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Toxicology/Occupational Health Resources

See also the Public Health Library Research Guide: Occupational Health of Farmworkers.

See also the Public Health Library Research Guide: Occupational Health and Safety.

Organizations and Agencies
Publications and Databases
Guides

Organizations and Agencies

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (US DHHS)

ATSDR's functions "include public health assessments of waste sites, health consultations concerning specific hazardous substances, health surveillance and registries, response to emergency releases of hazardous substances, applied research in support of public health assessments, information development and dissemination, and education and training concerning hazardous substances."

Public Health and the Environment (newsletter),

Minimal Risk Levels (MRLs) for Hazardous Substances

An MRL "is an estimate of the daily human exposure to a hazardous substance that is likely to be without appreciable risk of adverse noncancer health effects over a specified duration of exposure."

Toxicological Profiles

"By Congressional mandate, the ATSDR produces toxicological profiles for hazardous substances found at National Priorities List sites. These hazardous substances are ranked based on frequency of occurrence at NPL sites, toxicity, and potential for human exposure."

Interaction Profiles for Toxic Substances "evaluate data on the toxicology of 'whole' [chemical] mixtures and on the joint toxic action of chemicals in mixtures."

HazDat

"HazDat, the ATSDR's Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database, is the scientific and administrative database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations."

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

"ACOEM is the nation's largest medical society dedicated to promoting the health of workers through preventive medicine, clinical care, research, and education." The site includes Evidence Based Statements and other position statements.

BELLE (Biological Effects of Low Level Exposures)

Assesses the biological effects of low level exposures to chemical agents and radioactivity. Produces a newsletter three times a year.

CAL/EPA

Department of Pesticide Regulation

This site contains information on pesticide laws, regulatory and rulemaking information, data on pesticide use, on pesticide residue on fresh produce, pesticide illness surveillance, and information on exposure, sampling, and more. Also includes the US EPA/OPP Pesticide Product, Chemical Ingredients, and Company Information Databases.

Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment

California Proposition 65 documents

Prop 65 chemicals list

Toxics Directory.

California. Department of Health Services. Occupational Health Branch

OHB conducts surveillance, evaluation, and public education about occupational disease and injury among California workers. A publications list is available; some publications are available via the web, others must be ordered.

California. Department of Industrial Relations

Information on workers' compensation, occupational safety and health, and other topics.

Division of Occupational Safety and Health

Californians for Pesticide Reform

CPR "is a coalition of over 170 public interest groups dedicated to protecting human health and the environment from the dangers of pesticide use." The full text of some of their reports available in Adobe Acrobat format, including:

"P" is for Poison: Update on Pesticide Use in California Schools (2002)

Pesticides and Human Health: A Resource for Health Care Professionals (2000)

and more.

Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute

"EOHSI sponsors research, education and service programs in a setting that fosters interaction among experts in environmental health, toxicology, occupational health, exposure assessment, public policy, and health education."

International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

"IARC's mission is to coordinate and conduct research on the causes of human cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and to develop scientific strategies for cancer control." Their site includes numerous cancer databases on epidemiology, nutrition, genetics, carcinogenesis, and more.

IARC Monographs on Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

International Programme on Chemical Safety (WHO)

IPCS aims to establish the scientific basis for safe use of chemicals and strengthen national capabilities and capacities for chemical safety.

International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC's), a project of the IPCS, summarizes essential health and safety information on chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level by workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction and other work places

Labor Occupational Health Program Library, 2223 Fulton, 4th Floor, 643-4335.

Affiliated with UCB, this library has paper and pamphlet files, journals, and books on every aspect of workplace health and safety. The library also specializes in worker education materials. The program produces written and audiovisual training materials.

Online Library Catalog

Tools of the Trade — A Health and Safety Handbook for Action includes examples of successful workplace health and safety campaigns from around the country, tools for winning safety improvements, such as collecting information, using legal rights, and working with the community, and more.

