Chemicals



Acute Toxicity Database
USGS Biological Resources Division
The following database summarizes the results from aquatic acute toxicity tests conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC). The acute toxicity test provides a relative starting point for hazard assessment of contaminants and is required for federal chemical registration programs. The database was initially developed in 1986 for 4,901 acute toxicity tests toxicity tests conducted by CERC since 1965 with 410 chemicals and 66 species of aquatic animals. A 1986 report provides an interpretation of the original 4,901 toxicity tests which utilizes various statistical approaches to make taxonomic comparisons, and to assess the degree to which various factors (static versus flow-through, age of test solutions, pH, temperature, water hardness, and diet) affect toxicity (Manual of Acute Toxicity: Interpretation and Data Base for 410 Chemicals and 66 Species of Freshwater Animals, F.L. Mayer and M.R. Ellersieck, United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Resource Publication 160, 1986). Additional data will be added to the 1986 database, however, there are no current plans to update the original data interpretation described in Mayer and Ellersieck 1986. Data added since 1986 will be clearly labeled.
http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/data/acute/acute.html

Basel Action Network
Organisational site devoted to the issue of halting toxic trade. Toxic trade includes toxic waste, toxic products and toxic technologies.
http://www.ban.org

Biennial Reporting System (BRS), U.S.
BRS tracks the generation, shipment, and receipt of hazardous waste.
http://d1.rtknet.org/brs/

California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Pesticide Regulation.
Access DPR's databases to find out what pesticides are registered in California and in the U.S. Get information on what pesticides are used in California. DPR has primary responsibility for regulating all aspects of pesticide sales and use to protect public health and the environment. The Department's mission is to evaluate and mitigate impacts of pesticide use, maintain the safety of the pesticide work place, ensure product effectiveness, and encourage the development and use of reduced-risk pest control practices while recognizing the need for pest management in a healthy economy.
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/dprdatabase.htm

California Pesticide Use Maps
Californians for Pesticide Reform
Each year in California, hundreds of millions of pounds of pesticides are applied to crops, soil and water, homes, schools, and workplaces. Our California pesticide use maps provide information about the location and amount of pesticides used for agricultural applications in 1995 in all of California's 58 counties.
http://www.igc.org/cpr/

Californians for Pesticide Reform
A coalition of more than 120 public health, consumer, environmental, sustainable agriculture, labor and rural assistance public interest organizations. Our goals are to expand the public's right to know about pesticide use and abuse, reduce that use and promote safer, ecologically sound agricultural and urban pest management.
http://www.igc.org/cpr/

Chemdex
Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, England
Sheffield's ChemdexTM is an international directory of chemistry on the Internet of over 4000 links as of February 2000. Information is provided by Chemistry (including Chemical Safety), Companies, Government Agencies, Societies and Organisations, and Universities/Institutes inAfrica, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania & South America. With links to a rich assortment of specialised Chemical Databases, including links to the Genome Database and Genome Sequence Data Base.; News and Discussion Groups; Software packages.
http://www.chemdex.org/

ChemFinder WebServer
From a single master list of 75,000 unique chemical substances drawn from 350 web sites, the ChemFinder WebServer finds the chemical information you want. ChemFinder's simple query form makes it easy to locate common types of chemical information. You may enter a chemical name, formula, molecular weight, or CAS Registry Number. The ChemFinder WebServer will identify the type of search you want, and provide the hits accordingly. To view in ChemDraw or Chem3D the chemical structures of the compounds you find, you will need to download ChemDraw Plugin and Chem3D Plugin and use the Plugin version of the ChemFinder WebServer, which offers more precise control over search terms as well. Because the ChemFinder WebServer is a chemical database, it can also provide information that a general-purpose WWW index cannot, including physical property data and 2D chemical structures.
http://chemfinder.camsoft.com/

Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Homepage of federal office responsible for encouraging state and local authorities to identify local hazards and to plan for potential chemical emergencies. The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA) requires states to establish State Emergency Response Commissions (SERCs) and Local Emergency Planning Committees to develop emergency response plans for each community and provides for public access to information about certain hazardous chemicals stored or released at the facility. With links to relevant laws, publications (such as Accident Prevention and Risk Management Plans), and a database listing instances in which hazardous substances were released.
http://www.epa.gov/swercepp

Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative
Office of Pollution Prevention, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Chemical Right-to-Know Initiative responds to an EPA study that found that very little basic toxicity information is publicly available on most of the high production volume (HPV) commercial chemicals made and used in the United States. Without this basic hazard information, it is hard to make sound judgments about what potential risks these chemicals could present to people and the environment. The Initiative is an ambitious effort to tackle this problem by rapidly testing chemicals and making this important data available to scientists, policy makers, industry, and the public.
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/

Chemicals on Reporting Rules (CORR) & 8(e) TRIAGE
A searchable database of health studies related to Section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). CORR consists of two dBASE (.DBF) files which can be linked together to provide Federal Register information about regulated chemicals under certain sections. http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/8e_triag/
http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/CORR/

Clean Water Action (USA)
Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Clean Water Action organizes strong grassroots groups, coalitions and campaigns to protect the environment, health, economic well-being and community quality cf life. Features Energy Action Center, information on current campaigns (Arsentic, Water Clean-up Programs), downloadable newsletters, and contacts. In English.
http://cleanwateraction.org

Computer-Aided Management of Emergency Operations (CAMEO (r))
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration CAMEO is system of software applications used widely to plan for and respond to chemical emergencies. It is one of the tools developed by EPA's Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to assist front-line chemical emergency planners and responders. They can use CAMEO to access, store, and evaluate information critical for developing emergency plans. CAMEO also can be used with a separate software application called LandView III to display EPA environmental databases and demographic/economic information to support analysis of environmental justice issues. The CAMEO system integrates a chemical database and a method to manage the data, an air dispersion model, and a mapping capability (MARPLOT). Available in Macintosh, Windows, and DOS formats. The software may be downloaded at no cost. The site also contains training materials and links to CAMEO users.
http://www.epa.gov/ceppo/cameo/index.htm

Emergency Response Notification System (ERNS)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A database used to store information on notifications of oil discharges and hazardous substances releases. Information about ERNS, Links to ERNS database, including instructions, quick facts and customized searches.
http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/erns/epa.html

Endocrine Disruptors Research Initiative
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental exposure to some anthropogenic chemicals may result in disruption of endocrine systems in human and wildlife populations. EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) identified endocrine disruption as one of its top six research priorities and developed a risk-based research approach to address some of these uncertainties. Links to Office of Research and Development (ORD).s research program based on a peer-reviewed Research Plan published in 1998. In English.
http://www.epa.gov/endocrine

Hazardous Substances Data Bank
National Library of Medicine Specialized Information Services
National Institutes of Health (USA)
HSDB is a toxicology data file on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals. It is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas. HSDB is organized into individual chemical records, and contains over 4700 such records.
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/htmlgen?HSDB

HazDat Database
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
U.S. Public Health Department
HazDat, ATSDR's Release/Health Effects Database, is a scientific and administrative database developed to provide access to information on the release of hazardous substances from Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of hazardous substances on the health of human populations. HazDat includes: site characteristics, activities and site events, contaminants found, contaminant media and maximum concentration levels, impact on population, community health concerns, ATSDR public health threat categorization, ATSDR recommendations, environmental fate of hazardous substances, exposure routes, and physical hazards at the site/event. In addition, HazDat contains substance-specific information such as the ATSDR Priority List of Hazardous Substances, health effects by route and duration of exposure, metabolites, interactions of substances, susceptible populations, and biomarkers of exposure and effects. HazDat also contains data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) database, including site CERCLIS number, site description, latitude/longitude, operable units, and additional site information.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hazdat.html

Chemical Safety NewsBase (CSNB)
Royal Society of Chemistry
A current awareness service providing information on the health and safety effects of chemicals used in industry, and all health and safety aspects relevant to the laboratory and office environment. The information is available in publications, online, and on CD-ROM.
http://www.rsc.org/is/database/csnbhome.htm

