Hazardous substances

Environmental Health Indicators

This section provides information that helps us to monitor injuries and diseases from hazardous substances exposure.

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Indicators at a glance - hazardous substances

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Health effects of hazardous substances

Statistics on hazardous substances and health: deaths, hospitalisations, lead absorption notifications, calls to the National Poisons Centre.

Unintentional hazardous substances exposures in children (0–14 years)

This section presents statistics on unintentional hazardous substances exposures in children (0–14 years), where contact was made with the National Poisons Centre (NPC) in New Zealand during 2017–2019.