Web Site Locations for:

Federal Regulatory and Informational Sites

• Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) - National Archives and Records Administration
  Retrieve CFR regulations by citation.

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-retrieve.html#page1

• Department of Transportation (DOT) - Office of Hazardous Material Safety
  Table of contents for DOT on a variety of subjects, such a: Rules and Regulations, Emergency Response Guide Book, Training Information, and Risk Management.

http://hazmat.dot.gov/

• Environmental Health Information Service
  A service of the NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the DHHS - National Toxicology Program.

http://ehis.niehs.nih.gov

• NOAA Chemical Reactivity Worksheet
  A free program for determining the reactivity of substances or mixtures with a database on 4,000 common hazardous chemicals. Find out the dangers associated with the mixing of certain chemicals.

http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/main_pages/chem-hs.html

• National Toxicology Program (NTP) - Chemical Health and Safety Data
  An index with information on 2,000 chemicals studied by the NTP.

http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/main_pages/chem-hs.html

• Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) - US Department of Labor
  The federal agency concerned with worker safety in the United States. This site contains federal regulations, information and news releases concerning workplace safety.

http://www.osha.gov/

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Online:
  Office of Solid Waste Management -- US Department of Environmental Protection
  The RCRA Online database is designed to enable users to locate documents that cover a wide range of RCRA issues and topics.

http://yosemite.epa.gov/osw/rcra.nsf/RPC+Online+Menu?OpenForm

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Sites focusing on Waste Reduction and Art Shop Safety

• Less is Better: Laboratory Chemical Waste Management Reduction
  American Chemical (ACS) Society's publication on chemical waste management is a good discussion of some of the simple ways that laboratories can reduce the amount of unnecessary chemical waste that is being generated.
  Recommended reading for all Laboratory Managers!

http://www.acs.org/govt/pubs/5st45b.htm

• The "Economy of Size" Myth
  This site dispels the notion of savings associated with the bulk purchases of chemicals. If these chemicals are unused, the disposal costs far outweigh any savings. Recommended reading for all Laboratory Managers!

http://esf.uvm.edu/chemsource/lessisbetter.html

• Center for Safety in the Arts
  An excellent site which discusses specific health hazards of concern to artists. They also offer several publications on safety issues. Recommended reading for all Artists!

http://artswire.org:70/1/csa/

• Laboratory Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention. A teachers guide.

An excellent resource for laboratory managers and teachers on implementing a waste minimization program in the laboratory. It also has an excellent bibliography of organizations, publications, and other resources which deal with the various issues of laboratory waste minimization.

http://www.seattle.battelle.org/services/e&s/P2LabMan/index.htm

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Other University EH&S Sites

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/

• University of Minnesota
  The University of Minnesota has a nationally recognized program for management of hazardous wastes.

http://www.dehs.umn.edu/

• University of California, Davis

http://www.ehs.ucdavis.edu/

• Florida State University
  This site has a guide to proper glove material selection.

http://www.fsu.edu/~safety/chem.html/

• Southern Illinois University Carbondale
  This site has an extensive "links page" to other Universities' EH&S sites.

http://www.cehs.siu.edu/

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