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Government Databases and Other Online Resources
- Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Case Studies in Environmental Medicine
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Series of self-instructional publications designed to increase the primary care provider's knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to aid in the evaluation of potentially exposed patients. CME credit available.
- Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)
- Envirofacts
Searchable databases of environmental activities that may affect air, water,
and land anywhere in the U.S.
- Household Products Database
Dept of Health & Human Services
"What's under your kitchen sink, in your garage, in your bathroom, and on the shelves in your laundry room?"
- IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
WHO, International Agency for Research on Cancer
"Independent assessments by international experts
of the carcinogenic risks posed to humans by a variety
of agents, mixtures and exposures"
- LD 50 (Lethal Dose 50) studies can be located on Toxnet's Hazardous Substances Data Base (HSDB). Search for your topic, then click on Non-Human Toxicity Values in the lefthand TOC.
- Material Safety Data
Sheets Index
MSDSs provide procedures for handing substances in a safe manner including potential hazards and are available via subscription. Many free archives exist including the link above. An MSDS is provided by the manufacturer for any hazardous substance sold which should be kept by the business or lab.
- Medlineplus
Health Topics: Poisoning, Toxicology, Environmental
Health
National Library of Medicine
- National Library of
Medicine - Specialized Information Services
- Haz-Map
Occupational health and toxicology database designed
to link jobs and hazardous job-related tasks to exposure,
chemicals, and occupational diseases and their syptoms.
- TOXMAP
A Geographic Information System (GIS) that uses maps of the U. S. to help users visually explore data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- TOXNET
Databases include hazardous chemicals (HSDB), genetic
toxicology (GENE-TOX), reproductive toxicology (DART/ETIC), human risk values and cancer classifications (ITER).
- Tox
Town
Information on everyday locations where you might
find toxic chemicals; links to selected, authoritative
chemical information and non-technical descriptions;
how the environment can impact human health and links
to resources on environmental health topics.
- National
Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH)
- National
Toxicology Program
Department of Health & Human Services
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