Useful Sites
GOVERNMENT SITES (U.S., FEDERAL)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR): http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/
National Center for Environmental Health: http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): http://www.epa.gov/
ECOTOXicology (ECOTOX) Database: http://www.epa.gov/ecotox/
Endocrine Disruptors Research Initiative: http://www.epa.gov/endocrine/
EPA/OPPT/High Production Volume Challenge Program (HPV): http://www.epa.gov/hpv/index.htm
National Pesticide Information Center: http://npic.orst.edu/
Office of Research and Development: http://www.epa.gov/ord/index.htm
Science Advisory Board (SAB): http://www.epa.gov/science1/
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food and Drug Administration: http://www.fda.gov/
National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR): http://www.fda.gov/nctr/index.html
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Center for the Evaluation of Risks to Human Reproduction (CERHR): http://cerhr.niehs.nih.gov/index.html
Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program (EMFRAPID): http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/emf/
Environmental Genome Project: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/programs/egp/
Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM): http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/home.htm
National Center for Toxicogenomics: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/nct/home.htm
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
National Institutes of Health (NIH): http://www.nih.gov/
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/
National Toxicology Program (NTP): http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/
NTP Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods (NICEATM): http://iccvam.niehs.nih.gov/
OSHA Homepage: http://www.osha.gov/
OSHA Laws & Regulations: http://www.osha.gov/comp-links.html
Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs): http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/pel/index.html
Superfund Basic Research Program: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/srp/
Technical Links to Safety and Health Topics: http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/
Additional U.S. Agencies
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Assessment Division, Center for Risk Excellence: http://www.ead.anl.gov/inetapp/dsp_inetsum.cfm?appsumid=41
Fish & Wildlife Service, Division of Environmental Quality: http://contaminants.fws.gov/
NIH Combined Health Information Database: http://chid.nih.gov/
National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council (NAS NRC) Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats/contents.html
National Technical Information Service (NTIS): http://www.ntis.gov/
GOVERNMENT SITES (U.S., STATE)
California EPA Homepage: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/
California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA): http://www.oehha.ca.gov/
Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service (HESIS, California): http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ohb/HESIS/Default.htm
Right to Know—Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets (New Jersey): http://web.doh.state.nj.us/rtkhsfs/indexfs.aspx?lan=english
GOVERNMENT SITES (INTERNATIONAL)
Canada's National Centre for Occupational Health and Safety information (CCOHS): http://www.ccohs.ca/
European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods (ECVAM): http://ecvam.jrc.it/
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC): http://www.iarc.fr/
International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) Safety Guidelines: http://www.ich.org/cache/compo/276-254-1.html
National Institute of Health Sciences of Japan (NIHS): http://www.nihs.go.jp/
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Chemical Safety: http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_34365_1_1_1_1_1,00.html
World Health Organization (WHO): http://www.who.int/en/
JOURNALS
Birth Defects Research, Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology: http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1542-0752/
Birth Defects Research, Part B: Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology: http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1542-9733/
Birth Defects Research, Part C: Embryo Today: Reviews: http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1542-975X/
Reproductive Toxicology: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/525489/description#description
TERATOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY SOCIETIES
Academy of Toxicological Sciences: http://www.acadtoxsci.org/
American Board of Toxicology: http://www.abtox.org/
American College of Toxicology: http://www.actox.org/
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH): http://www.acgih.org/home.htm
Association of European Toxicologists and European Societies of Toxicology (Eurotox): http://www.eurotox.com/
European Network of Teratology Information Services (ENTIS): http://www.entis-org.com/?section=home&lang=UK
European Teratology Society: http://www.etsoc.com/
International Federation of Placenta Associations (IFPA): http://www.placenta.cc/
International Society of Regulatory Toxicology & Pharmacology: http://www.isrtp.org/index.htm
International Union of Toxicology (IUTOX): http://www.iutox.org/
Middle Atlantic Reproduction and Teratology Association (MARTA): http://www.e-marta.org/
Midwest Teratology Association: http://www.midwestteratology.org/index.html
Neurobehavioral Teratology Society (NBTS): http://www.nbts.org/
Organization of Teratology Information Services (OTIS): http://www.otispregnancy.org/
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC): http://www.setac.org/
Society for the Study of Reproduction (SSR): http://www.ssr.org/
Society of Toxicology (SOT): http://www.toxicology.org/
Teratology Society: http://teratology.org/
ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONAL SITES
American Association for Laboratory Animal Science: http://www.aalas.org/index.aspx
American Association of Poison Control Centers: http://www.aapcc.org/
Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC International): http://www.aaalac.org/
e.hormone: http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/
European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC): http://www.ecetoc.org/
EXtension TOXicology NETwork (EXTOXNET): http://ace.orst.edu/info/extoxnet/
International Birth Defects Information Systems (IBIS): http://ibis-birthdefects.org/start/
International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI): http://www.ilsi.org/
March of Dimes: http://www.modimes.org/
Motherisk: http://www.motherisk.org/
Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA): http://www.tera.org/
Visible Embryo: http://www.visembryo.com/baby/index.html
TOXICOLOGY SEARCH AND INFORMATION SITES
Developmental and Reproductive Toxicity Specific
Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (DART): http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?DARTETIC
DevTox Project of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment: http://www.devtox.org/
Literature Search Sites and Publication Sources
National Library of Medicine Toxnet: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) Search for Publications: http://www.ntis.gov/search/sitesearch.aspx
PubMed Web Search: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/
MSDS Databases
Cornell University Dept. of Environmental Health & Safety list of MSDS sources: http://www.ehs.cornell.edu/
MSDS Solutions.com: http://www.msds.com/
Safety Information Resources, Inc., Vermont, MSDS Index: http://hazard.com/msds/
University of California at Davis MSDS Resources: http://safetyservices.ucdavis.edu/environmental-health-safety/health-safety/material-safety-data-sheets/material-safety-data-sheets
Toxic Agents
ATSDR - Text Search: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/search.html
Chemical Ingredients Queries, California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation: http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/monster/monster.htm
Chemical Profiles (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety): http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/chem_profiles/
EPA: Substance Registry System: http://www.epa.gov/srs/
Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS): http://www.epa.gov/iris/
NIOSH/Pocket Guide To Chemical Hazards (NPG): http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npg.html
Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS): http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/rtecs/default.html
USEPA/OPP Specific Chemical Fact Sheets: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/chemical_fs.htm
Basic Science Sites
ChemFinder.Com: http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
Environmental Fate Databases (Syracuse Research Corporation): http://www.syrres.com/esc/efdb.htm
Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (Shows Metabolic Pathways In Many Species): http://www.genome.ad.jp/kegg/metabolism.html
NetBiochem—Medical Biochemistry, Metabolism, and Graphics: http://medlib.med.utah.edu/NetBiochem/NetWelco.htm
Other Toxicology-Related Sites
FirstGov for Science—Government Science Portal: http://www.science.gov/
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations: http://www.ifpma.org/index.aspx
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC): http://www.iupac.org/dhtml_home.html
Martindale's Health Science Guide—Pharmacy, Pharmacology, and Toxicology: http://www.martindalecenter.com/Pharmacy.html
Medi-Lexicon.com—Medical, Biomedical, & Pharmaceutical Acronyms, Abbreviations, Associations, and More: http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/