Links

Here are some work-related links of interest:

Partner institutions:

  • Griffith University (http://www.griffith.edu.au)
  • Global Water Research Coalition (http://www.globalwaterresearchcoalition.net)
  • Water Research Australia (http://www.waterra.com.au)
  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (http://www.setac.org)

Water guidelines:

  • Australian Drinking Water Guidelines 2004 (http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/eh19syn.htm)
  • Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Augmentation of Drinking Water Supplies 2008 (http://www.ephc.gov.au/taxonomy/term/39)
  • WHO Drinking Water Guidelines 2006 (http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/guidelines/en/)
  • EU Drinking Water Directive 98/83/EC (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-drink/index_en.html)
  • Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/pubs/water-eau/sum_guide-res_recom/index-eng.php)
  • USEPA National Primary Drinking Water Standards (http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/index.html)

Toxicity and regulation information sources:

  • TOXNET (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov)
  • DATATOX.NET (http://www.datatox.net)
  • Australian Department of the Environment Chem Databases (http://hermes.erin.gov.au/pls/cig_public/!CIGPPUBLIC.pStart?category_id=10)
  • IPCS Inchem (http://www.inchem.org)
  • USEPA Integrated Risk Information System – IRIS (http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/iris/index.cfm)
  • US Agency for Toxicy Substances and Disease Registry – ATDSR (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov)
  • Online European Risk Assessment Tracking System – ORATS (http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/esis/index.php?PGM=ora)
  • Acceptable Daily Intake as defined by the Australian Office of Chemical Safety and Environmental Health (http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ocs-adi-list.htm)
  • Acceptable Daily Intake as defined by the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (http://www.rivm.nl/bibliotheek/rapporten/711701025.html)
  • Australian National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme – NICNAS (http://www.nicnas.gov.au/Industry/AICS/Search.asp)

Other miscellaneous information sources:

  • Chemfinder (http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com)
  • PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez)
  • Protocol Online (http://www.protocol-online.org)
  • Science Direct (http://www.sciencedirect.com)

And here are some other links of interest:

Trustworthy news outlets:

  • BBC News International (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
  • ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation (https://www.abc.net.au/news/)

Information sources:

  • Australian Bureau of Meteorology (http://www.bom.gov.au)
  • Brisbane Public Transport’s Translink (http://www.translink.com.au)
  • Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org)
  • Travel Wiki (http://wikitravel.org)
  • World Time Server (http://www.worldtimeserver.com)

Some of my favourite things on the web …

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TED Talks:

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