Chemicals Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
California Environmental Protection Agency
Published annually by CalEPA, as required by the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, created through the California Initiative process by the vote of the people.
http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/Newlist.html

Criteria Expert Group (CEG-2)
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, POPs Convention
The second session of the Criteria Expert Group for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) met in from June 1999 in Vienna. The final report forwarded to the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for an International Legally Binding Instrument for Implementing International Action on Certain Persistent Organic Pollutants (INC-3), meeting in September 1999, in Geneva is contained here.
http://www.iisd.ca/chemical/ceg2/

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)
WWF
Contains policy initiative information including an overview of "Policy Initiatives Relating to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) in six European countries.
http://www.panda.org/resources/publications/sustainability/edo_disrupt/exce_summary.htm

Envirofacts Master Chemical Integrator, EMCI Chemical References Web Pages
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
A searchable listing of chemicals that are monitored by U.S. EPA's Major Program Systems: Air (AFS), Water (PCS), Hazardous Waste (RCRIS), Superfund (CERCLIS) and Toxics Release Inventory (TRIS). Use this form to search the full text of information offered from the EMCI Chemical References [html] Web Pages. http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/emci/chemref/index.html

Hormone Disrupting Toxicity Website, The (by M. Warhurst, Friends of the Earth)
These pages provide an introduction to the effects of hormone disrupting chemicals on humans and the environment. Other terms used to describe these chemicals include xenoestrogens, oestrogenic (estrogenic), hormone mimicking and endocrine disrupting chemicals. Chemicals which have hormone disrupting effects are described under the following categories: Phthalates, Alkylphenols, Bisphenol A, Organochlorine pesticides (including Lindane, atrazine, DDT and Atrazine), Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and Dioxins, and others, including parabens, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), the fungicide vinclozolin and a group of natural plant compounds, the phytoestrogens. http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~mwarhurst/oestrogenic.html

International POPs Elimination Network, The (IPEN)
IPEN is a global network of public interest non-governmental organizations united in support of a common Persistant Organic Pollutants (POPs) Elimination Platform. The mission of IPEN, achieved through its 266 participating organizations, is to work for the global elimination of persistent organic pollutants, on an expedited yet socially equitable basis. The site contains IPEN's March 2000 scorecard of 'National Government Commitments on Elimination and on the Precautionary Principle' and position papers developed by IPEN members. In English; the POPs Elimination Platform is also available in FranÇais, Espanol, Arabic and Russian.
http://www.ipen.org

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
This list of over 1,500 chemicals describes their potential human health effects, recommended limits of exposure, and chemical properties. MSDS are legally required information for workers' occupational health and safety.
http://hazard.com/msds/

MSDS Translation and MSDSs in languages other than English
3DWord MSDS translation to all major languages; Racco (Brazil) MSDS in Spanish and Portugese.
http://hazard.com/msds/language.html

MTBE and Drinking Water in Santa Clara County (California)
The fuel additive MTBE is a suspected carcinogen and reproductive toxin currently being phased out of California's gasoline. A Canadian manufacturer of MTBE has challenged the right of states in the USA to phase out and prohibit the sale of MTBE under provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, leading to a clash between 'free trade' and public health law.
http://http://www.valleywater.org/Water/Water_Quality/Protecting_your_water/MTBE.shtm

National Pollutant Release Inventory/Inventaire national des rejets de polluants - Canada
In 1999 Environment Canada added 73 new substances to the National Pollutant Release Inventory under the current reporting requirements. The work group continues its work with Environment Canada and will now review adding substances that will require lowering the reporting thresholds for substances that are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic. / Après les avoir étudiées, Environnement Canada a ajouté maintenant 73 nouvelles substances à l'Inventaire national des rejets de polluants conformément aux exigences de rapport en vigueur pour 1999. Le groupe de travail continue de collaborer avec environnement Canada. Il examinera maintenant l'ajout de substances exigeant l'abaissement des seuils de rapport pour les substances qui sont persistantes, biocumulatives et toxiques.
http://www2.ec.gc.ca/pdb/npri/

