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Links to Sources of General
Safety & Environmental
Information on Chemicals are divided as follows:
Subjects Specific Links
are also provided on the following
subjects:
Major Hazards
Pesticides
Lab Safety
Process Safety
Risk
Assessment/Toxicity/MSDS's
Irish EPA guidance note for the
Chemical Sector and information on the Solvents
Directive
Irish HSA information on
Chemical Safety including
Dangerous
Goods Transport,
Chemical Legislation, EU
REACH,
Chemical Processing and Storage and
Hazardous Substances Assessment
Enterprise Ireland environmental
Best Practice
Guides and
Case Studies
Irish Institute
of Chemistry
Links for chemists is a collaborative effort to index
international university chemistry sites and is available at www.liv.ac.uk/Chemistry/Links/links.html
and has an excellent search facility against a database of some 7500 sites
UK
Environment Agency Chemicals Section including IPC
Technical Guidance
UK based Green
Chemistry network promotes awareness and facilitates education, training and
practice of Green Chemistry in industry, academia and schools. It aims to help
chemical companies and chemists by sharing best practice, promoting green
technology transfer and providing data to show that adoption of green practices
can also provide cost benefits for industry.
UK HSE
information on chemicals
UK based
Institute of Chemical
Engineers a good source of publications and training products on safety and
environmental topics including online training facilities
Royal Society of
Chemistry
with numerous resources for those interested in chemistry including a visual
interactive periodic table and a suite of SHE
professional briefs
UK based Institute of
Energy promotes the safe, environmentally responsible and efficient
supply and use of energy including petroleum products in all its forms and
applications.
University of Sheffield has a good chemical information source
CHEMDEX an international directory of
chemistry on the internet.
ChemWeb
is part of the largest online chemical community in the world, a unique
resource which combines a huge range of information for those in research
chemistry, the chemicals industries and related disciplines.
UK based Chemical Industries
Association
UK based
Society of Chemical Industry
provides forward-looking people in the energy, water, agriculture, food
pharmaceuticals, materials, construction, and environmental protection sectors
with a unique international, interdisciplinary forum
Chemical Data
compilation from Cambridge University Chemistry Department
Sourcerer Index of
Chemical Manufacturers, Suppliers & Chemical Service Companies in the UK
UK based University of Liverpool Links
for Chemists site which has links to ca.7500 Chemistry related sites
on the web
UK based COSHH
Essentials provides advice on controlling the use of chemicals for a range
of common tasks
British Coatings
Federation includes information on safety and environmental aspects.
University of Cardiff based Chemical
Incidents Hotline
EIPPC Bureau BAT document on Management
in the Chemical Sector (adopted February 2003) - 4.2 Mb and Reference
Document on Best Available Techniques in the Large Volume Organic Chemical
Industry (adopted February 2003) - 4.2 Mb and The
first draft BREF for the production of Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals -
Ammonia, Acids and Fertilisers - 3.3 Mb
EU Environment Commission information on Chemicals
European Chemical Bureau
including Classification
and Labeling and Legislation
European Association of Chemistry
and the Environment is aimed at the protection of the Environment, it
favors contacts between academics, education, private firms, and social
representatives
EU
Strategy
on Dioxins
The EU
Major Accident Hazards Bureau website
contains links to Seveso II guidance information
The
European Chemical Industry
Council site includes information on SHE and Sustainable Development within
the European chemical sector
CONCAWE is the
Oil Companies European organisation for environment,
health and safety
The European Fertilizer
Manufacturers site covers relevant SHE matters including best practice
information on fertilizer use and potential environmental issues
EFCE,
the European Federation of Chemical Engineering promotes chemical engineering.
Information on
Chlorine
and PVC based industries
US
EPA Pharmaceutical industry information
US
EPA Pollutants and Toxics information
American Chemical Society / Division
of Environmental Chemistry for information on current research
US based OSHA information on
Hazard
Communication
Environmental
Chemistry site provides chemistry, environmental and hazardous materials
educational resources including a detailed periodic table of elements; articles
on chemistry, environmental and hazardous materials issues; a geologic timeline
US based NIOSH information on
Chemical Protective
Clothing
US based National Institute of
Standards and Technology provides data related to research projects with a
variety of industrial applications
US based American Chemical Society
Chemcentre
general chemistry information source
American Petroleum
Institute EHS Information relevant to the industry
US based project to protect the fetus and child
from environmental health hazards with relevant information available at the
Children's
Environmental Health Network
US EPA Chemical
Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
US based Society of
Toxicology
US EPA's Chemical Right
to Know (RTK) Programme
ICCA Global Initiative on
tracking HPV (High Production Volume) chemicals
A global EHS network for
Dangerous Goods storage, pipes, tanks, fuel management testing and leaking
US based HSE Information
on solvents
US based Petroleum Industry
Safety seminars
US based
Chem Industry.com:
The worldwide search engine of the chemical industry
American Chemistry Council (including
Responsible Care)
Office of Pollution Prevention &
Toxics with access to chemical library information.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
information plus a newsroom and links to related web sites.
Chemical Abstracts
Service from the American Chemical Society
Full text articles from the magazine Chemical
Processing.
US based
Defence
Environmental Network & Information eXchange (DENIX), facilitates
the exchange of information and ideas with US Department of Defence
environmental, safety, and occupational health professionals.
Chlorine Effects on health
and the environment
Facts about
Bleach
Information on
Plastics
Australian based information on
Hazardous Substances
Australian
National Chemicals Information Gateway
Australian
Hazardous Substances in the Workplace training resource kit
Australian guidance on
Organic Solvents
Australian based Virtual
library on environment and biodiversity related topics
Canadian
Chemical Producers Association
Australian Plastics and
Chemicals Industries Association
Australian information on
Sustainable
Chemicals Management
CPIA
is an industry organisation designed to deliver core services and value to
members of the Canadian plastics community covers environmental, health and
safety issues including fact
sheets dealing with the issue of plastics and health, reports on plastics
and the environment
ILO information on
Chemical
Exposure Control
ChemIndustry.com
is a leading comprehensive directory and search engine for chemical and related
industry professionals
CPI Information
source on the
web for suppliers and chemical products
Chemfinder is a
comprehensive source for chemical Information with free and subscription
scientific databases.
Internet
chemistry resources is a list of links related to chemistry
International
Directory of Chemistry on the internet
ChemWeb
is part of the largest online chemical community in the world, a unique
resource which combines a huge range of information for those in research
chemistry, the chemicals industries and related disciplines
Chemical industry product trading site ChemNet
The
International
Council Of Chemical Associations ICCA has a central role in the exchange of
information within the international industry, and in the development of
position statements on matters of policy. It is also the main channel of
communication between the industry and various international organizations that
are concerned with health, environment and trade-related issues
International
Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry(IUPAC)
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