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General Resources
EPA's Terms of the Environment
NIH's Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology
GAO: Providing More Effective Controls Over Toxic Substances
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Chemical Databases, Profiles, and Search Engines
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR ToxFAQs)
ATSDR's Public Health Statements
ATSDR's Medical Management Guidelines (MMGs) for acute chemical exposures
ATSDR's Toxicological Profile Information Sheets for Chemicals
Canada's MSDS for biohazardous agents
Canadian Trade Index
CDC's 3rd Exposure Report
CDC's info on bioterrorism agents
CDC's info on chemical agents
CDC's Public Health Assessment Guidance Manual
CDC's toxicity profiles
CHE Toxicant and Disease Database
Chem Exper chemical info & structure)
Chem Finder (chemical search engine)
Chem Industry (chemical & company info)
Chem Spider (chemical search engine)
Chemical Synthesis Database (free synthesis references on 40,000+ chemicals)
Chemical Informatics
Chemical Structure Lookup Service
Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (molecular mechanisms)
Ehsfreeware.com (Chemfinder by CambridgeSoft Corporation)
Emolecules.com (chemical search engine
Environmental Defense's Scorecard
EPA's computer-based models for chemical data
EPA's Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator (EMCI)
EPA's HPV Chemical Risk-Based Prioritization Documents
EPA's Inventory Update Reporting
EPA's Substance Registry Services
EPA's ToxCast
EWG's Chemical Index
Free Patents Online (chemical searches in patents)
Hazard.com (chemical toxicity data)
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
International NLM's Toxicity Estimates for Risk Database
List of 32 Free Chemistry Databases
List of MSDS Internet Resources
MacRAE’s Blue Book
National Library of Medicine's chemical directory with toxicity info
National Safety Council's chemical backgrounders
National Toxicology Program (NTP)
National Toxics Network
NIH's Chemical Genomics Center
NIH's Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
NIH's Household Products Database
NIH's Toxicological Network (TOXNET)
NIOSH's International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
NIOSH's Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
NIST's chemical directory
NJ DEP's fact sheets
NJ DOH's hazardous substances fact sheets
NLM's Risk Information Exchange Database
NTP's 11th Report on Carcinogens
NTP's High Throughput Screening Initiative
OECD's ChemPortal
OSHA/EPA's Occupational Chemical Database
RD Chemicals (database of chemical compounds
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS)
Substance Information Exchange Forum (SIEF)
Wiki project on Chemicals/Data
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News & Reports
Information on Toxic Chemicals & Products
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Lists of Toxic Chemicals; Lists of Chemicals of Concern
California's Proposition 65 List of Chemicals (CA Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment)
Canada: Chemical Substances of Interest to Canadians
Canada: Chemical Substance Public Summaries
ECHA: Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern
ECHA: Substances of Very High Concern
EPA's HPV Chemicals
EPA's HPV Chemical Hazard Characterizations
EPA's PBT Chemicals
EPA's TRI Chemicals
"Substitute It Now" Substances of Very High Concern (ChemSec)
1,4 Dioxane
EPA's website on 1.4 dioxane
IRIS assessment of 1,4 dioxane
2-Butoxyethanol (ethylene glycol monobutyl ether)
Canada's website on 2-Butoxyethanol
2-Methoxyethanol (ethylene glycol monomethyl ether)
Canada's website on 2 Methoxyethanol
Acrylamide
IRIS Toxicological External Review Draft of Acrylamide (07/2008)
Air Fresheners
Dangerous chemicals showing up in some air fresheners (09/2008; CBC)
