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Many exciting developments are happening in chemistry. Some are theoretical and aid our understanding of the universe, while others have application potential and will soon be incorporated into cool gadgets, and yet others are immediately relevant to our health and environment and are affecting us now. Click on the links below to learn about latest top news. Email us at proftk@concisechem.com if you have additional websites that you think should be added.

Top Chem & Env Resources

Events & Conferences
US Government Sector
Government Notices & Regulations
US Environmental Protection Agency
Civil Society & Business Sectors
Non-US Govts and Inter-Gov Organizations
Info, News, and Blogs
Chemical Journals
Chemical Coverage in National News


Events & Conferences
Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference: 2009, 2008
Global Chemical Regulations Conference: 2009, 2008
Green Chemistry & Environmental Health: 2008
American Chemical Society Events
American Chemistry Council Events
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Events
Society of Toxicology Events

US Government Sector: Government, State, and City Agencies
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Toxicology Program (NTP)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Government Notices & Regulations
Code of Federal Regulation (text of Agency regulations)
Federal Register (official text of Federal Laws, Presidential Documents, Administrative Regulations and Notices)
Federal Register: EPA Documents
Library of Congress (legislative information; search Bills & Laws)
Public Papers of the Presidents (official publication of U.S. Presidents' public writings, addresses, and remarks)

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
EPA home page
Action Initiation List
Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP)
Chemical Information Collection and Data Development
Design for the Environment Publications
Environmental Indicators Gateway
Federal Register Notices by date
Green buildings
High Production Volume Chemicals (HPV)
HPV chemical hazard characterizations
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS)
Inventory Update Rule (IUR)
List of Databases and Software
National Center for Computational Toxicology (NCCT)
OpenForm Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submissions (TSCATS)
OPPT Fact Sheets
Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC)
Science Inventory
Semiannual Regulatory Agendas
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
Substance Registry System (SRS)
Sustainable Futures (SAR Tools)
Suppliers Partnership
TSCA import certification
ToxCast (predict toxicity for new chemicals that have limited or insufficient risk or hazard data)
Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
TSCA Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) Priority List

Civil Society & Business Sectors: Environmental Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs), Industry, Special Interest Groups, and Academia
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Chemistry Council (ACC)
American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
American Industrial Health Council
American Petroleum Institute (API)
Chemical Industry Institute of Toxicology
Chemicals Abstracts Services (CAS)
Clean Production Action
Consumers International
Environmental Defense
Environmental Working Group
ETC Group
Friends of the Earth
Green Peace
International Chemical Secretariat (ChemSec)
International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA)
International Council of Chemical Trade Associations (ICCTA)
International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN)
Investor Environmental Health Network (shareholder resolutions on toxic chemicals filed by investors)
National Council for Science and the Environment
National Wildlife Federation
Natural Resources Defense Council
Nature Conservancy
Responsible Care
Sierra Club
Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA)
Toxic Free Legacy
Toxics Link
Union of Concerned Scientists
Wilderness Society
World Resources Institute
World Wildlife Fund

Non-US Governments and Inter-Governmental Organizations
Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC)
Canada: Environment Canada
Canada: Health Canada
Canada's Chemical Substances
Canada's Chemicals Management Plan
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
European Consumer Organization (ECO)
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
European Commission: Environment
Finnish Environment Institute
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
IPCS: Monographs of chemicals
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
List of international organizations and foreign government agencies by FDA
Organization for Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
OECD: Manual for investigation of OECD HPV chemicals (SIDS, SIARs)
Prior Intent Consent of Rotterdam Convention (PIC)
Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), FAQs on REACH (ECHA; 06/2008)
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Sound Management of Chemical (SMOC)
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
Transatlantic Economic Council (political body that aims economic integration between EU and US)
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Nations Institute For Training and Research (UNITAR)
US Mission to EU (web portal on latest REACH-related info)
World Health Organization (WHO)

Best Chemical/Environmental Information, News, and Blogs
ACC Smart Brief
Beyond Pesticides
Chemistry is Everywhere (C&EN)
Comparative Toxicogenomics Database (chemicals in news)
Earth Negotiations Bulletin (international)
Eureka! Science News
Environmental Health News
Federal Register
Green Biz
Pump Handle
PhysOrg
SciCentral
ScienceCentric
Science Daily
Topix

Best Chemical Journals
- Journal Collections: ACS Journals, ChemWeb, Elsevier, RSC Journals
- Open Access Journals: BioMed Central, Chemistry Central, PubMed Central
- Journal Search Engines: DOE's Office of Scientific & Technical Information, Google Scholar, Scirus, WorldWideScience (search national & international databases)

American Scientist (bimonthly)
Chem Matters (monthly)
Chemical & Engineering News (weekly)
Chemical Week (weekly)
Chemistry & Industry (weekly)
Chemistry Education: Research & Practice (monthly)
Chemistry World (monthly)
Discover (monthly)
Environmental Health Perspectives (monthly)
Environmental Science & Technology (biweekly)
Green Chemistry
Journal of American Medical Association (weekly)
Journal of Chemical Education (monthly)
Nature (weekly)
New Scientist (weekly)
Popular Mechanics (monthly)
Popular Science (monthly)
Science (weekly)
Science News (weekly)
Scientific American (monthly)
Wired (monthly)

Best Chemical Coverage in National News (direct links to science sections)
Associate Press Science News
BBC
Google Science News
Los Angeles Times
MSNBC
National Public Radio
New York Times
Washington Post
Yahoo Science News

 

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