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This document outlines required essential nutrient intake believed adequate to meet the nutritional needs of the majority of healthy people to prevent deficiency. The document can be used by health professionals to assess the likelihood of inadequate intake in individuals or groups.
The Vitamin K administration to newborn infants to prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding in infancy recommendations for Vitamin K to be given to newborn children.
The advice and resources on this page have been provided for public information and to assist the water sector in responding to emerging water issues in the absence of official NHMRC advice.
Some members of the community have raised concerns about the impact on their health while living near a wind farm. This information paper summarises the available evidence on the subject along with key issues raised by the public and the expert community.
Following an earlier review of evidence linking wind farms to human health, NHMRC sought to update and review available information. The documents here focus on the methods used to conduct a systematic literature review focusing on noise, shadow flicker and electromagnetic radiation.
These guidelines aim to protect Australians from threats posed by the recreational use of coastal, estuarine and fresh water environments. These guidelines are currently being updated by NHMRC’s Recreational Water Quality Advisory Committee.
Despite the use of lead being reduced in many industries, it is still found in many environments and is known to have adverse effects on human health. This report evaluates the evidence relating to individual level lead exposure in Australia, the effects from this and the effectiveness of intervention strategies.
NHMRC PFAS Guidance for Recreational Water – Frequently Asked Questions
NHMRC has been investigating concerns about the impact of wind farms on human health since 2009, following concerns raised by the public. This administrative report refers to the development of a related information paper, NHMRC Statement and evidence-based background documents.
This expert review is the summary of key issues from the report Evidence on the Effects of Lead on Human Health.
The Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Augmentation of drinking water supplies builds on guidance provided in Phase 1 on the planned use of recycled water (treated sewage and stormwater) to top up drinking water supplies.
Reducing exposure to lead is an important health issue in Australia because lead can be found throughout our environment. We have provided advice to the community, policy makers and health practitioners on this issue.