PHMEHG position papers
Public Health Medicine Environment and Health Group - Position Papers
The group has developed position papers on public health issues about which we are sometimes asked for advice so that we provide consistent health advice. Some of the position papers that we have developed to date include:
- Greening of Urban Environments and Public Health - November 2022
- Indoor Air Quality: Summary - September 2022
- Indoor air quality (Excluding Radon and Environmental Tobacco Smoke) - May 2022
- Wind Energy - currently not available as under review for updating
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Housing and Health
- National Congenital Anomalies Registry
Information, Data and Reports for
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Environment and Health
- Air Quality
- Asbestos
- Bathing Water
- Carbon Monoxide
- Extreme weather events
- Noise
- Radon
- Radiation
- Odour
- Archive
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Public Health Medicine Environment and Health Guidance and other Resources
- Covid-19 & Heatstroke
- Heatwave Advice - Children
- Dehydration
- Heatwave Health Advice
- Heatwave Advice - Older Adults
- Heatwave Advice - Older Persons Services
- Heatwave Advice - Outdoor Workers
- Indoor Temperature Control
- Sun and outdoor safety
- Preventing sunburn in children
- Causes and prevention -Skin cancer (melanoma)
- Investigation of possible waterborne disease
- Water Safety
Ireland’s specialist service for the surveillance of communicable diseases.