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Biological Waste | |
| Microbial Waste | Article of Decontamination of:, Rutala, et. al |
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Certification | |
| How to become a certified
chemical hygiene officer. | |
| National Registry of Certified Chemists | Website provides information for obtaining certification in the following areas: Chemical Hygiene Officer, Clinical Chemist, Clinical Chemistry Technologist, Environmental Analytical Chemist, Environmental Analytical Technician, Toxicological Chemist |
| Qualifications and training of chemical hygiene of | Qualifications and training of chemical hygiene officers; Chemical Health & Safety, 1996, 3(6), 10-13. American Chemical Society, November/December 1996 |
| The National Registry in Clinical Chemistry | CERTIFICATION FOR CHEMISTS a mark of professionalism A Program of the National Registry of Certified Chemists |
| Found a site that needs to be
added to the above list? Add
a section to Certification, Add
a link to Certification. (All submissions are subject to
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Chemical Data Bases | |
| Chemfinder.com | Cambridge Software |
| Chemical Data Base | U. Akron |
| Chemical Information Finder | NLM |
| Chemistry WEB book | NIST |
|
Chemical Safety | |
| Mercury Spill Kits | |
| NIOSH | Documentation for Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH): NIOSH Chemical Listing and Documentation of Revised IDLH Values (as of 3/1/95) |
| NIOSH | Master Index of Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards |
| Spill-X | Acid spill neutralization kits |
|
Chemical Storage | |
| Brookhaven National Laboratories | Brookhavens Industrial Hygiene Groups Safety and Health Services website. |
| Chemical Reactivity Worksheet | The Chemical Reactivity Worksheet is software that you use to find out about the potential reactivity of substances and mixtures of substances. |
| Chemical Compatibility Chart | UN-Lincoln |
| Fact Sheets | Hazardous Material Fact Sheets |
| Unlabeled Container | Screening Procedures (UI-Urbana) |
| Shelf Management | Hazardous Material - USN |
| Potentially Expolosive Chemicals | Iowa State U. |
| Peroxide Formers | U Washington |
| Shelf Life -Sites with info on shelf life and decomposition reactions | |
| Peroxide Formers & sodium Azide | UN-Omaha |
| PSI | Physical Science Initiative table of shelf lifes |
| Shelf Life of Unstable Chemicals | East Carolina University Environmental Health and Safety Shelf Life of Unstable Chemicals |
| Shelf-Life Management | Short interesting guide to Chemical Shelf-life Management including contacts regarding shelf-life, guidelines, extensionand disposal |
| Unstable Chemicals shelf life | Unstable chemicals shelf life and proper segregation of chemical classes |
| Compatibility Issues | |
| Chemical Compatibility Chart | UNL |
| Chemical Compatibility Resources on the Internet | A page with many links to help deal with chemical compatibility issues. |
| Compatiblity Guide | U. Miss. |
| EPA'S Compatiblity Guide | Harvard |
| Peroxide Formers | |
| Inventory Software | |
| ESSENTIAL: Chemical Inventory | Link to the Chemical Inventory section of ESS's home page. There is much more here but I have directed you specifically to inventory information. |
| Chemical Lab Inventory | Obtaining a Lab Inventory System |
| CIS Chemical Inventory SystemŽ - CISPro Desktop | Link to CIS (chemical inventory software) Which is another version of inventory software which is a little more powerful than the compliance suite but 3X more expensive. |
| Chemtrack | Lawarence Livermore |
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Chemical Waste | |
| ADEQ-Reg. 23 | Arkansas Hazardous Waste Regulation |
| Chemical Waste Disposal | Hong Kong U of Science and Technology |
| ComplianceandSafety | Welcome to our online safety training supply store. Whether your employees work on a plant floor, in a laboratory, an office, as a first responder or in the healthcare industry, we have the products to provide them with safety and regulatory compliance training. |
| Ethidium Bromide Disposal | Princeton |
| Harvard | How Hazardous Waste Regulations Apply to University Research Laboratories |
| Lab Packs | PVS Chemicals Inc. |
| Mixed Waste | EPA |
| Resource Center | Environmental Technology Council Hazardous Waste Resource Center |
|
CHP | |
| Online Chemical Hygiene
Plans | |
| CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN | CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN for the Sequim School District in Washington State |
| CHP for Cali State U, Sacramento | A CHP for the CSU-Sacramento College of Engineering and Computer Sceince |
| Introduction | Stonybrook |
| LABORATORY CHEMICAL HYGIENE PLAN | The Laboratory chemical hygiene plan from Northeastern University |
| Model of Chemical Hygiene Plan | New Mexico State University model chemical hygiene plan |
| OSHA Chemical Hygiene Plan | OSHA Chemical Hygiene Plan |
| OSU Chemical Hygiene Plan | Oklahoma State University Environmental Health and Safety Chemical Hygiene Plan |
| Saint Francis | Department of Natural Sciences, University of Saint Francis, Chemical Hygiene Plan |
| Stonybrook | |
| UIUC Model Chemical Hygiene Plan | A model chemical hygiene plan from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana |
| University of Arkansas at Fayetteville | |
| UVM Environmental Safety Facility | University of Vermont Environmental Safety Facility; UVM Chemical Hygiene Plan |
|
Corporations | |
| Corporations of Interest to
Laboratory Safety | |
| Flinn Scientific | Excellent resource for educational institutions |
| WS-Safety Solutions | eye-wash products |
| Hoslink | |
| Marcom Group | Training Programs |
| DAWG | Doing Away with Grime |
| NPS | Spill Response Products |
| Seton | Saftey Products |
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EH and S | |
| Florida State University | |
| Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | |
| Indiana University | |
| Iowa State | Ames |
| Michigan State U | |
| North Eastern | |
| Northwestern | |
| Oak Ridge | |
| Princeton | |
| U Mass- Amherst | |
| UA-Tucson | |
| UC-Davis | |
| UC-San Diego | |
| Univeristy of South Florida | |
| University of Memphis | |
| University of Minnesota | |
| University of Toronto | |
| University of Utah | |
| University of Washington | |
| UT-Austin | |
| UW-Milwaukee | |
| Virginia Tech | |
| Yale | |
| Non-Academic | |
| EHSO | Environmental Health and Safety Online |
| EVC | Environmental Virtual Campus |
|
Emergency Resources | |
| First Aid -Sites with info on First Aid | |
| OSHA | Medical and First Aid Site |
| Fire Fighting -Resources dealing with Fire Fighting | |
| Fire Extinguisher 101 | |
| Fire Extinguisher Training | Oklahoma State |
| Fire Extinguishers | City of Hanford |
|
Evaluating Web Pages | |
| CONFCHEM | Use and Misuse of Internet Search Engines by High School Chemistry Students, M.G,Sibert |
| Duke | |
| Evaluation Checklist | Berkeley |
| Hoaxbusters | Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability |
| Quackwatch | |
| R. Standler | Evaluating Credibility of Information on the Internet |
| Rokestuf.de | Web Site Evaluation Directory |
| S. Pacifici | LLRX.com Getting it Right, Verifying Sources on the Net |
| Student's Guide | C. Branham, St. Louis University |
| Widener | J.Alexander, M.A. Tate, Evaluating Web Resources |
| University Sites -Tutorials | |
| Berkeley | Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask |
| Cal Poly | Information Competence: Evaluating Sources |
| Cornell | |
| John Hopkins | E. Kirk, Evaluating Information Found on the Internet |
| UCLA | E. Grassian, "Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources" |
| Evaluation Engines -Sites which provide information on other sites | |
| Alexa | |
| Lii.Org | Librarian's Index |
| Snopes.com | |
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Government Agencies | |
| ABSA | American Biological Safety Association |
| Accidents | Federal agency investigating accidents |
| ADEQ Brochures | |
| ADEQ-Hazardous Waste Division | |
| ATSDR | Agency of Toxic Substance and Disease Registry |
| CCOHS | Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety |
| CDC | Center For Disease Control |
| Chemical Hygeine and Storage | information on how to setup a laboratory by referencing chemical storage guidelines |
| DOT placards | USDOT hazardous materials transportaion placards |
| Good Sam Law | |
| Hazmat Safety | The Office of Hazardous Materials Safety |
| Mixed Waste TSDF | Mixed Waste Treatement Storage and Disposal Facilities |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health |
| NINDS | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
| OHMS | Office of Hazardous Materials Safety |
| US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board | A federal agency that investigate chemcial accidents. |