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

NIOSH is responsible for conducting research on, and making recommendations for the prevention of, the full scope of occupational disease and injury. Many of their publications are available online. NIOSH also makes available many databases, including:

• Health Hazard Evaluations (workplace hazards)
• Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (chemicals)
• NIOSHTIC-2 (bibliographic database of literature in the field of occupational safety and health)
• Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
• National Ag Safety Database (repository of agricultural health, safety, and injury prevention materials)
• National Occupational Respiratory Mortality System (mortality data for respiratory conditions)
• Work-RISQS (query system for obtaining national estimates and rates for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses)

National Toxicology Program (NTP) Home Page (US DHHS)

"The NTP was established to coordinate toxicological testing programs within the DHHS; strengthen the science base in toxicology; develop and validate improved testing methods; and provide information about potentially toxic chemicals to health regulatory and research agencies, the scientific and medical communities, and the public."

The Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR)

"The Center provides scientifically-based, uniform assessments of the potential for adverse effects on reproduction and development caused by agents to which humans may be exposed. This is accomplished through rigorous evaluations of the scientific literature by independent panels of scientists." This web site contains the latest information about potentially hazardous effects of chemicals on human reproduction and development.

National Toxicology Program Annual Report on Carcinogens

NTP Technical Reports and NTP Toxicity Reports
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The full text of the NTP Technical Reports and NTP Toxicity Reports from 1997 forward are being developed and placed on the web.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration Home Page

Hazardous and Toxic Substances

This page provides general information about hazardous and toxic substances as well as links to more specific information such as the NIOSH Chemical Occupational Safety and Health database, the OSHA Chemical Sampling Information database, the OSHA Health Guides, and the OSHA Sampling and Analytical Methods.

OSHA Regulations & Compliance Links

"Regulations and Compliance Links provides a comprehensive and easy to use resource for current OSHA standards and compliance-related information."

Permissable Exposure Limits (PELs)

This page links to all of OSHA's PELs. "PELs are regulatory limits on the amount or concentration of a substance in the air. They may also contain a skin designation. PELs are enforceable."

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Chemical Safety Program

This program works on the development and co-ordination of environment health and safety activities internationally. A number of the programme's publications, including its newsletter, are available full-text from this site.

Pesticide Action Network North America

Includes Hooked on Poison: Pesticide Use in California 1991-1998 (2000), the Methyl Bromide Information Page, and Pesticide Information Service (PESTIS) Document Database, an online document collection.

Pesticide Action Network Updates Service (PANUPS)

The archives of this free electronic newsletter, which covers pesticide research, regulatory and other policy decisions, and pesticide- and agriculture-related activism, go back to September 18, 1998. Older PANUPS are not indexed yet, but are available through site searching.

PAN Pesticide Database NOTE: Best viewed in Netscape 6.0 or above or Internet Explorer 4.0 or above

This "one-stop location for current toxicity and regulatory information for pesticides" is searchable by chemical name or product name. It provides toxicity and international registration information, and lists the products that contain a particular chemical. Also includes an aquatic ecotoxicity section.

Toxic Substances Hydrology Program (US Geological Survey)

This program "conducts intensive field investigations of representative cases of subsurface contamination at local releases, and watershed- and regional-scale investigations of contamination affecting aquatic ecosystems from nonpoint and distributed point sources. The objectives [are] to:

• Measure the contaminants and their transformation products in environmental samples at levels low enough to characterize environmental processing
• Characterize the physical processes and properties that affect their propagation in the environment
• Define the chemical and microbial processes that transform, degrade, or otherwise affect the contaminant's transport
• Describe the influence of contaminants on organisms, ecosystems, the food chain, and human health
• Understand the ultimate fate of contaminants in hydrologic systems and the potential long-term implications for human and environmental health
• Develop simulation models to assess potential exposure and design waste-disposal facilities, monitoring networks, and remediation."

The site includes details on ongoing investigations.

Emerging Water Quality Issues Investigations, includes information on pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. waters.

UC Toxic Substances Research and Teaching Program

"TSR&TP is a University of California systemwide Multicampus Research Unit that supports research on toxic substances in the environment and teaching of graduate students through funding of grants, fellowships, and lead campus programs."

US EPA. Office of Pesticide Programs

Includes current pesticide regulatory and legislative information and names EPA's public pesticide listservs. Some publications are also available such as the Pesticide Industry Sales and Usage. You can also check what the pesticide residue limit levels are for various foods.

