Chemical Issues Links
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: ToxFAQs http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/toxfaq.html Site contains a series of summaries about hazardous substances being developed by the ATSDR Division of Toxicology. Information for this series is excerpted from the ATSDR toxicological profiles and Public health statements. Fact sheets are provided on exposure to hazardous substances found around hazardous waste sites and the effects of exposure on human health.
- American Chemical Society: Chemical Abstracts Service http://info.cas.org/ Site contains databases of chemical information including about 14 million document records and more than 18 million substance records. It also contains databases of chemical reactions, commercially available chemicals, and listed regulated chemicals.
- Chemical Manufacturers Association: CHEMTREC http://www.cmahq.com/ Site contains information on CHEMTRECฎ, the Chemical Transportation Emergency Center, source for hazardous materials/dangerous goods information and communication for shippers, carriers, and emergency responders.
- Chemical Manufacturers Association: Issue Advocacy http://www.cmahq.com/cmawebsite.nsf/pages/issueadvocacy Site contains fact sheets on community right-to-know; endocrine disruption; global climate change; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; risk assessment, prioritization, and management; Superfund; and use reduction/use reporting proposals.
- Cornell University: Material Safety Data Sheet http://msds.pdc.cornell.edu/issearch/msdssrch.htm Site contains 325,000 Material Safety Data Sheets in a searchable database.
- Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies http://www.ceres.org Site gives information on standardized corporate environmental reporting and specific information on its members efforts to comply.
- Department of State: Chemicals and Hazardous Waste http://www.state.gov/www/global/oes/envir.html Site contains fact sheets on Basel Convention on Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes, Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, International Harmonization of Chemical Classification and Labeling Systems, United States Participation in Multilateral Negotiations to Control Persistent Organic Pollutants, and Global Agreement on Prior Informed Consent for Especially Dangerous Chemicals.
- Department of Transportation: Office of Hazardous Materials Safety http://hazmat.dot.gov/hazhome.htm Site contains information on risk management, emergency response, hazardous materials transportation, incident reporting requirments, and enforcement.
- Environmental Defense Fund: Library http://www.edf.org/pubs/Reports/ Site contains various reports on hazardous chemicals.
- Environmental Defense Fund: Chemical Scorecard http://www.scorecard.org/ Site contains a database that allows you to type in your zip code and find out what pollutants are being released into your community.
- Environmental Health Center: Chemical Backgrounders http://www.crossroads.nsc.org/chemicals.cfm These backgrounders provide descriptions, chemical properties, health effects, economics, and regulations on various hazardous chemicals.
- Environmental Protection Agency: Chemicals in the Environment: OPPT Chemical Fact Sheets http://www.epa.gov/chemfact/ Site provides information on national strategies for toxic substance control and promotes pollution prevention and the publics right to know about chemical risks.
- Environmental Protection Agency: Sector Facility Indexing Project http://www.epa.gov/oeca/sfi Site provides information from a number of data systems to produce facility-level profiles for five industry sectors (petroleum refining, iron and steel production, primary nonferrous metal refining and smelting, pulp manufacturing, and automobile assembly) and the information that relates to compliance and inspection history, chemical releases and spills, demographics of the surrounding population and production.
- Greenpeace: Toxics Page http://www.greenpeace.org/ctox.html Site gives information on hazardous chemicals found in polyvinyl chloride baby toys, chlorine industry, and health effects of various chemicals.
- Inform http://www.informinc.org/INFORM.html Site contains information on the value of tracking and accounting for toxic chemicals and lists related publications.
- League of Conservation Voters http://www.lcv.org Site contains the environmental scorecard for all members of Congress in the action against toxic pollutions and other environmental concerns.
- Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet http://www.mothers.org/mothers Site contains information on pesticides in schools, the chemicals used in dentistry, and other toxic chemicals.
- National Coalition Against Misuse of Pesticides http://www.ncamp.org/ Site includes a page with links to manufacturers of pesticides, links to state and local health agencies, attorneys, and laboratories. It also contains information on how to avoid being exposed to pesticides.
- National Environmental Trust: Hormone Disrupters http://www.envirotrust.com/ Site includes extensive information on hormone disrupters and its potential effects on humans. The site also includes information on right-to-know and efforts to expand it.
- Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides http://www.efn.org/~ncap/ The site provides information on various programs including Inert Ingredients Disclosure Campaign, Pesticide Use Reporting Program, School Pesticide Use Reduction Program, and Sustainable Agriculture Program.
- Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center http://www.pprc.org/pprc/pubs/topics/pbt.html Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center is a nonprofit organization founded in 1991. It works to promote environmental protection through pollution prevention by preventing waste at the source, through methods such as product design, process changes, improved work practices, alternative materials, and efficient use of energy, water and other resource inputs
- Pesticide Action Network http://www.panna.org/panna/ Site offers information on pesticides and alternatives to pesticides.
- PAN Pesticide Database http://www.pesticideinfo.orgThe PAN Pesticide Database is a comprehensive online collection of pesticide data, providing detailed information (at no cost to the user) for about 5,400 pesticide active ingredients, breakdown products, and related chemicals. The database
also contains information on more than 100,000 formulated pesticide products (current and historic registrations) from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Where available, the database provides information on toxicity, regulatory status, aquatic ecotoxicity, and general identification information, including an extensive list of synonyms. Comprehensive documentation defines terms used and cites the sources of the information, along with its currency, accuracy, and comprehensiveness.
- Sierra Club: Toxics http://www.sierraclub.org/toxics/ Site contains information and fact sheets on hazardous substances, Superfund, brownfields, environmental justice, incinerators, and community health.
- Tulane and Xavier Universities: Environmental Concepts Made Easy http://www.tmc.tulane.edu/ECME/eehome/ Site provides information on environmental estrogens, other environmental hormones, and lead poisonings health threats.
- University of Colorado: Natural Hazard Center http://www.Colorado.EDU/hazards/ Site is a national and international clearinghouse for information on natural hazards and human adjustments to hazards and disasters.
- Vinyl Institute http://www.vinylinfo.org/ Site contains information on vinyl production processes and recycling.
- Washington Toxics Coalition http://www.accessone.com/~watoxics/ Site includes information on toxic waste in fertilizers, toxics in the home, industry, and agriculture, pesticides in schools and communities, and endocrine disruption.
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