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  • Environmental health

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    • Professional medical and environmental health advice
    Health and wellbeing is influenced by the wider physical environment. By addressing the wider determinants of health, including food safety, housing standards, health and safety, air quality, noise and environment issues generally, environmental health makes a fundamental contribution to the maintenance and improvement of public health.

    Useful links

    • committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants
    • Food Safety Promotion Board
    • Food Standards Agency
    • mobile phones and base stations
    • committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment
    • radiation protection - Public Health England
    • drinking water and health: a guide for public and environmental health professionals and for those in the water industry in Northern Ireland
    • guidance on the display and pricing of tobacco products in Northern Ireland
    • Tobacco Retailers Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 - Retailers Guidance
    • information leaflets on caring for patients before and during a heatwave

    Related to Environmental health

    Most recent publications

    • Information leaflets on caring for patients before and during a heatwave

      Published 26 June 2018
    • Guidance on the display and pricing of tobacco products in Northern Ireland

      Published 3 November 2014
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    Most recent news items

    • New Chief Scientific Advisor appointed

      Published 2 November 2015
    See all news in this topic

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