National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
National Center for Environmental Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals provides an ongoing assessment of the U.S. population\222s exposure to environmental chemicals using biomonitoring. For this Report, an environmental chemical means a chemical compound or chemical element present in air, water, soil, dust, food, or other environmental media. The Report presents levels of 27 environmental chemicals measured in the U.S. population. These chemicals include metals (e.g., lead, mercury, and uranium), cotinine (a marker of tobacco smoke exposure), organophosphate pesticide metabolites, and phthalate metabolites. In English.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/dls/report/

Oil and Chemical Spills
National Response Center
An on-line query system of all oil and chemical spill data available. Data received via the National Railroad Hotline (calls from within the US: 1-800-525-0210) is also available as are reports taken during drills or spill exercises. Searches can be done based on spiller, location, material involved, state, county, etc., and can be customized for each request. Yearly data can be downloaded for viewing off line or each report can be printed from within your browser.
http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/foia.htm

OSHWEB
Institute of Occupational Safety Engineering
Information on Chemical safety, Material Safety Data Sheets, Pesticides, Emergency management, Fire safety, International Organizations, Major hazard control, and Risk management, among other topics.
http://oshweb.me.tut.fi/

Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
Pesticide Action Network (PAN)
A one-stop location for current toxicity and regulatory information for pesticides. The PAN Pesticide Database brings together a diverse array of information on pesticides from many different sources, providing human toxicity (chronic and acute), ecotoxicity and regulatory information for about 5,100 products, as well as adjuvants and solvents used in pesticide products. This database of active ingredients has been integrated with the US EPA and California Department of Pesticide Regulation product databases, which provide information on formulated products (the form of the pesticide that growers and consumers purchase for use) containing the active ingredients. The information is most complete for pesticides registered for use in the United States.
http://www.pesticideinfo.org/

Pesticide and Chemical Hazards
Farm Safety and Health Information Clearinghouse
University of Minnesota Extension Service, Farm Safety and Health Program
Information on proper handling, storage, and disposal, fire hazards, and related topics in chemical safety. Links to EXTOXNET--Pesticide Information Profiles Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs) which provide specific pesticide information relating to health and environmental effects and the Pesticide Poisoning Handbook.
http://www.bae.umn.edu/~fs/pesticides.html

Pesticide Product Information System (PPIS)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides Program
Contains information concerning all pesticide products registered in the United States. It includes registrant name and address, chemical ingredients, toxicity category, product names, distributor brand names, site/pest uses, pesticidal type, formulation code, and registration status.
http://www.epa.gov/opppmsd1/PPISdata/

Pesticides Regulation Databases, Department of
California Environmental Protection Agency
The California Department of Pesticides Regulation (DPR) has primary responsibility for regulating all aspects of pesticide sales and use to protect public health and the environment. DPR evaluates and mitigates impacts of pesticide use, maintain the safety of the pesticide work place, ensure product effectiveness, and encourage the development and use of reduced-risk pest control practices while recognizing the need for pest management in a healthy economy. Access these databases to find out what pesticides are registered in California and in the United States: Pesticide Use Reporting (PUR) Chemical Ingredients Product/Label Database Chemical Company Name or Number Chemical Company Address Information Section 18 Emergency Exemptions USEPA/OPP Pesticide Related Databases Endangered Species Project Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Emissions Inventory
http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/dprdatabase.htm

PollutionWatch (Canada)
Environmental Defense Canada
Canadian Environmental Law Association
Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy
PollutionWatch delivers accurate information on toxic chemicals released by manufacturing facilities and the associated health risks. It can rank and compare the pollution situation in communities across Canada. With information about the health effects and regulations concerning toxic chemicals, Pollution Maps, Tools for Users, and Teaching Module. In English and French.
http://www.pollutionwatch.org/home.jsp