Pesticides - Topical and Chemical Fact Sheets, include Health and Safety Fact Sheets (safety precautions, recalls, etc.), Regulatory Action Fact Sheets, and Specific Chemical Fact Sheets (technical information, registration information, etc.)

US Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment. Pesticide National Synthesis Project

Provides full-text reports, statistics, analytical methods, and information on pesticide use. Data can also be downloaded.

Publications and Databases

To search for journal articles on this topic, use the Online Indexes and Databases. To locate journals, use the Melvyl catalog, or the UC-eLinks Electronic Journals Search.

Biological Control: A Guide to Nature Enemies in North America. (Cornell University)

This site provides photographs and descriptions of biocontrol agents of insect, disease, and weed pests of North America, as well as a tutorial on the concepts of integrated pest management.

California Pesticide Use Summaries Database

"This database, developed by the UC Statewide IPM Program with data from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, includes summaries of pesticides used on California crops detailed by commodity, pesticide, county, and month. You can view preprocessed reports or submit a database request to retrieve a customized report or data file"

Canary Database (Yale University Occupational and Environmental Medicine)

The Canary Database contains studies in the biomedical literature that explore the use of animals as "sentinels" for the effects of chemical, biological, and physical hazards in the environment that may be a risk to human health. For each study, curators add information about animal species, exposures, health effects, location, and whether the study includes data providing evidence linking animal sentinel events to human health risk. You can browse the database by year, journal, author, exposure, risk factor, species, outcome, or by methodology.

CCRIS (Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System) from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET

Developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), CCRIS contains carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results over 8000 chemicals. Data is derived from studies cited in primary journals, current awareness tools, NCI reports, and other special sources.

CHE Toxicant and Disease Database (Collaborative on Health and the Environment)

The CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. Diseases and toxicants can be viewed by clicking on the disease name, through browsing by disease category, disease name, or toxicant, or by searching by keyword or CAS registry number. Data is collected from major textbooks and through literature searching, references are included.

ChemIDplus via National Library of Medicine's Specialized Information Services

ChemIDplus is a chemical dictionary file of compounds of biomedical and regulatory interest. It provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files of chemical substances cited in the TOXNET and other databases and tells you which NLM databases contain information on a substance. Records include CAS Registry and other identifying numbers, molecular formulas, generic names, and synonyms. Another feature of the database is the SuperList, which provides information on whether the chemical substances is on federal and state regulatory agency lists.

Chemistry WebBook (National Institute of Standards and Technology)

Provides thermochemical data (i.e. heat capacity, vapor pressure), heat of reaction data, IR spectra, mass spectra, ion energetics data, and thermophysical property data (i.e. density) for thousands of compounds.

ChemKnowledge(TM) databases from MICROMEDEX
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The ChemKnowledge(TM) System includes the TOMES® Plus System, as well as the REPRORISK® System of databases. Individual databases included are:

CHRIS (Chemical Hazard Response Information System),

HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank),

IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System),

New Jersey Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets, and

RTECS® (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances).

REPROTOX® System

and several more. Click on ChemKnowledge Free Text Search to begin. Scroll down to select the database(s) you wish to search.

CISDOC (International Labour Organization)

CISDOC contains "citations of documents on occupational health and safety: law and regulations, chemical safety data sheets, training material, journal articles, books and ILO conventions." Searchable by keyword, or by using the trilingual (English/French/Spanish) CIS Thesaurus. Searches can also be saved.

Combined Chemical Dictionary
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"The Combined Chemical Dictionary is a structured database holding information on chemical substances. It includes descriptive and numerical data on chemical, physical and biological properties of compounds [including toxicological information]; systematic and common names of compounds; [annotated] literature references; structure diagrams and their associated connection tables. The Combined Chemical Dictionary online version contains all those compounds published in:

Dictionary of Organic Compounds (240,000 records)

Dictionary of Natural Products (155,000 records)

Dictionary of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds (100,000 records)

Dictionary of Pharmacological Agents (38,000 records)

Dictionary of Analytical Reagents (14,000 records)"

Combined Chemical Dictionary is one of the products available from CHEMnet BASE.

CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
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Current Protocols in Toxicology Online (2002, based on 1998 print edition)
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A compendium of laboratory techniques and methods.

