Links to other Databases and Resources

DATABASES

Chemical Effects in Biological Systems - database from the NIEHS National Center for Toxicogenomics: http://cebs.niehs.nih.gov/

Chemical Emergencies website from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/chemical/

Chemical Safety Information from International Programme on Chemical Safety and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety: http://www.inchem.org/

ChemIDplus - a chemical dictionary file of compounds of biomedical and regulatory interest: http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/

EPA Substance Registry System: http://www.epa.gov/srs/

Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) - a toxicological data file of individual chemicals: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB

Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazdat.html

Integrated Risk Assessment System (IRIS) from the Environmental Protection Agency - includes info on reference doses, carcinogenicity, non-cancer effects, and reproductive hazards: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?IRIS

International Agency for Research on Cancer - database on carcinogenicity of chemicals searchable by group or chemical: http://www.iarc.fr/ENG/Databases/index.php

International Chemical Safety Cards: International Programme on Chemical Safety: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcs/icstart.html

Medical Management Guidelines for Acute Chemical Exposures from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mmg.html

Mother Risk - based at University of Toronto, an on-line information and hotline for healthcare providers and the public for information on the risks of drugs, chemicals, and disease during pregnancy and lactation: http://www.motherisk.org/index.jsp

NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/default.html

Pesticide Action Network Pesticides Database - current toxicity and regulatory information for pesticides: http://www.pesticideinfo.org/Index.html

Toxicological Profile Information Sheet from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html

Toxnet - Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases from the National Institutes of Medicine/National Library of Medicine: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

WONDER database - access to a wide variety of reports and numeric public health data - from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://wonder.cdc.gov/

REPORTS, ARTICLES, JOURNALS AND OTHER RESOURCES

National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/

11th Report on Carcinogens, National Toxicology Program of the Department of Health and Human Services: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/roc/tocio.html

National Toxicology Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/

Environmental Health Perspectives - journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health, published by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: http://www.ehponline.org/

California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment - Information on chemicals listed under Proposition 65 for cancer or reproductive toxicity: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/