. This issue covers the HPA’s new statement on landfills and health; new work on the health impacts of air quality; the issues in the recovery phase of a large chemical or radiological incident; new research on risk prioritisation and exposure characterisation; the effects of heat stress and extreme weather (flooding and thunderstorms).
Chemical Hazards and Poisons Reports - Issue 19
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.
Essentials of Toxicology for Health Protection
First prize winnner in the Public Health category at the BMA Medical Book of the Year Awards 2009.
An Introduction to Land Contamination for Public Health Professionals
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
- Freedom of information |
- Terms of use |
- About this site |
- Email Alerts |
- Speech Enabled Website |
- RSS Help |
| -
