Safety information about chemicals
Contact details for enquiries about chemicals are provided below.
Chemical safety
- ADI list - acceptable daily intakes for agricultural and veterinary chemicals
<http://www.health.gov.au> - ARfD list - acute reference doses for agricultural and veterinary chemicals
<http://www.health.gov.au> - Chemicals and public health - An information brochure on the assessment of toxicity
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/chemtox.htm> - Termite protection: available treatments and hazard information about termiticides
<http://www.tga.gov.au/docs/html/termite.htm>
Related information
- FAISD handbook - Handbook of first aid instructions, safety directions and warning statements for agricultural and veterinary chemicals
<http://www.health.gov.au> - Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP)
<http://www.tga.gov.au/ndpsc/susdp.htm>
Contact details for enquiries about chemicals
If your enquiry is not specifically about chemicals, see: Contact the TGA <http://www.tga.gov.au/contact.htm>
Enquiries about industrial chemicals
Industrial chemicals include dyes, solvents, plastics, photographic materials as well as some chemicals used in the home, such as paints, cleaning agents and cosmetics
- Web: National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS)
- Email: info@nicnas.gov.au
- Phone:
- 02 8577 8800
- 1800 638 528 (freecall within Australia)
- Fax: 02 8577 8888
- Post: NICNAS, GPO Box 58, Sydney NSW 2001, Australia
Enquiries about agricultural or veterinary chemicals
- Web: Office of Chemical Safety (OCS)
- Phone: 1800 170 723 (freecall within Australia)
- Fax: 02 6289 3299
- Post: Office of Chemical Safety, PO Box 9848, Canberra ACT 2001, Australia