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AVAILABLE RESOURCES
American Chemistry Council
American Chemical Society—Division of Chemical Health and Safety
American Chemical Society. Identifying and Evaluating Hazards in Research Laboratories. 2013.
Arab Union of Chemists
www.arabchem.org (Arabic language)
Bretherick, L., P. G. Urben, and M. J. Pitt. Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards: An Indexed Guide to Published Data (7th ed.) Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006.
The Dow Chemical Company Lab Safety Academy
Federation of Asian Chemical Societies
Federation of African Societies of Chemistry
Harvard University
http://ehs.harvard.edu/programs/safe-chemical-work-practices
The International Program on Chemical Safety INCHEM program
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Risk assessment for occupational exposure to chemicals. A review of current methodology. Pure and Applied Chemistry 73(6): 993-1031, 2001.
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and World Health Organization. Chemical Safety Matters. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-521-41375-3 paperback.
National Research Council. Promoting Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security in Developing Countries. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.
National Research Council. Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security: A Guide to Prudent Chemical Management. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.
National Research Council. Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards, Updated Version. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.
National Research Council. Safe Science: Promoting a Culture of Safety in Academic Chemical Research. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2014.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=9760
- https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/controlhazardousenergy/
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Princeton University
PubChem
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/docs/subcmpd_summary_page_help.html
PubMed (cytotoxic effects of chemicals can often be found here by entering the chemical’s name; many of the primary journals cited will be open access)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
Sax, N. I., R. J. Lewis, Sr. Rapid Guide to Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1986. ISBN 0-442-28220-6.
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
University of Illinois
The U.S. Chemical Security Engagement Program