NIOSH Databases
and Other Resources
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical
Hazards (NPG)
The NPG is a source of general industrial hygiene information on several
hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health
professionals. It presents key information and data in abbreviated or
tabular form for chemicals or substance groupings (e.g. cyanides, fluorides,
manganese compounds) that are found in the work environment.
NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM)
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 94-113 (1994)
NMAM is a collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants
in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally
exposed.
International Chemical Safety
Cards (WHO/IPCS/ILO)
IPCS cards summarize essential health and safety information on chemicals
for their use at the "shop floor" level by workers and employers
in factories, agriculture, construction and other work places.
Immediately
Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH)
IDLHs document the criteria and information sources that have
been used to determine immediately dangerous to life or health
concentrations of workers.
NIOSH Chemical Agent
Information for Emergency Responders
Includes NIOSH Emergency Response Cards, information on Cyanide, Sarin,
Nitrogen Mustard, Sulfur Mustard, VX, other chemicals.
Other NIOSH Databases
Additional data resources on Chemical Hazards, Agriculture, Construction,
Respirators, more...
Personal Protective Equipment
NIOSH Respirator Topic Page
Provides information on respiratory protection, including user
notices, respirator selection, certification and standards.
NIOSH Protective
Clothing Topic Page
Recommendations for selection, other resources.
A Guide for Evaluating the Performance
of Chemical Protective Clothing
DHHS (NIOSH) Pub. No. 90-109 (June 1990)
Outline of the selection process for CPC, including examples.
Other Government Agency Resources
Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
External Link: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/2p-hazardous-substances.html
Hazardous Materials
Safety (HAZMAT)—Emergency Response Guidelines
External Link: http://hazmat.dot.gov/gydebook.htm
Acute Exposure Guideline
Levels (AEGLs)
EPA web site describes dangers from exposure to airborne chemicals and
recommends guideline levels for short-term exposures to airborne hazardous
substances.
External Link: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/aegl/
International Agency for
Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs
External Link: http://monographs.iarc.fr/
New
Jersey Right to Know Fact Sheets
External Link: http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm
National
Toxicology Program (NTP)
External Link: http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/NewHomeRoc/AboutRoC.html
Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET)—National Library of Medicine
ChemIDplus
Chemical Search Input Page
External Link: http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/
Hazardous
Substance Data Bank
External Link: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB
Material Safety Data Sheets
Regulatory Information -Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA):
Hazard
Communication Standard
External Link: http://www.osha-slc.gov/OshStd_data/1910_1200.html
MSDS
form
External Link: http://www.osha-slc.gov/Publications/MSDS/msdsform.html
MSDS Resources:
American Chemical
Society—Chemical Abstract Service (CAS)
External Link: http://info.cas.org/welcome.html
Cornell University
External Link: http://msds.pdc.cornell.edu/msdssrch.asp
MSDS-Search National Repository
External Link: http://www.msdssearch.com/
Northwest
Fisheries Science Center
External Link: http://listeria.nwfsc.noaa.gov/msds.html
Oklahoma
State University—Environmental Health and Safety
External Link: http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/LINKS/Msds.htm
OSHWEB
External Link: http://oshweb.me.tut.fi/index.html
Safety Information Resources,
Inc. (SIRI)—MSDS Index
External Link: http://hazard.com/msds2/
Safety
Links: Material Safety Data Sheets
External Link: http://www.phys.ksu.edu/area/jrm/Safety/msds.html
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