Environmental health - Public Health
Introduction
Environmental Health is committed to reducing the amount of disease in Northern Territory communities caused by physical, chemical, biological and radiological factors in the environment.
Environmental Health sits within the broader area of public health. The Public Health Unit in Top End Health Service and Central Australia Health Service is involved in the assessment, correction, control, and prevention of environmental factors adversely affecting human health.
Environmental Health comprises a number of discrete services including:
- Applied environmental health
- Radiation protection
- Medicines and poisons control
- Aboriginal environmental health
- Food safety
- Solid waste management
- Wastewater management
- Water quality.
Contact
The Environmental Health can be contacted at envirohealth@nt.gov.au or on the details below.
| Location | Address | Phone | Fax | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darwin | 2nd Floor, Casuarina Plaza 258 Trower Road Casuarina NT 0810 | PO Box 40596 | (08) 8922 7377 | (08) 8922 7036 |
| Katherine | Ground Floor, O'Keefe House | PMB 73 Katherine NT 0852 | (08) 8973 9061 or (08) 8973 9062 | (08) 8973 9063 |
| Barkly | Level 1, Matt Glynn Building 172 Paterson Street Tennant Creek NT 0860 | PO Box 346 Tennant Creek NT 0861 | (08) 8962 4302 | (08) 8962 4420 |
| Central Australia | Peter Sitzler Building 67 Stuart Highway Alice Springs NT 0870 | PO Box 721 Alice Springs NT 087 | (08) 8955 6122 | (08) 8952 5927 |
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Last updated: 07 December 2019