Environmental Health
Environmental health is the interaction between the environment and the health of populations of people. While environmental health is distinct from environmental protection, there are overlaps in many areas. Environmental health has been defined as "those aspects of human health determined by physical, biological, and social factors in the environment."
Environmental health includes the provision of safe drinking water supplies, recreational use of water, on-site sewage management, wastewater and recycling, public swimming pools, human health risk assessments and toxicology, Legionella control, skin penetration industry, funeral industry, pest and arbovirus control, air quality, waste management, tobacco control and smoke- free environments , basic hygiene and sanitation. We have a shared role with local councils and other government agencies such as the NSW Environment Protection Authority.
Another emerging area of environmental health is provision of advice to local councils and other government agencies relating to healthy urban development.
Legislation administered
- NSW Public Health Act 2010
- NSW Public Health Regulation 2022
- NSW Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2008
- NSW Public Health (Tobacco) Regulation 2022
- NSW Smoke-free Environment Act 2000
- NSW Smoke-free Environment Regulation 2016
- NSW Anatomy Act 1977
Available via: http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/
For information and fact sheets on environmental health please visit the NSW Ministry of Health - Environmental Health homepage http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/environment/pages/default.aspx
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If you have any further queries please contact the Public Health Unit on telephone 9794 0855 during business hours.