| US Dept of Energy Chemical Safety Program | chemical related management, information from the Chemical Safety Topical Committee, etc. |
| Washington | Occupational Health Standards |
| NIOSH | |
| NIOSH | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards | Has a list of thousands of hazardous compounds and the basis protection measures you should take in working around this compounds. Much more to the point than a MSDS. |
| IDLH Values | chemical listing and documentaion of Immediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentration Values |
| EPA -Environmental Protection Agency Sites | |
| Colleges and Universities | |
| Educational Resources | EPA Educational Resources Page |
| Laboratory Practice Standards | |
| Lead Poisioning Program | |
| Regional Offices | |
| OSHA -Occupational Safety and Health Administration | |
| Carcinogens | |
| Hazardous & Toxic Substances | |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration Home Page |
| Toxic Metals | |
| FDA | |
| Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition | Information on different aspects of Pesticides, Metals, Chemical Contaminants and Natural Toxins to include regulations, methodology,etc. |
| Non-US | |
| Australian Department of Consumer and Employment P | Check the "Chemicals" link under Essentials. |
| CCOHS | Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety |
| Environment Canada | |
| Arkansas State | |
| ADEQ | Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality |
| AOSH | Arkansas Occupational Safety and Health |
| EDQ Hazardous Waste Management | Regulation 23 |
| Right to Know | |
| DOT | |
| State (US) | |
| Connecticut | Department of Environmental Protection |
| CDC | |
| Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors | |
|
Green Chemistry | |
| EPA Creen Chemistry | Home page for EPA's Green Chemistry program, describing its mission, projects & programs, grants & fellowships, international activities, tools & literature and calendar & conferences |
| Green Chemistry in the Univ. of Oregon | The Green Chemistry Program at the University of Oregon |
| Green Chemistry in Univ. of Scranton | Univ. of Scranton site on Green Chemistry |
| Greening of Catalysis | David Filmore, ACS |
| Super Critical CO2 Extraction | |
| CO2 processes on Mars | NASA |
| Ethidium Bromide Alternatives | Bioscience Explained |
| Ethidium Bromide Alternatives | BioProbes |
| Greener Chemistry | University of Leeds |
| 3 Phase Separations | Fluorous Technologies inc. |
| Green Chem R and D act of 2004 | |
| Solvent Replacement for Green Processing | Sherman, et. al., MIT, ehp |
|
House Hold Info | |
| Household Products Database | NIH |
| Battery Disposal | |
| Municipal Solid Waste | EPA |
| NiCd Battery Disposal | Arkansas locations |
| ADEQ Brochures | |
| EPA | Household Hazardous Waste News. |
| Collection Centers | Arkansas ADEQ Hazardous Waste Collection Centers |
|
Journals | |
| Chemical Health and Safety | Offical Publication of ACS-DCHAS |
| EHP | Environmental Health Perspectives (NIH- free online) |
| Pub Med Central | NIH free digital library |
|
Lab Safety | |
| CDC Lab safety | General Laboratory Health and Safety |
| Texas A&M Corpus Christi Lab Safety | Lab safety in Texas A&M Corpus Christi |
| Organic Lab Safety in Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln | safety in organic lab |
| Glassware Safety at East Carolina Univ | Safe use of glassware |
| Chemlab Safety in Dartmouth College | Safety equipment in Dartmouth college |
| Tesla Coil Safety | This document is provided to assist the amateur in understanding the significant dangers associated with tesla coils... |
| Mike Hammer's Tesla Coil Page | Info on Tesla Coil |
| OSU Environmental Health & Safety on Compressed Ga | Compressed gas cylinder safety |
| UWM Gas Cylinder Safety | |
| Iowa Sate Univ. Gas Safety Guidelines | |
| Univ. of Rochester Environmental Health & Safety | Sonicator safety |
| Sonicator Accident | Sonicator causes explosion, burned eyes... |
| AIHA Lab Health&Safety Committee Lab Equipment | Lab Equipment Safety By Subject |
| Use, Care and Calibration of pH Testing Tools | infor on pH meter |
| CDRH Consumer Info on Microwave Oven Radiation | microwave oven radiation |
| Univ. of Richmond Laboratory Safety | Hazards of UV light |
| Univ. of Washington Environmental Health and Safet | Hazards of Ultraviolet Light |
| UCDAVIS Safety Nets | Safety on UV light box |