Lawsuit Against EPA Seeks Chemical Safety Testing and Labeling for Home Air Fresheners (06/2008)
Section 21 Petition to EPA on Air Fresheners (2007)
Alkylphenol Ethoxylates (APEs)
Clearing the Air: Hidden Hazards of Air Fresheners (NRDC Report; 09/2007)
Antibiotics
USDA says Tyson used antibiotics on chicken (AP; 06/2008)
Antimony Trioxide
EPA's website on antimony trioxide
IRIS assessment of antimony trioxide
Arsenic
EPA's website on arsenic
Asbestos
EPA's website on asbestos
Bacteria & Viruses
Study Finds No Autism Link in Vaccine (08/2008; Washington Post)
How Safe Are Vaccines? (Time; 05/2008)
Benzene
ATSDR's Toxicological Profile for Benzene (04/2008)
Canada's website on Pentachlorobenzene
Canada's website on Tetrachlorobenzenes
Bisphenol A
Dentists Back Sealants, Despite Concerns (10/2008; NY Times)
Canada to draft regulations to prohibit the importation, sale, and advertising of baby bottles containing bisphenol A, with the bans taking effect in 2009 (10/2009; Canada Gazzette)
anada's Proposed Management Approach of BPA (10/2009; Environment Canada & Health Canada)
Delaware, other states ask baby product companies to avoid BPA (10/2008; Delmarva)
FDA's draft assessment of the controversial chemical is inadequate, a new report says (11/2008; C&EN)
With federal disagreement over bisphenol A, what's a parent to do (09/2008; Time)
FDA To Face Public Upbraiding Over Ingredient In Plastic (09/2008; CNNMoney)
National Toxicology Program Has ‘Some Concern' About Bisphenol A (09/2008; NTP)
ACC Applauds California’s Decision to Not Ban Food-Contact Products Containing Bisphenol A (08/2008; ACC)
FDA's Draft Risk Assessment: Bisphenol A Would Not Harm Babies (08/2008; FDA)
Wal-Mart: the new FDA (07/2008; Fortune)
Designing “green” plasticizers (07/2008; ES&T)
Facts on Plastics (industry website)
Parents Sue 5 Baby Bottle Manufacturers (Washington Post; 06/2008)
New tests find BPA in kids' canned food containers (05/2008)
The alternative: cans without bisphenol A (05/2008)
Bisphenol A Under Scrutiny; 06/2008)
Congress Examines Role Of Industry in Regulation of BPA (Washington Post; 04/2008)
Momentum Builds Against Bisphenol A (C&EN; 04/2008)
Canada Takes Action on Bisphenol A (04/2008)
Food and Drug Administration Statement on BPA
National Toxicology Program Study: Some Concern That Exposure to Bisphenol A Causes Neural and Behavioral Effects in Fetuses, Infants, and Children at Current Human Exposures (NTP; 04/2008)
A new focus on plastic ingredient in bottles and cans (Consumer Reports; 2008)
The Dirty Truth About Plastic (Discover Magazine; 04/2008)
Industry's website on Bisphenol A
Z Report: A Directory of Bisphenol-A In Baby Bottles and Sippy Cups
- Manufacturers of BPA-free infant bottles:Medela, Adiri, Think Baby, Born Free, Green to Grow, Sassy, BPA-free products on Amazon , Amazon Green Baby page
- Other manufacturers of infant bottles (call to check for BPA): Avent (800.54.AVENT), Dr. Brown's (800.778.9001), Evenflo (800.233.5921), First Years (800.704.8697), Gerber (800.4.GERBER), Playtex (800.222.0453)
ProfTK's Recommendations for BPA-Free Infant Bottles:
BPA-free products on Amazon, Amazon Green Baby page
Carbon Tetrachloride
EPA's website on carbon tetrachloride
Chlorinated Paraffins (CPs)
UNEP profile of chlorinated paraffins
NIEHS profile of chlorinated paraffins
Chlorinated Paraffins Industry Association
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) & Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
UNEP publications on Ozone and CFCs
Montreal Protocol (UNEP)
Montreal Protocol and US phaseout schedules of HCFCs phaseout
Benefits of CFCs phaseout
CFC-Ozone Puzzle (2000 NCSE Conference)
Evolution of Montreal Protocol (UNEP)
Evolution of policy responses to stratospheric ozone depletion (Natural Resources Journal)
Case study on phasout of CFCs in Thailand (Methodological and Technological Issues in Technology Transfer)
Wikipedia website on Montreal Protocol
Chromium
