Environmental health services

We help protect natural and built (where we live) environments that may affect the health and wellbeing of Tasmanians. Our main areas of work include:

• environmental health risk assessment
• food safety
• Drinking water quality
• Recreational water quality
• tobacco control
• radiation protection 
• emergency management
• toxicology
• microbiology
• Public Health Laboratory.

Public health risks and hazards

We also provide advice on public health impacts of a wide range of risks and hazards through:

• Public Health Act 1997
• Food Act 2003
• other legislation and Guidelines

Tasmanian Public Health Hotline

For further information or to report your concerns, please call the Tasmanian Public Health Hotline

Phone 1800 671 738

Email public.health@health.tas.gov.au