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- Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances - Develops national strategies for toxic substance control and promotes pollution prevention and the public's right to know about chemical risks.
- USGS Toxics Program - Toxic substances hydrology program bibliography database providing scientific information on the behavior of toxic substances in the nation's hydrologic environments.
- Priority List of Hazardous Substances - A list of substances that are most commonly found at facilities on the National Priorities List (NPL) and which are determined to pose the most significant potential threat to human health due to their known or suspected toxicity and potential for human exposure at these sites.
- USGS Toxics Substances Hydrology Program - Goal is to provide unbiased earth science information on the behavior of toxic substances in U.S. hydrologic environments.
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - Charged under U.S. CERCLA statute to assess the presence and nature of health hazards at Superfund sites and to help reduce further exposures. Website has toxicity profiles for hazardous chemicals and extensive information on topics such as multiple chemical exposures and PCBs.
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - Agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services directed by Congress to perform specific functions concerning the effect on public health of hazardous substances in the environment.
- Global Campaign to Reduce the Use of Toxic Chemicals - Information from the WWF on toxic chemicals in the environment. Focus on endocrine disruptors, persistant organic pesticides (POPs) and agricultural pesticides.
- Interaction Profiles for Toxic Substances - A guidance manual that outlines the latest methods for assessing exposure to chemical mixtures.
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) - 2003 CERCLA Priority List of Hazardous Substances which are determined to pose the most significant potential threat to human health due to their known or suspected toxicity and potential for human exposure.
- EDF Chemical Scorecard - Toxic Release Inventory data for the US. Sources and amounts of toxic chemicals released to air and water. Also has information on health effects and other topics.
Wikipedia Articles
- California Department of Toxic Substances Control - The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (or DTSC) is an agency of the government of the state of California. The agency monitors exposure to hazardous, radioactive, and toxic wastes in addition to enforcement of compliance by individual businesses, corporations, local governments and their agencies and representatives to environmental protection rules and regulations.
- Toxic Substances Control Act - The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA, often pronounced "taa-ska") is a United States law, passed by the United States Congress in 1976, that regulates the introduction of new or already existing chemicals. It grandfathered most existing chemicals, in contrast to the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) legislation ...
- Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances - Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) is a database of toxicity information compiled from the open scientific literature without reference to the validity or usefulness of the studies reported. Until 2001 it was maintained by US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as a freely available publication.
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - The United States Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, (ATSDR) is an agency for the U.S.
- Toxic capacity - Toxic capacity can mean the toxicity of a substance, possibly in relation to a specific organism and toxic capacity can mean the capacity of an organism, organic system or ecosystem to contain a toxic substance or a selection of toxic substances (a compound) without showing signs of poisoning or dying.