EPA's website on chromium
Consumer Products
How safe are green cleaning products? (LA Times; 2008)
Diacetyl
"Popcorn lung" suits target N.J. companies (07/2008; Star Ledger)
Diacetyl Still Around, Still a Problem (Pump Handle; 02/2008)
Artificial Butter Flavor Lung Disease – More Cases Reported (Pump Handle; 01/2007)
Fixed Obstructive Lung Disease in Workers at a Microwave Popcorn Factory (CDC; 04/2002)
Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT)
IRIS assessment of DDT
Dioxins (polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins; PCDD) & Furans (polychlorinated dibenzofurans; PCDFs)
ATSDR Updates Guidance for Assessing Dioxin Levels in Residential Soil (10/2008; ATSDR)
EPA's website on dioxins
EPA's website on dioxins and furans
Disinfectant Products
Lab disinfectant harms mouse fertility (Nature; 06/2008)
Electronic Waste
eCycling (EPA)
Endocrine Disruptors
Approval from the Agency’s Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) will enable the EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) to move forward (EPA; 06/2008)
Chemical imbalance: From car seats to condoms, nasty compounds have invaded our lives (Colorado Springs Independent; 06/2008)
EPA's website on endocrine disruptors
Ethylene Glycol Mono-Butyl Ether (EGBE)
EPA's IRIS Toxicological Review of EGBE finds greater risk than found earlier (EPA; 04/2008)
Food Contamination & Food Additives
Food Safety: Improvements Needed in FDA Oversight of Fresh Produce (09/2008; GAO Report)
China's tainted milk scare spreads globally (09/2008; CNN)
FoodConsumer
FDA's Consumer Health Information
RSC's Food Additives Digest
Tracking Produce Proves Complex (07/2008; Washington Post)
Activists ask FDA to ban artificial food dyes after research supports possible link to ADHD (07/2008; Baltimore Sun)
Fluoride
Fluoride Induces Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Inhibits Protein Synthesis and Secretion (09/2008; EHP)
Fluoride Action Network: 50 Reasons to Oppose Fluoridation
EPA Standard for Fluoride in Drinking Water Not Protective (National Academies; 03/2006)
Panel Urges Lowering of Allowable Fluoride (NY Times; 03/2006)
Formaldehyde
State sues over crib, changing table warnings (09/2008; SF Gate)
FEMA's Formaldehyde Woes May Change Particleboard Business (08/2008; Popular Mechanics)
Findings on Katrina Trailers Went Undisclosed (07/2008; Washington Post)
Committee Holds Hearing on Manufacturers of FEMA’s Toxic Trailers (07/08; Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)
Committee Probes FEMA's Response to Reports of Toxic Trailers (07/07; Committee on Oversight and Government Reform)
EPA to Undertake Scientific and Regulatory Evaluation of Formaldehyde Use in Pressed Wood Products (EPA; 06/2008)
Formaldehyde in FEMA trailers distributed to residents displaced by the 2005 hurricanes (Hattiesburg American; 05/2008)
EPA's FR Notice asking for comment on Section 21 Petition to ban formaldehyde from composite wood products (04/2008)
Industry's website on formaldehyde
Hevea Brasiliensis (natural rubber latex adhesives)
EPA's FR Notice asking for comment on Section 21 Petition to ban latex adhesive (2008)
Household Chemicals
Household Products Database (NIH)
Our Toxic Homes (2006; Daily Star)
Chemicals around your house (EPA)
America's Children and the Environment (EPA)
Toxicity and Exposure Assessment for Children's Health (EPA)
Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study (EPA)
Industrial Chemicals
EPA's High Production Volume Challenge (HPV) Program
EPA's Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP)
U.S., Canada and Mexico Take Lead to Manage Industrial Chemicals (EPA; 08/2007)
Security and Prosperity Partnership Of North America
OECD eChem Portal
OECD Chemical Safety Program
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
World Summit on Sustainable Development Johannesburg Plan of Implementation
Lead; Lead Acetate
