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Subject Guides are key resources organized and updated by your friendly librarians at Cowles.
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Safety
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
The mission of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is to serve the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic substances.
ATSDR is directed by congressional mandate to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment. These 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.
Books on Chemical Safety
Chemical safety books available at Cowles Library. Books are generally listed in the order the library has received the books with the most recent first
Laboratory Safety Institute
LSI's mission is "to make health and safety an integral and important part of science education, our work, and our lives." There site provides links to safety guidelines, checklists and other sources for lab safety. There are links to seminars, workshops, internships, sabbaticals, a listserv and an online newsletter.
MSDS Databases
More than 30 MSDS databases including a number of foreign language MSDS databases.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
"The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness."
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
The Pocket Guide gives safety information, exposure limits and MSDS like information for chemicals. It is searchable by chemical name, trade name or CAS registry number. Downloading the whole guide is possible from the web site.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
The US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration Website. Includes a section on Laboratories and what standards apply as well as a chemical database, a complete A-Z list and other safety related information.
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS)
Comprehensive guide to the RTECS from NIOSH (CDC).
Toxic Substances Portal
The Department of Health and Human Services's Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Web site gives an alphabetic list of substances and includes information about characteristics, exposure risks, associated health effects and related CDC and ATSDR health studies and assessments
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program
"The Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) is a publicly available EPA database that contains information on toxic chemical releases and waste management activities reported annually by certain industries as well as federal facilities."
ToxNet
"Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases."
Where to Find Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on the Internet
This site offers a chart listing 11 free sites for MSDSs and numerous sites for related or specialized chemical safety information.