Preventing Harm
Clean Water Fund (USA)
Preventing Harm features extensive information linking environmental toxins to developmental disabilities. Contains downloadable one page fact sheets developed for physicians and the public. Each fact sheet includes a Reproductive Outcomes and Routes of Exposure Table which includes information on nearly 50 chemicals/substances, their health effects and where the chemicals are used/found. With media kit, action alerts and extensive contacts. In English.
http://www.preventingharm.org

Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP), The
The Radiation and Public Health Project is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization, established by scientists and physicians dedicated to understanding the relationships between low-level, nuclear radiation and public health. RPHP's current emphasis is on The Tooth Fairy Project, a study of the levels of strontium-90 in baby teeth. By measuring these teeth RPHP are able to determine the extent to which radionuclides are entering our bodies. Once sufficient data is collected, RPHP will evaluate whether this radioactivity raises the risk of cancer. Featuring Nuclips - current news clippings on nuclear topics. In English.
http://www.radiation.org/

Resource Centre for PRTR Release Estimate Techniques (RETs)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The Resource Centre provides a clearinghouse of guidance materials regarding release estimation techniques for the principle pollutant release and transfer registers developed by OECD member countries. The Resource Centre has been developed by the Task Force on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) of the OECD's Environment, Health and Safety Programme, under the lead of Environment Canada.
http://www.oecd.org/env/prtr

Silicon Valley Environmental Partnership (SVEP)
Silicon Valley Environmental Partnership promotes environmentally sound business and community practices through collaboration and education. Publishers of the "Silicon Valley 2003 Environmental Index," the Partnership promotes sustainability indicators as a method of enhancing regional environmental performance. The Silicon Valley Environmental Index summarizes high-level trend information in 19 areas, including resource use, population, air and water quality, species and habitats, and hazardous materials, in Silicon Valley, California. Includes a "How To" Manual for communities developing their own sustainability index, Electronics Recycling Map and Directory. In English.
http://www.svep.org

South African Bucket Brigade
South African Exchange Program on Environmental Justice, The (SAEPEJ)
This Boston-based non-profit organization focuses on the effects of toxic chemicals and the deteriorating environment on the health and daily lives of communities in South Africa, and aims to bridge communities in the US with their counterparts in South Africa around environmental justice. SAEPEJ provides resources to South African community, developmental, and environmental groups in order to address the neglected environments in which black South Africans live, and assist in the building of a strong environmental justice movement which will network closely with the US movement. Working collaboratively with groundwork (Pietermaritzburg, South Africa), and the California-based Communities for a Better Environment, SAEPEJ has organized the South African Bucket Brigade. The Brigade's members monitor air emissions from oil refineries. The site contains additional information about the impact of mining on the South African environment.
http://www.igc.org/saepej/
http://www.igc.org/saepej/bucket.html

Substances Known to the State of California to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity
State of California, Office of Environmental Health Hazards Assessment publishes annually an updated list of chemicals known to the State to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. The latest list is from August 20, 1999.
http://www.oehha.org/prop65/899lstC.htm

Taiwan Environmental Action Network (TEAN)
TEAN strives to increase Taiwan's involvement in international efforts on diverse environmental issues. TEAN collects first-hand information to assist the Taiwanese society in moving toward sustainable development. Among its programs, TEAN supports Basel Action Network's campaign to curtail Formosa Plastic's export of mercury waste from Cambodia to California, and the Radiation Safety and Protection Association Taiwan, the Radiation Victims' Association Taiwan, Medical Professional Alliance in Taiwan, Taiwan Environmental Protection Union and other environmental groups, aiming to solve nuclear nightmare in Taiwan. With information on Animal Rights, Anti - Nuclear / Nuclear Wastes / Radioactively Contaminated Buildings, Climate Change / Energy, Endangered species, Forestry, High-tech Expansion, Indigenous Communities and Biodiversity, Ocean / Coastal Wetlands, Transportation of Hazardous Waste, and Water / Dams. With news archive and articles. In English and Mandarin.
http://tean.formosa.org/

