International Portals
Here you can access information or international sites . These sites are particularly focused in the chemical management area.
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Danish Environmental Protection Agency - Chemicals: Biocides, Pesticides, Other Chemicals, Rat Control
http://www.mst.dk/homepage/
The ECB is the focal point for data and the assessment procedure of dangerous chemicals
http://ecb.jrc.it/
EEA aims to support sustainable development and to help achieve significant and measurable improvement in Europe's environment
http://themes.eea.eu.int/Environmental_issues/chemicals
Greenpeace International has the aim to eliminate hazardous chemicals in our environment, our homes and our bodies
http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/campaigns/intro?campaign%5fid=3987
UK DEFRA, Environment Protection - Chemicals, information on what the UK Government is doing to protect the environment and human health from the risks posed by exposure to hazardous chemicals
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/chemicals/index.htm
University of Oxford - Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory - Chemical Safety Data - Hydrochloric Acid
http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/~hmc/hsci/chemicals/hydrochloric_acid.html
UNEP works towards making the world a safer place from toxic chemicals by helping governments take needed global actions for the sound management of chemicals, by promoting the exchange of information on chemicals, and by helping to build the capacities of countries around the world to use chemicals safely.
http://www.unep.org/themes/chemicals/
The US Cosmetics, Toiletry and Fragrance Association home page
http://www.ctfa.org/
World Health Organisation site of the WHO that provides information on health issues across the globe
http://www.who.int/en/
The WWF site provides an overview of it's Toxics Program. Information includes reforming EU Chemicals Policy, Global Chemical Conventions and the banning of TBT
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/toxics/index.cfm
Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards and the environment
http://www.usgs.gov/
US site that offers lawn help for householders - misuse and overuse of pesticides and chemical fertilizers on lawns which cuold result in an unhealthy lawn, susceptible to pests and diseases
http://www.healthylawns.org/
Providing information on ozone depletion, protection and alternatives to ozone depleting substances - US site
http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/index.html
The main purpose of the EBB is to liaise between its member organisations and the EU institutions in order to improve EU's impact on the environment.
http://www.eeb.org/activities/chemicals/Index.htm
IIFCS provides information of interest regarding global chemical safety and provides countries the opportunity to place issues on the international agenda and emphasizes special needs and concerns with respect to improving chemicals management.
http://www.who.int/ifcs/en/
USA Agency for protecting America's health from toxic exposure
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov
US site - PCB ID - Table of PCB Congeners and Other Species which contains the PCB names and identifiers that are most widely accepted by analytical chemists and environmental professionals as correct for current use
http://www.epa.gov/toxteam/pcbid/table.htm
Information on Pesticides and their Metabolites - USA site
http://www.accustandard.com
Search the ~ 250,000 MSDS files contained in this database
http://www.msds.com.au/
The Montreal Protocol was designed so that the phase out schedule could be revised on the basis of periodic scientific and technological assessments. Following such assessments, the Protocol was adjusted to accelerate the phase out schedules. It has been amended to introduce other kinds of control measures and to add new controlled substances to the list.
http://www.ozone.unep.org/
As part of the World Health Organisation, co-ordinate and conduct research on the causes of human cancer, the mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and to develop scientific strategies for cancer control - EU site
http://www.iarc.fr
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The Department of the Environment and Heritage information on the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)
http://deh.gov.au/commitments/wssd/index.html#summit
This is the Internet home of the Basel Action Network (BAN), an international network of activists seeking to prevent the globalization of the toxic chemical crisis.
http://www.ban.org/
Information on dioxins in the environment from The Chlorine Chemistry Council
http://www.dioxinfacts.org/
A new IMO convention will prohibit the use of harmful organotins in anti-fouling paints used on ships and will establish a mechanism to prevent the potential future use of other harmful substances in anti-fouling systems.
http://www.imo.org/Environment/mainframe.asp?topic_id=223
A website critical of the use of pesticides and toxins on farms taken from a health and environmental perspective. Contains links to other sites.
http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/default.asp
An extensive links page to many sites that contain MSDS on chemicals. Includes University, commercial and government sites. US
http://www.jrm.phys.ksu.edu//safety/usds.html
British chemical industries site providing education, public information, safety & health initiatives, etc.
http://www.cia.org.uk/newsite/
The purpose of this guideline is to describe the expectations of the authorities regarding volume and extent of specification of easily accessible information on cosmetic products.
