WORKPLACE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

ASBESTOS IN YOUR HOME

http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/ashome.html Vermiculite Insulation Contamination http://www.epa.gov/asbestos/pubs/verm.html

AIR TOXINS

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/allabout.html TOXMAP http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/main/index.jsp Natural Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org/ NIEHS Env Health Topics http://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/index.cfm

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES

COSHH UK Website http://www.coshh-essentials.org.uk/ DIY-Hazard Mapping http://www.hazards.org/diyresearch/index.htm SOBANE (Screening, Observation, Analysis, Expertise) http://annhyg.oxfordjournals.org/content/50/4/411.full.pd f OSHA Chem Substitution https://www.osha.gov/dsg/safer_chemicals/index.html Industrial Hygiene Factsheets http://www.nj.gov/health/surv/documents/ihfs.pdf Making Your Job Healthier http://www.nj.gov/health/surv/documents/howto.pdf UK Best Practices http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/guidance/index.htm

CANCER

NTP Report on Carcinogens (RoC) http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/?objectid=03C9B512-ACF8-C1F3- ADBA53CAE848F635 International Asbestos Ban http://ibasecretariat.org/ International Agency for Research on Cancer http://www.iarc.fr/ California's Proposition 65 http://oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/Newlist.html Hazards / Cancer Edition http://www.hazards.org/cancer/

CHEMICAL HAZARD INFORMATION

The following links have been useful to find health & safety related information for specific chemicals. Use the exact chemical name (spelling is important) and/or the CAS number for the chemical in the search engines. The CAS number is a unique identification number for a chemical and may be found on labels and SDS sheets, for example.

Chemical Exposure Limits

NIOSH Chemical Pocket Guide http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/ OSHA PELS https://www.osha.gov/dsg/annotated- pels/tablez-1.html NIOSH PEL Review Project http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pel88/npelname.html ATSDR MRLs http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mrls/index.html World Wide Exposure Limits http://osha.europa.eu/en/good_practice/topics/dangerous _substances/oel

COLLABORATIVE ON HEALTH AND THE

ENVIRONMENT DATABASE

http://www.protectingourhealth.org/corethemes/links/200 4-0203spreadsheet.htm Haz-Map Database http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/index.html Taking the Exposure History http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/survweb/wra/documen ts/hxform.pdf Work Related Asthma http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/survweb/wra/index.sht ml Clinicians Guide to Moisture & Mold http://oehc.uchc.edu/CIEH.asp Adult Lead Exposure Guide for Physicians http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/lead/hlthcare.htm Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé http://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/home.html

ENVIRONMENTAL

Real Time Air Pollution http://airnow.gov/ Pollution Prevention http://www.epa.gov/oppt/p2home/index.htm Envirofacts http://www.epa.gov/enviro/ Environmental Health Perspectives http://www.ehponline.org/ Drinking Water Contaminants http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminants/index.html Scorecard Pollution Database http://www.scorecard.org/ National Priority Dump Sites http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/npl.htm

ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

EnviroDX http://library.med.utah.edu/envirodx/index.html National Report on Human Exp http://www.cdc.gov/exposurereport/ Environmental Health News http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ US EPA Lead and Children http://www.epa.gov/lead/

ERGONOMICS

Ergoweb http://ergoweb.com/index.cfm

GENERAL

TOXNET Databases http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/ NIOSH Chemical Pocket Guide http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/ CHEMINDEX Search http://ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/chemindex/search.html INCHEM Health & Safety Guides http://www.inchem.org/pages/hsg.html INCHEM Databases http://www.inchem.org/pages/search.html

GLOBAL HEALTH & SAFETY

COSHH Essentials http://www.coshh-essentials.org.uk/ Globalization and Health http://www.globalizationandhealth.com/ Labor Start http://www.labourstart.org/ WHO http://www.who.int/occupational_health/en/

HOME ENVIRONMENT

HUD Healthy Homes & Lead http://www.hud.gov/offices/lead/index.cfm Health & Safety in the Home http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/ Allergy & Asthma Network http://www.aanma.org/ Improper Asbestos Removal http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/indoors/asbe stos/guide.htm

INDOOR AIR QUALITY

US EPA http://epa.gov/iaq/ NIOSH IAQ http://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/TOPICS/INDOORENV/ Ozone and air purifiers http://www.oehc.uchc.edu/pubs/IEQ_NEWS_SPRING07.pdf CA IAQ http://www.cal-iaq.org/

INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE

OSHA Analytical Methods https://www.osha.gov/dts/sltc/methods/index.html NIOSH Analytical Methods http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmam/ NIOSH Databases http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/data/ Industrial Hygiene Factsheets http://www.nj.gov/health/surv/documents/ihfs.pdf PPM / MG/m3 Conversion Calculator http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-101/calc.html ACGIH http://www.acgih.org/home.htm AIHA https://www.aiha.org/Pages/default.aspx