TOXNET -(Toxicology Data Network)
Specialized Information Services Division, National Library of Medicine
National Institute of Health (USA)
A cluster of databases (or metadatabase) on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, and related areas. Includes
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

TRUSTNET
TRUSTNET Secretariat (Paris)
TRUSTNET is a pluralistic and interdisciplinary European network involved in the field of Risk Governance. The objective of TRUSTNET is to contribute to the quality of the decision-making processes within the governance of hazardous activities in Europe. TRUSTNET is assessing the emerging concepts and experiences (precautionary principle, pluralistic expertise, decentralisation of risk management,?) as well as the innovative institutional arrangements (agencies, stakeholder participation, citizen conferences,?) that may enhance the quality, the legitimacy and the practicability of the decision-making processes on risk. The TRUSTNET steering committee involves representatives of major organisations dealing with risk governance, among them European national regulatory bodies and representatives of the European Commission. The site contains cases studies that address potential risks from magnetic fields, nuclear power, pharmaceuticals, and riverine flooding, Agenda 21 implementation, chemical facility siting and management, the Dunkerque Conurbation, GMO Maize, among other topics. With a Glossary of Risk Goverance topics. In English.
http://www.trustnetgovernance.com/

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Contains rooms Legal Documents, News, Internet Resources, Investigations, Facts about Chemical Accident, Statistics, Archives, Index, and a Multimedia Room. Maintained by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an independent U.S. federal agency.
http://www.chemsafety.gov/lib/

US High Production Volume Chemical Tracking System (US TS)
Alliance for Chemical Awareness, The (ACA)
ACA is an initiative of the business community to enhance the availability of information to the public about major chemicals in commerce, with a particular focus on the High Production Volume (HPV) chemicals that have been the subject of public/private chemical testing programs. Their stated goals include increasing public access to chemical information and to facilitate the use of exposure data in chemical risk characterization. ACA members, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Environmental Defense (ED) have agreed on a plan to increase the amount of publicly available screening-level hazard information on l high production volume (HPV) chemicals. HPV chemicals are those manufactured or imported into the U.S. in quantities exceeding a million pounds per year. The goal is for companies to make complete hazard data sets publicly available on the majority of 2,800 HPV chemicals by 2004. The US High Production Volume (HPV) Chemical Tracking System (US TS) web site monitors the voluntary participation of chemical manufacturers and/or importers in the EPA's HPV Chemical Challenge Program. Recent US TS improvements include the ability for chemical manufacturers and/or importers to edit registration information and detailed information for users on how to enter both commitments and work plans into the US TS.
http://www.chemicalawareness.org/
http://www.hpvchallenge.com/

Vermont SIRI Library
The University of Vermont Safety and Information Resources website provides numerous tools for researching safety issues, including an online safety library (containing powerpoint presentations, graphics and other resources on safety topics), a discussion group and e-mail list server, a consultants directory and other useful information.
http://siri.uvm.edu/

Working Group on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTR)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Human Settlements Division
Established by the UNECE Committee on Environmental Policy, the PRTR Working Group is preparing a PRTR protocol under the auspices of the Aarhus Convention. The protocol should be open for accession by non-ECE countries and non-Parties to the Aarhus Convention. The protocol should be ready for signing in early 2003 at the Kiev Environment for Europe Summit. The site contains the text of the Draft Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers - Consolidated text (CEP/WG.5/AC.2/2002/10); discussion papers on diffuse sources, industrial classification, and transfers and on fundamental aspects of PRTRs; and lists of participants in the negotiation. In English.
http://www.unece.org/env/pp/prtr.htm

www.OurStolenFuture.org
PO Box 125
White Hall, VA
22932-2014 USA
Maintained by the authors of the book that stimulated global questions and concerns about endocrine disruption, www.OurStolenFuture.org keeps track of scientific findings policy debates as they have developed since the book was first published in 1996. Written for an informed general audience, the site has almost 300 pages of scientific information.
http://www.OurStolenFuture.org