DART/ETIC (Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology/Environmental Teratology Information Center) from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET (1965-present)

The DART/ETIC database literature citations cover teratology and other aspects of developmental and reproductive toxicology. DART is also searchable as a subfile (limit) of TOXLINE.

Duke Occupational and Environmental Medicine (Duke University)

Home of the Occ-Env-Med-L (OEM-L) Mail-list Archive & Index. Also has an extensive occupational/environmental web resource index.

ECOTOX from U.S. EPA

The ECOTOX database, derived predominantly from peer-reviewed literature, provides toxicity data for aquatic life, terrestrial plants, and terrestrial wildlife. It integrates 3 U.S. EPA databases, ACQUIRE, PHYTOTOX, and TERRETOX. Data in AQUIRE, the aquatic toxicology database, is available from 1915 to the present. PHYTOTOX, the plant toxicology database, contains data from 1926 to 1991. The TERRETOX, the wildlife toxicology database, data comes from test results reported from 1970 to 1992.

Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety (4th edition)

From the International Labour Organization, the Encyclopaedia contains over 1,000 illustrated articles on all aspects of occupational health and safety. Fully searchable.

Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator (EMCI) (US EPA)

"Envirofacts contains chemical data from several different program system databases: the Aerometric Information Retrieval System, the Permit Compliance System, and the Toxics Release Inventory System. The EMCI identifies the chemicals in these systems. Using this integrator, you can learn details about a chemical substance, such as chemical names, discharge limits, and reported releases without knowing how the chemical is identified in the various program office systems throughout the Envirofacts database. The Chemical Query lets you obtain the acronyms, chemical identification numbers, and chemical names reported in the Envirofacts databases."

Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia (1998)

This searchable encyclopedia of 118 environmental contaminants from the National Park Service contains a wealth of information including water data, soil data, sediment data, tissue and food concentrations, and fate information. All entries are pdf files.

Environmental Fate Data Base

This product, produced by Syracuse Research Association with support from the U S Environmental Protection Agency, Du Pont, and Proctor & Gamble, provides "bibliographic and experimental values data files on environmental fate and physical/chemical properties." It is searchable by CAS number, formula, or chemical name.

Environmental Law (U.S.)

Includes laws, regulations, case law, commentary, and links to information on individual states.

Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management Databases (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
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Includes:

Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts. 1993-.

ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution & Environmental Quality. 1981-.

Bacteriology Abstracts (Microbiology B). 1981-.

Ecology Abstracts. 1981-.

EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements. 1991-.

Environmental Engineering Abstracts. 1981-.

Health & Safety Sciences Abstracts. 1981-.

Industrial & Applied Microbiology Abstracts (Microbiology A). 1981-.

Pollution Abstracts. 1981-.

Risk Abstracts. 1991-.

Toxicology Abstracts. 1981-.

Water Resources Abstracts. 1967-.

Evaluating Chemical and Other Agent Exposures for Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity (National Academy Press, 2001)

This report details "an approach to assess potential reproductive and developmental toxicity from exposure to substances encountered in workplaces," as well as describing experimental study designs and evaluating sources of information.

Exposure Assessment Tools and Models (US EPA. Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics)

OPPT has developed several exposure assessment methods, databases, and predictive models to help in evaluating:

• what happens to chemicals when they are used and released to the environment; and
• how workers, the general public, consumers and the aquatic ecosystems may be exposed to chemicals.

These models and tools are intended to be used by scientists familiar with exposure assessment principles. They may be helpful when appropriate monitoring data are not available or need to be supplemented, and in considering potential exposure when designing and selecting products and processes, and evaluating pollution prevention opportunities.

Exposure Factors Handbook from U.S. EPA

"The Exposure Factors Handbook provides a summary of the available statistical data on various factors used in assessing human exposure. These factors include: drinking water consumption, soil ingestion, inhalation rates, dermal factors including skin area and soil adherence factors, consumption of fruits and vegetables, fish, meats, dairy products, homegrown foods, breast milk intake, human activity factors, consumer product use, and residential characteristics. Recommended values are for the general population and also for various segments of the population who may have characteristics different from the general population." Requires Adobe Acrobat.

Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins 1992 (Bad Bug Book) (U.S. FDA. Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition.)

