Links - Online Sources for Chemical Safety
Index
- General
- Sampling Methodologies
- Control
- Toxicology and Occupational Health
- Other Safety Issues
- Related On-Line Videos
General Top
IPCS - IPCS Generic Terms for chemical hazards and risk assessment
GHS - UN Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals
REACH - new EU regulatory framework for chemicals
Chemical Agents - EU Chemical Agents Directive
UK REACH - UK HSE REACH Website
HSE Chemicals - UK HSE chemicals manufacturing and storage home page
CHIP - UK HSE Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packing for Supply) Regulations website
COSHH - UK HSE Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations website
COSHH Essentials - UK HSE COSHH Essentials website (onpne risk assessments)
Asbestos - UK HSE asbestos website
CISDOC - ILO database
Glossary - ILO glossary of exposure related terms
EU OSHA - Dangerous substances website
NIOSH - Chemical Safety Website
IPCS - IPCS Chemical Safety Training Modules
PIMEX - PIMEX videos showing the effects of effective control on RCS concentrations
ILO - ILO chemical safety training modules
CSB - US Chemical Safety Website
Sampling Methodologies Top
HSE MDHS methods (HSE website)
NIOSH Sampling Strategy Manual
Calculation methods - HSE guidance on calculation methods for exposure limits
RISKOFDERM - Assessment of skin exposure
Diffusive Monitor - the UK HSL Diffusive Monitor publication
TG15 - BOHS Technical Guide 15 - Direct Reading Devices for Airborne Chemical Contaminants
Control Top
WELS - HSE document EH40 listing current WELs and BMGVs
EASHW - EU OSHA The practical prevention of risks from dangerous substances at work
PACE - WHO Control of Airborne Dust
OEL - EU OSHA lists of occupational exposure limits (not just European)
PPE - NIOSH protective clothing website
RPE - NIOSH Respirators website
HSE Guide - to buying and using LEV - Free PDF download
HSG 258 - HSE Guide to LEV - Free PDF download
HSE Online LEV calculator - Useful for calculations for LEV testing
HSG 53 - HSE guide to RPE at work - Free PDF download
Toxicology and Occupational Health Top
Toxicology
The Science of Chemical Safety Essential Toxicology (IUPAC)
Raymond Aguis's list of toxicology resources
Raymond Aguis's introduction to toxicology
TOXNET Databases (via the National Library of Medicine)
Environmental Health Criteria Mongraphs (INCHEM)
IARC Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risk
IPCS - WHO/ ILO/ UNEP International Programme on Chemical Safety
WHO Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS)
OCED Chemical Safety Programme
CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council
DGUV - Information from DUGV Germany
The GESTIS database - IFA information on about 8,000 hazardous substances (available in English).
Sources of national exposure limits (WHO)
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
Occupational Health
University of Manchester Resources
NLM - Medline Plus Occupational Health Resources
WHO Occupational Health Website
Asthma - HSE Asthma website
WHO - WHO Occupational Health Website
McGill - McGill (Canada) Occupational Health Resources
Epidemiology
Epidemiology - Terry McDonald's Epidemiology pages
University of Pittsburg Super Course
Online Dictionary of Epidemiology
Other Safety Issues Top
Confined Spaces - UK HSE Confined Spaces website
COMAH - UK HSE Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) website
Related On-line Videos Top
Health effects
silicosis - RCS exposure
Specific hazards
Silica exposure - links to other material as well
Asbestos - links to other material as well
Asbestos in the home - working safely with asbestos
Asbestos - applications and uses
Carbon monoxide - HSE worksmart videos
Risk assessment
Vehicle repair industry - risk assessment of hazardous substances in the vehicle repair industry
Control
US OSHA video on industrial ventilation (22.56)
RCS - silica dust control in construction
Time to clear the air - HSE RCS in construction video
Sampling
Silica - sampling for silica
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