Agriculture, Pesticides, Chemistry and Plant resources

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• Australian Network for Plant Conservation - Internet resource Directory 
  Links to over 200 plant conservation websites.  Hosted by Australian National Botanic Gardens.
  
  
• Center 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)
  
  
• 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.

• 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.
  
  
• 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 chemicals.
    

Agricultural and Chemical Portals

• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Web-Agri - agricultural search engine