Air toxics and indoor air quality in Australia

State of knowledge report
Environment Australia, 2001
ISBN 0 6425 4739 4

Part C: Factsheets

Introduction

A key issue for the community is gaining access to information on the health and environmental effects of pollutants of concern. Part C of this report addresses this issue by providing factsheets for the 28 priority pollutants identified under the Air Toxics Program and the four criteria pollutants of concern in indoor air (see Chapter 5) Factsheet on two other pollutants of concern to the community, asbestos and HCBs, are also provided.

the physical and chemical properties of pollutants;
common uses of these substances;
their likely sources (including point, diffuse and mobile sources as well as information on consumer products that may contain this substance); and
their health and environmental effects (including information on exposure pathways, relevant health and environmental guidelines and environmental fate and transport).

These factsheets are based on the document National Pollutant Inventory – Contextual Information, with substantial updates provided by the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC).

An alphabetical list of the available factsheets is presented below.

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Air toxics and indoor air quality in Australia

Part C: Factsheets

Introduction

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