Environmental Health Services

Follow the links below to find information on services related to environmental health, such as the measurement of electromagnetic and other forms of radiation.

Updated December 2007

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Title:   Disaster assistance programs
Publisher:   Medicare Australia
Description:   This page provides information about the assistance programs Medicare Australia administers to assist victims and survivors of bombings or natural disasters.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   ARPANSA - ELF Magnetic Field Meter Hire
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The magnetic field meter is a hand held device with a digital diplay which reads in units called milligauss. It is used for measuring magnetic fields generated by the passage of mains electricity.
Date:   Feb 2008
Title:   ARPANSA - UV Index Data
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Australian UV Data
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   ARPANSA - Radiation Protection Standard for Occupational Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This Radiation Protection Standard limits the occupational exposure to ultraviolet radiation for artificial sources in the workplace, considered to be a controlled environment and provides guidance on minimising a person's exposure to uncontrollable sources of UVR, such as the sun.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   ARPANSA - Personal radiation monitoring service
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   The Personal Radiation Monitoring Service monitors the exposures of workers in the medical, dental, chiropractic, industrial and mining fields to ionizing radiation. As radiation doses have a cumulative effect, a register of a worker's doses is maintained for their lifetime.
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   ARPANSA - Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) Testing
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Clothing provides one of the most convenient forms of protection against ultraviolet radiation but not all garments offer sufficient sun protection. The ARPANSA UV laboratory performs Ultraviolet Protection Factor testing on fabrics and other materials.
Date:   Nov 2005
Title:   ARPANSA - Licencing the UPF Certification trade mark
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   When the UPF Certification Trade Mark is applied to a product it indicates that ARPANSA has been satisfied that the materials used to construct that product will provide at least the amount of sun protection stated on the rating label.
Date:   Nov 2005
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