U.S. Environmental Protection Agency LINKS

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Home Page

EPA's ENVIROFACTS Master Chemical Integrator (EMCI)

EMCI Chemical Reference Index

EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR)

OAR Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Unified Air Toxics Website (UATW)

OAR UATW Health Effects Fact Sheets for Hazardous Air Pollutants

EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances (OPPTS)

OPPTS Tools and Databases page

OPPTS Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Chemical Fact Sheets

EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD)

ORD's National Center for Environmental Assessment

EPA's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER)

OSWER's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO)

CEPPO's Hazardous Chemical Information LINKS page

CEPPO's Electronic Tools page

EPA's Office of Water (OW)

OW Drinking Water and Health page

OW Drinking Water Regulations and Health Advisories page

OW Office of Science and Technology Toolbox page

The following sites are operated by other U.S. federal and state agencies, or international agencies. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is not responsible for their contents.

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

ATSDR HazDat Database

ATSDR ToxFAQs: Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets



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Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Contaminants Program page



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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)



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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

The National Toxicology Program



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National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Information about NIOSH's databases



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National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Information about NLM's Databases

Information about NLM's TOXNET Toxicology Data Network

PubMed: Free Internet Access to 9 million citations in NLM's MEDLINE medical literature abstracts database



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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (U.S. Department of Labor)

OSHA Technical Links for Chemical Substances page

OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910 Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances Standards, Table of Contents



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California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA)

Cal/EPA's Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) Chemical/Product Database Queries page

USEPA / OPP's Pesticide Products Databases as served by Cal/EPA DPR



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The Global Information Network on Chemicals (GINC) Home Page (English version; also available in Japanese)

Joint United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) International Register of Potentially Toxic Chemicals (IRPTC) and World Health Organization (WHO) GEENET Web Site


UNEP Chemicals (IRPTC) Homepage

The following sites are operated by the private sector -- commercial firms, academic institutions, and non-governmental organizations. No public agency is responsible for their contents. Some information may be dated.

Chemical Fact Sheets at the University of Virginia EcoGopher (originally prepared by the New Jersey Right-to-Know Program and distributed by USEPA for use with the Toxic Release Inventory)

EXTOXNET: The EXtension TOXicology NETwork

MEDACCESS: Learn About the Chemicals in Your Environment

Medscape -- a health information resource

RTK NET -- the Right-to-Know Network, jointly operated by the Unison Institute and OMB Watch

Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA) Home Page

Last updated: 20 February 1998
URL: http:/www.epa.gov/iris/GLOSSARY.HTM