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Conduct online searches of numerous chemical databases to obtain information such as: Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), toxicology profiles, chemical health hazards, chemical labeling requirements, Threshold Limit Values (TLVs), government lists of hazardous substances, pesticide information, storage compatibility, chemical safety guides and related materials. Examples of databases: CCRIS, DART, EMIC, EMCI, ETICBACK, GENE-TOX, IRIS, HESIS, HSDB, ISSDS, OPPT, RTECS, SAGE, SOLV-DB, SSDS, TOXNET, TRI.

Environment » Databases

Over 40 EPA environmental databases

EFDB Environmental Fate Data Base [26948] ?

Comprised of several interrelated files, DATALOG, CHEMFATE, BIOLOG, and BIODEG

EPA Substance Registry System [26950] ?

Information on substances and how they are represented in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations

Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants [10445] ?

Effects on human health of substances defined as hazardous by the 1990 amendments of CAA

Environment » Radiation

Radioactive waste management and environmental concerns

Nucleus: Nuclear Information Portal [3471] ?

Access to IAEA's scientific, technical and regulatory information resources

Environment » RMP

EPA requirements for Risk Management Plan (RMP)

EPA Extremely Hazardous Substance (EHS) Lists [10233] ?

The texts of final rules on this subject

Environment » Toxicology

Technical resources related to toxicology

Cal/Ecotox Database [813] ?

Exposure factor and toxicity information for 62 California mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians

Environment » TRI

EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) forms, reports, data

TRI Topics [15681] ?

Index to TRI topics for the US EPA

General Business » Company Research

How to search for information on public and privately-held companies worldwide

Chemical Guide [19399] ?

Detailed product and performance information on hundreds of chemcial manufacturing facilities

Industrial Hygiene » Hazard Communications

Full text of hazard communication programs and resources

Canada: WHMIS [5967] ?

Canada's Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)

Industrial Hygiene » Indoor Air

IAQ guides, checklists, fact sheets, sick building syndrome & more

Greenguard Registry of Healthy Indoor Materials [9689] ?

Database of products shown to be low emitters of pollutants

Industrial Hygiene » Labs

Chemical Hygiene Plans, standard operating procedures, lab safety programs, etc.

Laboratory Safety [18837] ?

Laboratory safety manual and more

Industrial Hygiene » Radiation

Radiation control programs, technical manuals, tutorials and more

Star Codes [3269] ?

Stopping-Power and Range Tables for Electrons, Protons & Helium Ions

Industrial Hygiene » Respirators

Respirator fit, full text of respiratory programs, etc.

NIOSH Certified Equipment List [15603] ?

A database of all certified respirators and coal mine dust personal sampler units

Industrial Hygiene » Sampling

Technical guides on industrial hygiene air & noise sampling, monitoring, etc

Guide to HSE Air Sampling Standards [6122] ?

Guide to HSE (Health and Safety Executive) UK Air Sampling Standards

Guide to NIOSH, OSHA and ASTM Air Sampling Methods [6117] ?

Air sampling methods for OSHA, NIOSH and ASTM

International » Chemicals

International chemical safety information

CEFIC Ericard Database [16164] ?

CEFIC Emergency Response Intervention Cards database

Updated ESIS [22948] ?

European Chemical Substances Information System

OECD's Database on Use and Release of Industrial Chemicals [25575] ?

Information on uses and releases of industrial chemicals for exposure/risk assessors by country

Legal » Search

Search the internet for case law and more

Find a Lawyer [11041] ?

Extensive database of lawyers in the USA

Reference » Dictionaries

Glossaries and dictionaries (all in English)

Glossary of Applied Terminology for the Pharmaceutical Industry [36098] ?

A compilation of abbreviations, acronyms, and terminology

Safety » PPE-Gloves

Glove selection guides

Chemical Guide for Gloves & Suits [14337] ?

For each chemical, chart provides NFPA classifications, DOT class, plus glove/suit breakthrough time






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