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Chemical safety information sources
Material Safety Data Sheets
Material Safety Data Sheets
A MSDS for each farm chemical product is generally available free of charge at the point of sale. If a sheet is not available, contact the manufacturer of the product and notify the state authority responsible for occupational health and safety.
The Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) describes the chemical and physical properties of a material and provides advice on safe handling and use of the material. In Australia chemical manufacturers and importers must produce an MSDS for any chemical that is a hazardous substance and make it freely available to workers handling the substance.
The Australian Safety and Compensation Council publishes a National Code of Practice for the Preparation of Material Safety Data Sheets.
MSDS Australia - Australian MSDS
MSDSonline - Users will need to log in for a free account.
MSDS Search 2000 - The MSDS-Search National Repository
MSDS
Sheets
MSDS
Sites - A list of MSDS Sites.
Infopest MSDS - CD Rom
Chemical Databases
Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Search for chemical
compounds includes information about the regulation, health effects
and toxicity of that chemical. - ATSDR
Top 20 Hazardous Substances
ChemFinder
Lists information about chemical compouds and provides links to pages containing more information.
ChemIDplus
Numerous chemical synonyms,
structures, regulatory list information, and links to other databases
containing information about the chemicals.
ChemWeb.com
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
This electronic compendium
is intended to provide details of the status of all common names,
together with their systematic chemical names, molecular formula
International
Toxicity Estimates for Risk
ITER is a compilation
of human health risk values for chemicals of environmental concern
from several health organisations worldwide.
IPCS Inchem
Intergovernmental
site includes JMPR. EHCS, etc
National Chemical Reference Guide
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 & Safety Data
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 Information Profiles (PIPs)
Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs)
Codex MRLs for veterinary drugs
European Medicines Agency - veterinary uses only
European MRLs. Open
the folder 'Product Information', then the folder 'MRL summaries'
and search alphabetical lists of compounds
European Union - agricultural uses
New
Zealand MRLs
Agricultural and veterinary uses. Includes some other countries MRLS
although these may not be current.
Taiwan
MRLs
For agricultural
chemicals only (no English site for veterinary chemicals)
USEPA - agricultural MRLs
Search this
site for MRLs by crop or commodity (eg citrus or lemon)
USA chemical tolerances - Code
of Federal Regulations
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.
Note this is a very large document.