Environmental and Occupational Health

Databases:

• Bibliographic Databases 
  • MEDLINE search via Hamilton Library's full-text links to National Library of Medicine's PubMed search engine
    Tips for searching the MEDLINE database
  • TOXLINE search via Toxnet
• Chemical Information
  • CambridgeSoft ChemFinder  Identify chemicals and get basic information; includes internet links
  • Chemical Information, SIS, National  Library of Medicine
  • CHEMID
• Full-text Databases 
  • ASTDR Toxicological Profile Informaton Sheet substances found at National Priorities List Sites
  • Envirofacts  national information system that provides a single point of access to data extracted from seven major EPA databases
  • EXTOXNET InfoBase  cooperative effort of 5 landgrant universities to provided reliable scientific information on pesticides
  • HazDat Database  access Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database from ASTDR
  • HazMap:Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases from National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services
  • Household Products Database from National Library of Medicine
  • MSDS Datasheets  Cornell University
  • National Environmental Data Index (NEDI)
  • TOXNET  search full-text databases--e.g. Hazardous Substance Databank,  RTECS, etc

• Environmental Health Administration, State Dept. of Health
• Office of Environmental Quality Control, State Dept. of Health
  Includes full text links to reports such as Environmental Report Cards, indicators, progress reports, etc.
• Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division (HIOSH) 
• Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Federal Agencies:

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Centers for Disease Control (hint--scroll down this site to see all links)
• Environmental Health Policy Committee Links to other agencies and organizations is useful
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)  National Institutes of Health
• National Toxicology Program, NIEHS.
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Dept. of Labor
• Office of Environment, Safety and Health  U.S. Dept. of Energy
• Pesticide National Synthesis Project. U. S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)
• Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, Specialized Information Services, National Library of Medicine. Provides online tutorials, links to databases, chemical information, organizations and agencies
• USDA Economic Research Service links re harmony between agriculture and the environment

• Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology (CROET), Oregon Health Sciences University
• Children's Environmental Health Network
• Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia from the National Park Service
• EHP Children's Health
• ErgoWeb
• The Institute for Environmental Toxicology, Michigan State University . Includes tutorial on environmental toxicology concepts.
• Duke Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Job Stress Network from Center for Social Epidemiology
• Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets, State of New Jersey 

• Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center's (SEDAC). CIESIN, the Center for International Earth Science Information Network
• United Nations Environment Programme

• Environment, Safety, and Health Information Portal,  U.S. Department of Energy
• Environmental Sustainability Index,  from the World Economic Forum
• Occupational and Environmental Medicine WWW Resource Index from Duke University.  Excellent annotated links.
• Occupational Health and Safety from CROET, Oregon Health Sciences University--good links aimed at specific occupational groups
• Occupational Safety & Health Links from the Karolinska Institutet
• OSHWEB  Index of Occupational Safety and Health Resources
• Tox Town interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic subtances, from National Library of Medicine

Disaster Management Resource Links

• CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response
• EPA Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention
• Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP) and National Disaster Medical Systerm  Index of Occupational Safety and Health Resources
• WHO Emergency and Humanitarian Action

Listservs and Online Newsletters

• Hazardous Substances & Public Health from ASTDR
• Occ-Env-Med-L Internet Mail-list from Duke University

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poisoning    Used with drugs, chemicals, and industrial materials for human or animal poisoning, acute or chronic, whether the poisoning is accidental, occupational, suicidal, by medication error, or by environmental exposure.

toxicity    Used with drugs and chemicals for experimental human and animal studies of their ill effects. It includes studies to determine the margin of safety or the reactions accompanying administration at various dose levels. It is used also for experimental studies of exposure to environmental agents.

chemically induced    Used for diseases, syndromes, congenital abnormalities, or symptoms caused by chemical compounds in man or animals.

drug effects    Used with organs, regions, tissues, or organisms and physiological and psychological processes for the effects of drugs and chemicals.