The bitter-sweet taste of toxic substances
Useful Sites
What is a hazardous substance? (Comcare, Australia)
A fact sheet outlining what hazardous substances are and how they should be labelled and handled.
Understanding toxic substances (California Department of Health Services, USA)
Provides a non-technical explanation of the health effects of hazardous workplace chemicals.
Life cycle analysis (Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts)
Concern about the environmental impacts of the products and materials we use has led to considerable publicity about the importance of performing Life Cycle Analyses on consumer products. Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) has been promoted as the best way of determining the real impacts of products.
Toxic chemicals running off roads (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Looks at the toxic chemicals that wash from roads in stormwater.
Page updated August 2006.