GENE-TOX from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET

Created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, GENE-TOX contains genetic toxicology (mutagenicity) test data, resulting from expert peer review of the open scientific literature, on over 3000 chemicals.

Global Estimates of Fatal Occupational Accidents (1998)

From the International Labour Organization, "this paper presents a method and new estimated global figures of fatal accidents at work by region."

2002 update (table only)

Growing Threats: Toxic Flame Retardants and Children's Health (April 2003)

This report, from Environment California, details the recent rapid buildup of brominated flame retardants in human tissue and in the environment, as well as the likely effects on children's health.

Guidelines for Reproductive Toxicity Risk Assessment (Office of Research and Development, EPA)

"The Guidelines for Reproductive Toxicity Risk Assessment discuss the scientific basis for concern about exposure to agents that cause reproductive toxicity and describe the principles and procedures to be followed in conducting risk assessments for reproductive toxicity."

Haz-Map, from the Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine.

Haz-Map is "an occupational toxicology database designed to link jobs to hazardous job tasks which are linked to occupational diseases and their symptoms. It is a relational database of chemicals, jobs and diseases." Over 1200 chemical and biological agents in the database are linked to industrial processes and non-occupational activities. Over 210 occupational diseases in the database are linked to findings (signs and symptoms of the disease) and hazardous job tasks. Haz-Map is searchable by any of these factors. Haz-Map searches links to other NLM databases, such as PubMed, TOXNET, and HSDB. Haz-Map also includes images and x-ray images of diseases.

HSDB (Hazardous Substances Data Bank)

HSDB focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals. It includes data on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, properties, laboratory methods, and more. All data are referenced and derived from books, government documents, technical reports and selected primary journal literature.

HSDB from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET

HSDB from MICROMEDEX
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Household Products Database (National Library of Medicine)

"This database links over 6,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets provided by the manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients. The database is designed to help answer the following typical questions:

• What are the chemical ingredients and their percentage in specific brands?
• Which products contain specific chemical ingredients?
• Who manufactures a specific brand? How do I contact this manufacturer?
• What are the acute and chronic effects of chemical ingredients in a specific brand?
• What other information is available about chemicals in the toxicology-related databases of the National Library of Medicine?"

Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (USDL. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

BLS reports annually on the number of workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. Such information is useful in identifying industries with high rates or large numbers of injuries, illnesses and fatalities both nationwide and separately for those States participating in this program.

INCHEM, International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)

ICPS is a joint venture of the International Labour Organisation, United Nations Environment Programme, and WHO. INCHEM offers quick and easy electronic access to thousands of searchable full-text documents on chemical risks and the sound management of chemicals. Documents included are:

CIS Chemical Information (ILO/CIS)

Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) monographs

Health and Safety Guides (HSGs)

International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)

JMPR (Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues) monographs and evaluations

Pesticide Data Sheets (PDSs)

Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives - momographs and evaluations

Poisons Information Monographs (PIMs)

and more.

IRIS (Integrated Risk Information System)

The IRIS, produced by the U.S. EPA, provides data on human health effects that may result from exposure to substances found in the environment. It includes chronic health hazard assessments for noncarcinogenic effects, including RfD and RfC, and carcinogenicty assessments for lifetime exposures.

IRIS from EPA

IRIS from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET

IRIS from MICROMEDEX
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ITER - International Toxicity Estimates for Risk

The ITER database "is a compilation of human health risk values for over 600 chemicals of environmental concern from several health organizations worldwide. The database is the only on-line source of compiled risk values that provides side-by-side comparisons of values. All of the data are presented in a tabular format for ease of comparison and the reasons for differences among the organizations' values are explained." Produced by Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA).