EPA Adopts Tougher Air Standards for Lead to Protect Children's Health (10/2008; EPA)
EPA's National Lead Free Wheel Weight Initiative
Secondhand Smoke, Lead Linked to Conduct Disorder (07/2008; EHP)
Artificial Turf: Healt Hazard (USA Today; 05/2008)
Lindane
EPA's website on Lindane
Manganese
Overexposure to manganese has caused Parkinson's-like symptoms for thousands of welders (07/2008; Mother Jones)
Melamine
FDA Detains Chinese Imports for Testing (11/2008; NY Times)
Retracing the Path Toxic Powder Took To Food in China 911/2008; Washington Post)
FDA Sets Safety Threshold for Food Contaminant Melamine (10/2008; C&EN)
Mercury
Mercury Export Ban Act of 2008 (10/2008; US Congress)
Mercury Policy Project
European Union Finalizes Agreement To Ban Mercury Exports Starting in 2011 (09/2008)
Bush signs act banning mercury exports (10/2008; Seattle Times)
Dental industry gets an earful on mercury (07/2008; AP)
US issues health warning over mercury fillings (London Indpendent; 07/2008)
In shift, FDA says mercury fillings may harm some. (FDA; 06/2008)
Are Your Teeth Toxic? (Chronogram; 05/2008)
EPA's website on Mercury
Metals & Heavy Metals
EPA's Framework for Metals Risk Assessment
Methyl Tert-Butyl ether (MTBE)
EPA's website on MTBE
Mold
EPA's website on mold
Nanochemicals & Nanomaterials
Novel Materials in the Environment: Case of nanotechnology (11/2008; Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution)
Action urged over over nanoparticulate silver (11/2008; BBC)
FR Notice: Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory Status of Carbon Nanotubes (10/31/2008; EPA)
Federal action to ensure safety of nanotechnology remains elusive (10/2008; Consumer Reports)
Should carbon nanotubes be handled in the workplace like asbestos? (2008; NIOSH blog)
EPA's Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program
Nanotechnology under the Toxic Substances Control Act
NanoBusiness Alliance
Long, thin carbon structures exhibit asbestos-like pathogenicity in mice (C&EN; 05/2008)
Draft Toxicological Review of Cerium Oxide and Cerium Compounds (EPA; 05/2008)
Groups Petition EPA to Ban Nanosilver in Consumer Goods (Washington Post; 05/2008)
National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI; program that coordinates Federal nanotechnology research and development)
ICON Environmental, Health and Safety database (contains abstracts and citations related to EHS implications of nanomaterials)
Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (databases on nano technology: consumer products, EHS, food, medicine)
Napthalene
EPA's website on napthalene
Parabens
Info on parabens by Wellements
Perchlorate
EPA Advisers Seek Perchlorate Review (11/2008; Washington Post)
EPA makes no rule on chemical in water (10/2008; Washington Post)
EPA's website on perchlorate
Perchloroethylene (Tetrachloroethylene; Perc)
IRIS Toxicological Review of Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethylene) (External Review Draft; 06/2008)
FR Notice of EPA's Toxicological Review of Perc in support of summary information on IRIS
Cleaners told to phase out perc by 2020 (Boston Globe; 08/2006)
EPA's website on perc
EPA's chemical summary of perc (1994)
Reducing Worker Exposure to Perchloroethylene (PERC) in Dry Cleaning (OSHA)
Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFCs; PFOA; PFOS; fluoropolymers; telomers; Teflon)
EPA's website on PFCs
PFOS added to 1999 Canadian Environmental Protection Act's Virtual Elimination List (2008)
C8 Health Project: How a Class Action Lawsuit Can Interact with Public Health (05/2008 preliminary results)
EWG’s Guide to PFCs
Nonstick pans are OK in new tests (Consumer Reports; 2007)
Personal Care Products (PCPs; includes cosmetics & suncscreens)
EPA's website on Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs)
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
What You Should Know About Chemicals in Your Cosmetics (Consumer Reports; 2007)