MOLD

Prevention after flooding http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5508a1.h tm US EPA http://www.epa.gov/iaq/molds/index.html OSHA Mold Site http://www.osha.gov/dts/shib/shib101003.html Mold Guidance (Uconn) http://www.oehc.uchc.edu/images/PDFs/MOLD GUIDE.pdf

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SITES

Clinical Practice Reviews (available free at the bottom of this link) http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/workplace/cl inic_network.htm CHE Toxicant and Disease Database http://database.healthandenvironment.org/

OCCUPATIONAL & ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

CLINICS

Association of Occupational and Environmental Health Clinics http://www.aoec.org/ NYS Occupational Health Clinic Network http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/workplace/cl inic_network.htm Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers http://www.ohcow.on.ca/ World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program http://www.wtcexams.org/

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

OSHA http://www.osha.gov/index.html NIOSH http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html MSHA http://www.msha.gov/ National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/ Health & Safety in the Workplace http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental/index.htm - workplace Health & Safety Executive UK http://www.hse.gov.uk/index.htm Hazards http://www.hazards.org/index.htm CA Occ Safety & Health https://www.dir.ca.gov/occupational_safety.html Canadian Center for Occupational Health & Safety http://www.ccohs.ca/ LOHP UC Berkeley http://lohp.org/ CROETweb: Occupational Safety & Health Resources http://www.croetweb.com/ Ag Health & Safety (NYCAM) http://www.nycamh.com/ ILO Occ Safety & Health Encyclopedia http://www.ilo.org/oshenc/ US Federal Register Search Engine http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/retrieve.html COSHH Essentials http://www.coshh-essentials.org.uk/ CA HESIS http://www.dhs.ca.gov/ohb/hesis/Default.htm ILO Health & Safety Homepage http://www.ilocis.org/en/default.html German Occ Health Resources http://www.dguv.de/ifa/Fachinfos/index-2.jsp Finish Institute of Occupational Health http://www.ttl.fi/en/pages/default.aspx NYS DOL Health & Safety http://www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/safetyhealt h/DOSH_PROGRAMS.shtm

OTHER RELATED LINKS

National Cosh Blog us6.campaign-archive2.com/ The National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association nlfrta.org/

PESTICIDES

CA Pesticides Database http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/dprdatabase.htm EXTOXNET Database http://extoxnet.orst.edu/ WHO Pesticides Safety Database http://www.who.int/ipcs/publications/pds/en/index.html

PREVENTION

COSHH UK Website http://www.coshh-essentials.org.uk/ Pollution Prevention (P2) http://www.epa.gov/oppt/p2home/index.htm Toxic Use Reduction Institute http://www.turi.org/ The Pump Handle http://thepumphandle.wordpress.com/ United Support and Memorial Workplace Fatalities www.usmwf.org Training Multilingual health & safety resource guide Multilingual Health & Safety Guide http://www.dir.ca.gov/chswc/MultilingualGuide/Multilingua lGuideMain.html OCAW http://www.webshells.com/ocaw/index2.html - d5 PoPEd http://www.popednews.org/ LOSH UCLA http://www.losh.ucla.edu/

REPRODUCTIVE HAZARDS

Children's Health Protection http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/home page.htm NIOSH Repro Website http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/repro/

SDS SEARCHING

NJ Hazardous Substance Fact sheets http://web.doh.state.nj.us/rtkhsfs/indexfs.aspx SDS Search Engine http://www.ilpi.com/msds/search.html International Chemical Safety Cards http://www.ilo.org/dyn/icsc/showcard.home

SCHOOLS

USEPA School Site http://www.epa.gov/iaq/schools/index.html School Art Hazards http://www.oehha.ca.gov/education/art/index.html Healthy School Environments http://www.state.nj.us/health/healthyschools/index.shtml Healthy Schools Network http://www.healthyschools.org/ NYSUT http://www.nysut.org/cps/rde/xchg/nysut/hs.xsl/healthan dsafety.ht US Green Building Council http://www.usgbc.org/

TOXICANT / DISEASE RESOURCES

ATSDR http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ CHE Toxicant and Disease Database http://database.healthandenvironment.org/ Chemical Industry Archives http://www.chemicalindustryarchives.org/ Haz-Map Database http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/index.html Collaborative on Health and the Environment Database http://www.healthandenvironment.org/ Children's Health http://www.epa.gov/teach/ Upstate NY Poison Center http://www.upstate.edu/poison/

TRADE UNION HEALTH & SAFETY

CPWR Construction Trades http://www.cpwr.com/ NYCOSH http://nycosh.org/ COSH Network http://www.coshnetwork.org/ UAW Health & Safety Links http://uaw.org/healthsafety USW Health & Safety http://www.usw.org/act/activism/health-safety-and- environment OCAW http://www.webshells.com/ocaw/index2.html#d5 ILO http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/safework/ind ex.htm