Health and pollution: further resources

Websites

• Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA)
  www.ciria.org.uk
  
  
• Environment Agency
  www.environment-agency.gov.uk
  
  
• Contaminated Land Site
  www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/landquality
  
  
• National Society for Clean Air
  www.nsca.org.uk
  
  
• The London Hazards Centre
  www.lhc.org.uk
  Provides comprehensive information on pollutants.
  
  
• Heating & VentilatingContractors’ Association
  www.hvca.org.uk
  Tel: 0171 229 2488
  
  
• Friends of the Earth
  www.foe.org.uk
  Offers leaflets on the effects of industrial solvents and common air pollutants.
  
  
• Campaign for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE)
  www.cpre.org.uk/campaigns/
  Has a campaign to reduce light pollution.
  Tel: 020 7981 2800

Further reading

• Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation
  Department of Health (1998)
  The Stationery Office
  
  
• Quiet Homes, A Guide to Good Practice
  Building Research Establishment
  www.bre.bookshop.com
  
  
• Handbook on Air Pollution and Health
  Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants,
  Department of Health. 1997 (The Stationery Office)
  
  
• PPG 23: Planning and Pollution Control (1994)

• PPG 24: Planning and Noise (1994)
  Government planning policy guidance subject to updating by ODPM.
  www.planning.odpm.gov.uk
  Tel: 0870 122 6236 to order a copy.
  
  
• The United Kingdom National Air Quality Strategy
  DETR (2000)
  
  
• The Natural House Book
  David Pearson
  Published by Conran Octopus
  Shows how to create a home that is healthy, harmonious and ecologically sound.
  
  
• Design Guidelines for Development near High Voltage Overhead Lines
  National Grid plc (2003)
  
  
• Pollution Handbook
  National Society for Clean Air and Environmental Protection.
  An annually updated guide to essential UK and european pollution control legislation.
  
  
• Sick Building Syndrome
  World Health Organisation Regional Office for Europe (1995). Local Authorities, Health and Environment briefing pamphlet Series 2. One of many in a series that includes air pollution.