Skin-Deep Dilemma: Sunscreen (07/2008; Denver Post)
Skin Deep: Cosmetic Safety Database (EWG)
EWG's Safety Guide to Children's Personal Care Products
EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Safer Sunscreens
Nanotechnology and Suncreens (08/2007, Friends of Earth)
Shining a Light on BP-3 Sunscreen Exposure (07/2008; EHP)
Dark Side of Sunscreens (Washington Post; 06/2008)
Petroleum Substances
Canada's Petroleum Sector Stream Approach (2008)
EPA's website on Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
Pesticides
Pesticides more dangerous than thought (11/2008; UPI)
European Commissions proposal for a Regulation on Placing of Plant Protection Products on the Market (05/2008)
USDA axes the sole national survey to chart pesticide use (Contra Costa Times; 05/2008)
EPA's website on Pesticides
EPA's Aquatic Life Benchmark Table for Pesticides
Pharmaceuticals
Medical Product Safety: a World View (PumpHandle; 05/2008)
Heparin Disaster: Chinese Counterfeits & American Failures (Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; 04/2008)
FDA Amendments Act (FDAAA) of 2007 stregthen FDA (FDA; 09/2007)
EPA's website on Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable website
Phosphates
Va. to Start Ban on Phosphates in 2010 (Washington Post; 03/2008)
Phosphate detergent controversy (University of Colorado; 1994)
Phthalates
Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (Bill H.R. 4040; 2008)
That 'new shower curtain smell' gives off toxic chemicals, study finds (Los Angeles Times; 06/2008)
Letter from ~90 legislators from 27 states urging Senators and Representatives to restrict use of phthalates (05/2008)
California Bans Phthalates In Toys For Children (C&EN; 2007)
EU Bans Phthalates in Children’s Toys (ES&T; 2005)
Study: Decrease in Anogenital Distance among Male Infants with Prenatal Phthalate Exposure (EHP; 2008)
Industry's website on Phthalates
Poisons
National Poison Hotline Number (American Association of Poison Control Centers ; 800-222-1222)
World directory of poisons center (WHO)
Animal Poison Control Center
Wikipedia's website on poisons
Index of poisonous plants
Protect Your Child from Poisons in Your Home (FDA)
Poisons Information Monographs (IPCS)
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs; brominated flame retardants)
http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partII/200Canada Finalizes Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Regulations (06/2008; Environment Canada)20080709/html/sor218-e.html
EPA Issues Final Risk Assessments for Four Brominated Flame Retardants (07/2008)
European court bans widely used flame retardant (ES&T; 04/2008)
ATSDR's Toxicological Profile for PBDEs (09/2004)
EPA's Environmental Profiles of Chemical Flame-Retardant Alternatives for Low-Density Polyurethane Foam
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
Scientists Link PCBs, Diabetes (SUNY Syracuse; 05/2008)
Radiation
Experts Revive Debate Over Cellphones and Cancer (NYT; 06/2008)
Study of 13,000 children exposes link between use of handsets and later behavioural problems (Independent; 05/2008)
Mobile phones 'more dangerous than smoking' (The Independent; 05/2008)
Radon
EPA's website on radon
Silica
OSHA's website on silica
Styrene
EPA's website on styrene
Surfactants
EPA's Safer Detergents Stewardship Initiative (SDSI)
Thalidomide
Thalidomide: a curse and a blessing (BBC; 05/2008)
Trichloroethylene (TCE)
EPA's website on TCE
Triclosan
EPA's FR Notice announcing Triclosan Risk Assessment (05/2008)
Vinyl Chloride
EPA's website on vinyl chloride
Vitamins
Fortify Your Knowledge About Vitamins (FDA)
Tips For The Savvy Supplement User (FDA)
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)
EPA's website on VOCs
EPA's control technology guidelines for volatile organic compound emissions (07/2008; EPA)
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