Database

NPI substances - health and environmental standards and guidelines

On this page:

• Australian standards and guidelines
• International and overseas standards and guidelines
• Substance and safe handling information

The National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) provides information on the emission of pollutants to the environment. The following links have more information about pollutants and their health effects.

Australian standards and guidelines

• Australian high volume industrial chemicals list 
• Australian National Environment Protection and Heritage Council (NPI NEPM and air quality standards) 
• National water quality monitoring and guidelines 
• Australian Safety and Compensation Council standards and codes of practice 
• Australian Safety and Compensation Council hazardous substances information system 
• National Chemical Reference Guide 
• National Industrial Chemicals Notification & Assessment Scheme - NICNAS 
• NHMRC/NRMMC Australian drinking water guidelines 

International and overseas standards and guidelines

• US occupational health and safety guidelines 
• World Health Organisation air quality guidelines 
• World Health Organisation guidelines for drinking water quality 

Substance and safe handling information

• Web references
• Hard copy publications

Web references

• Australian national chemical information gateway 
• Chemfinder.com 
• The EXtension TOXicology NETwork 
• GreenFacts - facts on health and the environment 
• International Labour Organisation - International Chemical Safety Cards 
• MICROMEDEX  - information for healthcare, safety and the environment
• New Jersey Department of Health - right to know hazardous substance fact sheets 
• Registered permitted pesticides (in Australia) 
• Scorecard chemical profiles 
• US Agency for toxic substances and disease registry 
• US EPA (Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics chemical fact sheets) 
• US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 
• US National Library of Medicine 
• US National Library of Medicine fact sheets 
• US National Safety Council fact sheets 
• US National Toxicology Program 
• Vermont SIRI website (Information on Hazardous Substances) 

Hard copy publications

• Meagher, D (1991), Macmillan Dictionary of The Australian Environment, Macmillan Education Australia Pty Ltd.
• Merck and Co. 2006, Merck Index, 14^th Edition, USA.
• National Pollutant Inventory (1999), Contextual Information.
• US Department of Health and Human Services (1990), NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, Publication No. 90-117.