http://www.mst.dk/default.asp?Sub=http://www.mst.dk/udgiv/publications/2000/87-7944-336-2/html/helepubl_eng.htm
Information on the toxic effects, risks to people and wildlife, sources of mercury and mercury contamination.
http://www.usgs.gov/themes/factsheet/146-00/
Wiley Interscience features over 1,000 journals, major reference works, online books, Current Protocols laboratory manuals, and databases as well as a suite of professional and management resources. The site was launched in 1997 and currently caters to over 12 million users in 87 countries.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsebysubject?code=CHEM
Document that looks at the adverse reactions of chemicals used in cosmetics.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-safe.html
Information on toluene and its effect human health and the environment
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemfact/f_toluen.txt
Studies on hormonally active chemicals in the environment - so called endocrine disruptors
http://www.reason.org/peg5.pdf
A US link that provides a list of the Top 20 hazardous substances on the CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances for 2003.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cxcx3.html
Outlines the Stockholm Convention on the use and control of persistent organic pollutants (POP's)
http://www.ourplanet.com/imgversn/124/content.html
Check for an MSDS direct from the manufacturer or Enter whole or partial words or numbers in the company, product name, or the CAS or NSN
http://hazard.com/msds/
Environmental protection in Norway
http://www.environment.no/default.aspx?id=30
UK site - ChemWeb.com now the largest online chemical community in the world. ChemWeb.com is a unique resource which combines a huge range of information for those in research chemistry, the chemicals industries and related disciplines.
http://www.chemweb.com/
The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
http://www.pops.int/
Overseas National Agriculture Safety Database
http://www.cdc.gov/nasd/menu/topic/chemicals.html
Our Stolen Future is a scientific detective story that explores the emerging science of endocrine disruption: how some synthetic chemicals interfere with the ways that hormones work in humans and wildlife.
http://www.ourstolenfuture.org/
An extensive profile listing of pesticides including trade names toxicological, ecological and environmental effects. US
http://extoxnet.orst.edu/pips/ghindex.html
Website of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission. Contains info on product recalls, latest news and links.
http://www.cpsc.gov/
Pesticide page of the EPA with links to many areas including management, health effects and pesticide types.
http://www.epa.gov/ebtpages/pesticides.html
U.S. Government FDA "pesticides are not the alternative to preventing food defects. The use of chemical substances... has little, if any impact on natural and unavoidable defects in foods." This site contains descriptions of acceptable defects.
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html#CHPT2
The Worldwatch Institute is an independent research organisation that works for an environmentally sustainable in which the needs of all people are met without threatening the health of the natural environment or the well-being of future generations. By providing compelling, accessible and fact-based analysis of critical global issues, Worldwatch informs people around the world about the complex interactions between people, nature and economics.
http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/goodstuff
The Convention was adopted on 22 March 1989 by the Conference of Plenipotentiaries which was convened at Basel from 20 to 22 March 1989. This introductory text to the Basel Convention contains general information about the origins of the Convention, its goals as well as milestones in the Convention's history.
http://www.basel.int/
The Pesticide Advisor points you to quality information to help with specific pest and pesticide problems.
http://www.panna.org/resources/advisor.dv.html
Information on CCA pressure treated wood
http://www.noccawood.ca/
US information including Lead, Lead in Water, Risk Assessments, National Asbestos Exposure
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/substances/index.html
The Rotterdam Convention - The establishment of the voluntary Prior Informed Consent procedure that requires exporters trading in a list of hazardous substances to obtain the prior informed consent of importers before proceeding with the trade.
http://www.pic.int/
Secretariat of the Basel Convention - Information on the Convention, goals and milestones
http://www.basel.int
A US link that provides information about chemicals.
http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/
Paper on the Japanese Dioxin Policy including risk to humans and the environment
http://www.env.go.jp/en/chemi/dioxins/brochure2003.pdf
ISO facilitates the international coordination and unification of industrial standardsISO. The source of ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and more than 14 000 International Standards for business, government and society.
http://www.iso.org/iso/home.htm
South African pharmacological site with information on medicines indexed by generic and trade names and classifications
http://home.intekom.com/pharm/index/index_T_K.shtml
Deals with issues affecting children's health by conducting environmental health and policy research
http://www.childenvironment.org/
TOSHA - Highly qualified trainers, consultants and auditors
http://www.tosha.co.nz
