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NIOSH Safety and Health Topic:

Chemical Safety

 

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

Chemical Safety

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