ITER via TERA

ITER from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET

Knovel Library
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This database contains over 1200 titles, several with interactive tables and other "productivity tools." Topics covered include chemistry, materials properties, mechanical engineering, food science, toxicology, and more.
Selected titles include:

Casarett and Doull's Toxicology

Environmental Contaminant Reference Databook

Food Chemical Risk Analysis

Indoor Air Quality Handbook

Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Patty's Toxicology

Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens

Labourline

Labourline contains citations to books, articles, and reports on health and safety issues and on industrial relations. There is also a link to search for technical standards on safety of machinery and ergonomics from European and international standardization organisations. From the European Trade Union Institute and the European Trade Union Technical Bureau for Health and Safety

Merck Index Online
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The Merck Index is an encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs, and biologicals. The over 11,000 monographs for single substances and related groups of compounds cover the following: chemical, generic, and brand names; CAS registry numbers; physical data and literature references; structures and stereochemistry; toxicity information; and therapeutic uses. The section on organic name reactions can be browsed or searched by keyword. Name reaction descriptions are detailed and include literature references. The Merck Index database is also structure-searchable with installation of a free ChemDraw plug-in from CambridgeSoft.

MICROMEDEX Healthcare Series
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Search across multiple databases "for summaries and detailed monographs for drugs, disease, alternative medicine, toxicological managements, reproductive risks, and emergency care." Can also search by category (adverse reactions, teratogenicity, therapeutic uses, etc.) or by individual database(s).

Pesticide Information Profiles (from EXTOXNET, a cooperative effort of Cornell University, Michigan State University, Oregon State University, Univesity of Idaho, and UC Davis).

PIPs provide information about the toxicology, physical properties, ecological effects, environmental fate, and manufacturers of pesticides. Each Profile includes references.

Pesticide Properties Database

Compendium of chemical and physical properties of 334 widely used pesticides.

Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States (National Academy Press, 1998)

A review of the positive and negative consequences of working for children and adolescents in the United States, including the number and types of occupational injuries, and whether the laws and regulations that govern labor by minors are adequate to ensure their health and safety.

PubChem (National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine)

PubChem contains the chemical structures of small organic molecules and information on their biological activities. PubChem's chemical structure database may be searched on the basis of descriptive terms, chemical properties, and structural similarity. When possible, PubChem's chemical structure records are linked to other NCBI databases, including PubMed, ChemIDplus, and NCBI's protein 3D structure database. You may search for unique chemical structures or deposited structure records using text terms such as names, synonyms, keywords, or depositor-supplied identifiers, and for bioassay records using text terms from the bioassay description.

Rachel's Environment & Health News,

"News and resources for environmental justice." Published by the Environmental Research Foundation. Full text archives of this electronic newsletter go back to Issue #1 (December 1, 1986).

Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets (New Jersey State Department of Health and Senior Services)

These fact sheets are prepared primarily for workers who handle hazardous substances. Information provided in the fact sheets include but are not limited to possible routes of entry for the chemical, workplace exposure limits, acute and chronic health effects that may result from exposure, and handling and storage considerations.

Right-to-Know Network

Provides free online access to over 100 gigabytes of quantitative databases and numerous text files and conferences on environment, housing, and sustainable development. Databases include:

ARIP (EPA Accidental Release Info. Program) 1986 - 1995

CERCLIS (Superfund sites on the National Priority List)

FINDS (EPA Facility Index System)

TRI (EPA Toxic Release Inventory) 1987 - 2005

BRS (Biennial Reporting System) 1989-1999

DOCKET (Civil cases filed on behalf of EPA)

ERNS (Emergency Response Notification System) 1987-1997

RCRIS (Resource Recovery and Conservation Act Information System)

TSCATS (Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submissions)

PCS (Permit Compliance System)

and others.

RTECS (Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances) (via MICROMEDEX)
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From the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, RTECS provides toxicological information on over 140,000 chemical substances. Records include include toxicological data and reviews; international workplace exposure limits; references to US standards and regulations; analytical methods; and exposure and hazard survey data.

Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials
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Sax's contains data on toxicologicy, flammability, reactivity, explosive potential, and regularity information for about 26,000 substances.

Scorecard

Provided by the Environmental Defense Fund, the Scorecard allows the general population easy access to the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data. In addition, Scorecard profiles more than 6,800 chemicals, including all the chemicals used in large amounts in the United States and all the chemicals regulated under major environmental laws.

SOLV-DB (National Center for Manufacturing Sciences)

Contains health and safety data, chemical and physical data, regulatory information, environmental fate data, and much more for commercially available solvents.

Standing Operating Procedures for Developing Acute Exposure Guideline Levels for Hazardous Chemicals (2001)

From the Commission on Life Sciences, this report will be useful for those developing toxicologic risk assessments for hazardous chemicals.