| Radiation safety | Hazardous radiations including MV rays, UV, Laser etc. |
| Princeton site | Lab safety and handling equipments |
| Division of Research Safety | This is a good info site containing suggestions about less hazardous chemicals that can replace the more hazardous ones. |
| Laboratory Safety Incidents | AIHA |
|
Laboratory Design | |
| fume hood guide | fume hood user's guide |
| Laboratory Design for Teaching and Learning | Visualize 2D and 3D designs of laboratories |
| Laboratory Design Guidelines | Stanford University maintenance,renovation, and construction guidelines for labs |
| Labs for the 21st century | Labs21 is a voluntary program dedicated to improving the environmental performance of U.S. laboratories |
| Resources | Lab design sites |
|
Laboratory Equipment | |
| vacuum pumps | |
| Vacuum Safety | Precision Plus |
| vacuum Traps | |
|
List Servers | |
| List Servers Devoted to
Chemical Safety | |
| UVM Safety Listserver Archive | Archives of SAFETY@LIST.UVM.EDU |
| AIHA Listserver | list server open to questions concerning chemical safety. |
|
MSDS | |
| Online Material Safety Data
Sheet sites | |
| J.T.Baker | This site has very informative MSDS sheets, it is Dr. Belford's favorite |
| MSDS-Search | Large Data base with a lot of extra info, not the easiest to navigate |
| SIRI MSDS Index | Vermont Safety Information Resources INC., Excellent Site |
| LCSS | Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries |
| Where to find MSDS on the internet | Different locations on web to find MSDS info |
| Chemical and Safety Database | A relational index of chemical structures (2D and 3D), MSDS's for chemicals used in a general chemistry and and organic chemistry curriculum, and links to course or lecture related materials. The software is available for download. |
| Chemi FInder.com | Quick guide to finding general info on chemicals |
| SIRI web page for msds | Easy to get MSDS here |
| Hills Brothers | |
| LSU | Have Disposal Info |
| Tools | |
| The MSDS HyperGlossary | A page with definitions of many terms found on MSDS's. |
| MSDS DEMYSTIFY | |
|
nanotechnologies | |
| EPA | Pulmonary Toxicity of Single-Wall Nanotubes in Mice, Chiu-wing Lam (pdf) |
| Nano's Troubled Waters | etc group |
| Nanotechnology & Health | Article in "Science Daily |
| NIOSH | Nanotechnology Page |
|
Non-Governmental Organizations | |
| AAAAI | American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology |
| American Academy of Pediatrics | |
| American Lung Association | |
| Chem Info Net | |
| LCV | League of Conservative Voters |
| NFPA | National Fire Protection Agency |
| Sierra Club | |
|
Online Med Sites | |
| e-medicine | |
| MCG | Medical College of Georgia |
| Stop Getting Sick.com | |
|
PPE | |
| Personal protective
equipment | |
| barrier cream | SPI |
| barrier creams | man-o |
| Chemrest | Glove Compatibility Guide |
| Latex Allergies | NIOSH Pub 97-135 |
|
Professional Organizations | |
| LSI | Laboratory Safety Institute |
| NCRP | National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements Home Page |
| WHO International Program on Chemical Safety | information on chemical safety from UNEP, ILO, WHO |
| RSC | Royal Society of Chemsitry |
| CCEE | Campus Consortium for Environmental Excellence |
| ETC | Environmental Technology Council |
| AIHA | American Industrial Hygiene Association |
| CHEMTREC | Chemical Transportation Emergency Center |
| ACS -American Chemical Society | |
| ACS CCS | American Chemical Society Committee on Chemical Safety |
| ACS-DCHAS | American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Health and Safety |
| Chemical Health and Safety | Offical publication of the ACS Division on Chemical Health and Safety |
| CWD | Committee on Chemists with Disabilities |
| Safety in the Academic Laboratory | Book on Accident Prevention for College and University Students, individual copies are free |
|
Safety Bibliographies | |
| Indiana University | CHEMINFO - Chemistry Library Select Bibliography of Chemical Hazards |
| University of Chicago | Safety Bibliography-Hazardous Substances Management and Disposal |
| Louisiana State University | Hazardous Materials and Safety Reference Resources |
|
Safety Equipment | |
| Respirators | AFC International |
| NIOSH | Respirator Decision Logic |
| NIOSH | Respirators |
| Seton | Spill Kits |
| NPS corp | Splityfer Spill Kits |
| First Aid Kits | OSHA 29CFR1910 |
|
Safety Manuals | |
| Lab manual | |
