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Agricultural and Chemistry Resources
- AGRICOLA
Books and journal articles on agricultural topics - Agrigate
An Agriculture Information Gateway. AGRIGATE is a subject information gateway for resources, both online and offline, identified as valuable to those participating in Agriculture Research. AGRIGATE is a project of the libraries of the Universities of Melbourne, Adelaide and Queensland and the CSIRO. - Australian Network for Plant Conservation - Internet resource Directory
Links to over 200 plant conservation websites. Hosted by Australian National Botanic Gardens. - Centre for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems
A collection of databases on pesticides, plant exportation, and exotic pest tracking.
- National Agricultural Pest Information System
Information about agricultural pests. - National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS)
NPIRS is a collection of pesticide-related databases available through subscription. - Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST)
The mission of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) is to identify food and fibre, environmental, and other agricultural issues and to interpret related scientific research information for legislators, regulators, and the media for use in public policy decision making. - The Pesticide Management Education Program at Cornell University
PMEP serves as a pesticide information centre for college and field extension staff, as well as growers, commercial applicators, pesticide formulators/distributors, environmental and conservation groups, and private citizens.
- California Environmental Protection Agency Department of Pesticide Regulation
- California EPA Pesticide Databases
- California EPA Pesticide Articles
News releases, pesticide safety information, consumer fact sheets, air and water monitoring studies. - (US) EPA Restricted Use Products (RUP) Report
The Restricted Use Products Report is a compilation of both active and cancelled pesticide products classified as "Restricted Use".
- EXTOXNET Pesticide Information Profiles
EXTOXNET : The Extension Toxicology Network
- EXTOXNET Pesticide Information Profiles
- FAISD (Handbook of First Aid Instructions, safety directions, warning statements and general safety precautions for agricultural and veterinary chemicals)
- Global Information Network on Chemicals
The GINC, Global Information Network on Chemicals, is a world wide information network for safe use of chemicals. From this homepage you can explore useful information sources provided by both international organisations and national institutions collaborating for safe control of chemicals. - National AgSafety Database
A searchable database of agricultural information, including chemicals and pesticides. - National Pesticide Telecommunications Network (Oregon State University)
Searchable list of pesticide articles.
- Office of Chemical Safety and Environmental Health - First Aid Instruction and Safety Directions (FAISD) Handbook
- Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
PANNA links over 100 affiliated health, consumer, labor, environment, progressive agriculture and public interest groups in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. - PANNA : PESTIS
PESTIS, the Pesticide Information Service, is an online document collection containing pesticide-related material, including articles, newsletters, reports and action alerts. - Pesticide Science Papers Database
Search the database of papers published in the journal Pesticide Science. - Rachel Carson Council
A clearinghouse and library with information at both scientific and layperson levels on pesticide-related issues. - Standard for the Uniform Scheduling of Drugs and Poisons (SUSDP) (TGA website), and Poisons Standard 2009 (ComLaw website)
- US National Library of Medicine
- US National Library of Medicine TOXLINE
TOXLINE is the National Library of Medicine's extensive collection of online bibliographic information covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. - US National Library of Medicine HSDB
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 chemical - Web-Agri - agricultural search engine
Veterinary Medicines Resources
- The American Veterinary Medical Association Online
The AVMA Network contains comprehensive information on Veterinary Medicine. - Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank
FARAD is a computer-based decision support system designed to provide livestock producers, extension specialists, and veterinarians with practical information on how to avoid drug, pesticide and environmental contaminant residue problems. The drugs and pesticides used in modern animal agriculture improve animal health and thereby promote more efficient and humane production. - FDA Centre for veterinary Medicine - Approved Animal Drug Products Online Database System
Search for approved animal drug products, federal regulations, etc. - American Veterinary Medical Association
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), established in 1863, is a not-for-profit association representing more than 78,000 veterinarians working in private and corporate practice, government, industry, academia, and uniformed services.Vetnet - catalogue of veterinary resources
General Chemical Databases
| Database Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (external website) | Search for chemical compounds includes information about the regulation, health effects and toxicity of that chemical. |
| ATSDR Top 20 Hazardous Substances (external website) | |
| ChemFinder (external website) | Lists information about chemical compounds and provides links to pages containing more information. |
| Chemicals (external website) | Numerous chemical synonyms, structures, regulatory list information, and links to other databases containing information about the chemicals. |
| ChemWeb.com (external website) | Search libraries of chemical journals, databases of abstracts chemical structures, patents. Includes free access to Beilstein's Abstracts and Chemdex. You must register as a user. |
| Compendium of Pesticide Common Names (external website) | This electronic compendium is intended to provide details of the status of all common names, together with their systematic chemical names, molecular formula |
| Hormone Disrupting Chemicals (external website) | |
| International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (external website) | ITER is a compilation of human health risk values for chemicals of environmental concern from several health organisations worldwide. |
| IPCS Inchem (external website) | Intergovernmental site includes JMPR. EHCS, etc |
| National Chemical Reference Guide (external website) | Compiled by the Dept of the Environment and Water Resources & the Environmental Protection and Heritage Council. Comprehensive database of 600+ chemicals with related environmental standards and guidelines. |
| National Toxicology Program : Chemical Health and Safety Data (external website) | Health and Safety information has been collected on over 2000 chemicals studied by the NTP. There are a number of ways to retrieve data from these NTP files. |
| Pesticide Action Network (external website) | |
| Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs) (external website) |
Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) Databases
| Database Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Codex MRLs for veterinary drugs (external website) | |
| European Medicines Agency - veterinary uses only (external website) | European MRLs. Open the folder 'Product Information', then the folder 'MRL summaries' and search alphabetical lists of compounds |
| European Union - agricultural uses (external website) | |
| New Zealand MRLs (external website) | Agricultural and veterinary uses. Includes some other countries MRLS although these may not be current. |
| Taiwan MRLs (external website) | For agricultural chemicals only (no English site for veterinary chemicals) |
| USEPA - agricultural MRLs (external website) | Search this site for MRLs by crop or commodity (eg citrus or lemon) |
| USA chemical tolerances - Code of Federal Regulations (external website) | For all USA tolerances on all crops and animals go to this site and search for "pesticide tolerance" and select 40CFR180--part 180--Tolerances and exemptions from tolerances for pesticides in food. |