The State of Occupational Safety and Health in the European Union - Pilot Study (2000)

This publication, from the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, details the development of a system for monitoring safety and health in the European Union. Data is provided on "physical exposures, postures and movement exposures, handling chemicals, psycho-social working conditions and occupational safety and health outcomes for example sectors/occupations most identified to be at risk."

Substance Registry System (U.S. EPA)

This database is allows one to search by CAS number, chemical name, taxonomic serial number, ICTV Database identifier, or other identifiers or characteristics to find all EPA information, documents, and regulations on a particular substance, chemical or group of chemicals.

Systematic Review of Pesticide Human Health Effects (Ontario College of Family Physicians, April 2004)

This report reviews all peer-reviewed studies published between 1992 and 2003 that investigated the human health effects of pesticides. The review shows consistent links to serious illnesses such as cancer, reproductive problems and neurological diseases, among others, and recommends that the public avoid exposure to all pesticides whenever and wherever possible.

Toxicity and Exposure Assessment for Children's Health (TEACH) (US EPA)

This searchable database contains overviews of scientific literature in the field of children's environmental health, dating back to 1972. You can search for information by chemical, year, author, keyword, age when exposed, route and/or source of exposure, and more. Records contain a study description, exposure information, as well as the factors listed above.

Toxicity Criteria Database (Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Cal/EPA)

Search this database by chemical name or CAS number to find cancer potency information, acute reference exposure levels, chronic exposure reference levels, California public health goals, Proposition 65 information, and more.

TOXLINE

TOXLINE is an extensive collection of online bibliographic information covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. Nearly all of its citations include abstracts and/or indexing terms and CAS Registry Numbers.

Toxline via National Library of Medicine's TOXNET (1900-present)

Toxline via Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (Last 5 years, plus current year)
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ToxSeek

ToxSeek is a meta-search engine that enables simultaneous searching of many different toxicological and environmental information resources on the World Wide Web, including TOXNET and other National Library of Medicine resources, US Government sites such as ATSDR, CPSC, CDC, DOE, EPA, USDA, and more, WHO, IPCS, and numerous other sites. ToxSeek's results clustering feature helps users to more easily identify particular concepts. These clusters are created from what is retrieved in the original query, and can be useful in uncovering a specific concept or focus for more in-depth searching. ToxSeek may be useful for finding information on difficult topics from numerous sources, but does not allow for advanced (Boolean) searching.

ToxTown (National Library of Medicine)

Everyday toxic chemicals and hazardous substances found in homes, towns, cities, farms, and border areas. This database contains links to authoritative information on chemicals as well as non-technical descriptions. It is put out by the National Library of Medicine.

TRI (Toxic Release Inventory)

TRI "is a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and other waste management activities reported annually by certain covered industry groups as well as federal facilities." TRI lists amounts of certain chemicals released to the environment using data compiled annually.

EPA's TRI home page, including TRI explorer, which provides access to the TRI database (1988-2005)

TRI from the National Library of Medicine's TOXNET (1987-2005)

TRI from the Right-to-Know Network (1987-2005)

Workers' Compensation Administrators Directory

Contains information on worker's compensation agencies of all 50 states.

Guides

Digital Information and Tools, from the journal Toxicology
NOTE: Access limited to UCB faculty, staff and students.

Part III - Global Web Resources (Toxicology, Vol. 190, No. 1-2, 21 August 2003)

Part II - Core Areas of Toxicology (Toxicology, Vol. 173, No. 1-2, 25 April 2002)

Part I - Resources in Toxicology (Toxicology, Vol. 157, No. 1-2, 12 January 2001)

Health, Environment, and Work

"This site provides many academically based educational resources, a search facility, as well as vetted and updated links relating to Occupational and Environmental Health and Medicine."

National Pesticide Information Center (formerly National Pesticide Telecommunications Network)

NPIC is a cooperative effort of Oregon State University and EPA. They provides a toll-free telephone service that provides pesticide information to any US caller. The site includes technical pesticide infromation (health information, toxicology, active ingredients, environmental and chemical properties), as well as regulatory information, and safety and risk information.

Safety Related Internet Resources from Christie Communication

Go to Public Health Resources on the Internet

Go to the Public Health Library Home Page

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