| ESH | Environmental Safety and Health Manual, maintained by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. |
| http://www.des.umd.edu/general/guide.html | Univeristy of Maryland |
| Emergency Response Guide Book | NAFTA material |
| SOP | UN-Lincoln |
| Arkansas K-12 Lab Safety Guide | ASTA & ADE |
| Science and Safety | K-12; Council of State Science Supervisors |
| Sci & Safety: Its Elementary | Council on State Science Supervisors |
| Lab Safety Modules | UA-Fairbanks |
| ABC of Biological Lab Safety | Hoslink |
| UT-Austin | |
| NorthWestern | Chemical Hazards |
| Occupational Hazards | .com |
| Complaince and Safety Manuals | Compliance and Safety Website offering various ideas to be OSHA compliant. Covering over 300+ topics |
|
Safey Resource Sites | |
| Selected Titles on Chemical Hygiene and Safety | Selected Titles on Chemical Hygiene and Safety; one can find books and other items here for purchase. |
| Citizens safety | some good safety tips |
| Lab and Chemical Safety Survival Manual | This site gives a good general overview of general lab safety practices. |
| SIRI | Safety Information Rsource Inc. |
| Laboratory Safety Guide for Arkansas K-12 Schools | Although this is for K-12, it gives a good safety overview for labs and even has a design plan that incorporates safety concepts for the labs. |
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute Safety Pages | Safety Pages for Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
| carcinogens | a list of common carcinogens |
| Books on Chemical Safety | SIRI Bookstore - Chemical Safety |
| general chemical safety guidelines | has some basic chemical safety practices. also has a lab risk assessment tool (LAB-RAT) |
| University of Virginia - Office of Environmental H | How to dispose of chemical waste properly |
| Environmental Health and Safety News | A newsletter which gives some interesting information as well as safety issues that have occurred and what could have been done to prevent them. |
| Midwest Chemical Safety | |
| Link Sites -These Sites have extensive links to other sites | |
| HTIS | Hazardous Technical Information Services |
| Tennessee Poison Center | Links to US Poison C |
| Vocational Information Center | Occupational and Insustrial Safety Resources |
|
Search Resources | |
| Web Search Engines | |
| Lii.org | Librarian's Index |
| Data Bases | |
| PubMed | National Library of Medicine's searchable database |
| Toxnet | National Library of Medicine data base on toxicology and hazardous chemicals |
| meta-search engines | |
| Vivisimo | |
|
Toxicology | |
| Toxicology Exposure Guidelines | U.N.-Lincoln |
| Anil Aggrawal's articles on Toxicology | articles on Forensic Toxicology |
| Photosensitizers | US ARMY site |
| Chemical Photosensitivity | FDA article |
| Forensic Toxicology | Articles for "Science Reporter" by R. K.S.K. Marg |
| Essential Toxicology | IUPAC educational resource, Duffus & Worth |
| Glossary for Chemists | IUPAC recommendations, J.H.Duffus |
| Activate Carbon Air Filtration | "Surround Air" commercial company |
| TOXNET | NIH-NLM |
| Toxicity, Organophosphates | Freudenthal,W., USN, emed article |
| Chemical Agent Detection Systems | EPA article |
| Ipecac | MCG - Pediatrics |
| ToxFAQ for Aniline | ATSDR (CDC) |
| AAPCC | American Association of Poison Control Centers |
| NTC | National Toxics Network - Australia |
| Reproductive Toxins | |
| Hazardous Substance Data Bank | ChemID plus |
| Detection Systems | |
| First Aid?? -Responses and Myths | |
| Ipecac | UTMB |
| Poisoning | NGO site |
| Texts -(not links) | |
| Casarett & Doull's Toxicology | |
| Poison Control Center | 1-800-222-1222 |
|
University Sites | |
| BER | |
| Hawaii. edu Lab safety | gives links to many safety topics |
| National University of Singapore | The National University of Singapore Chemical Safety Website |
| Northwestern Univ. Chem Safety | Everything you need to know about chemical safety |
| OSU | excellent online library |
| Stanford University | Safety Page of Stanford University |
| University of Maryland | chemicals and laboratory safety |
| University of Nebraska | |
| University of New Jersey | Good site for info on safety issues |
| University of Oregon | Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory |
| University of Richmond | Gives links to various interesting internet sites related to Safety |
| University of Virginia | Chemical Safety Program |
| UTMB | University of Texas Medical Branch |