title: Navigating public health chemicals policy in Australia: a policy maker's and practitioner's guide.
abstract: Chemicals are ubiquitous in everyday life. Environmental health practitioners rely on a complex web of regulators and policy bodies to ensure the protection of public health, yet few understand the full extent of this web. A lack of understanding can hamper public health response and impede policy development. In this paper we map the public health chemicals policy landscape in Australia and conclude that an understanding of this system is essential for effective environmental health responses and policy development.
authors.affiliation: Menzies Centre for Health Policy, The University of Sydney, Australia. adam.capon@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capon
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gillespie
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D006077:Government Agencies / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011640:Public Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances