RECOMMENDED HEALTH, SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT WEBSITES
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1.  Prudent Practices in the Laboratory Handling and Disposal of Chemicals (1995)
    http://books.nap.edu/books/0309052297/html/index.html

2.  The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
    http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npg.html

OSHA
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3.  http://www.osha.gov

4.  http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/medicalfirstaid/index.html
    First aid and medical services

5.  http://www.osha.gov/cgi-bin/sichq/sic1
    OSHA Inspections - SIC 8221 for colleges and universities SIC 8211 for K to 12

EPA
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6.  http://www.epa.gov
7.  http://www.epa.gov/epahome/educational.htm
8.  http://www.epa.gov/region01/

CDC
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9.  http://www.cdc.gov

10. http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs  - health and safety, health topics, health and safety links,
    safety survival skills, etc.

11. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh
    The Center for Disease Control and Provention (CDC) and
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

12. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
    Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
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13. http://www.ccohs.org
    Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS) MSDS

14. http://www.ccohs.ca/resources/
    Internet Directory, Communications (Discussion Groups), Reference

MSDS
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15. http://siri.uvm.edu/msds/

16. http://www.umt.edu/research/files/environ/appendic.htm - Material safety data sheet dictionary

17. http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html  - Link to sites, glossary and quiz

Primary and/or Secondary School Safety
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18. Illinois - http://www.isbe.net/secondaryed/   under Science - link to Guidebook for . .

19. Arkansas  -  http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/lab_safe2.pdf

20. California - http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/science.html

21. Science Teacher Stuff - Safety - http://www.scienceteacherstuff.com/safety.html

Colleges and University Safety Materials
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22. Oklahoma State University - Environmental Health & Safety
    Online Safety Library: Laboratory and Chemical Safety
    http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/labchem.htm

23. Princeton University - Laboratory Safety Manual
    http://www.princeton.edu/~ehs/labmanual/

24. UC Berkeley - EH & S Fact and Help Sheets
    http://www.ehs.berkeley.edu/pubs/factandhelp.html

25. University of Michigan - Laboratory Safety
    http://www.umich.edu/~oseh/labsafety.html

26. University of Wisconsin - Safety Department
    http://www.fpm.wisc.edu/safety/
    link to Chemical Safety, General Safety, etc.

27. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Laboratory Safety
    http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/EHSRM/LAB/

28. University of Victoria, BC, CANADA -
    Occupational Health and Safety
    http://web.uvic.ca/ohs/
    Link to Table of Contents - Lab Safety, etc.

29. Laboratory Safety - Department of Chemistry -
    Illinois State University
    http://www.che.ilstu.edu/ChemSafety/index.htm

30. University of Illinois - Safety
    http://www.las.uiuc.edu/safety.shtml

31. University of Colorado - Chemistry - Laboratory Safety
    http://orgchem.colorado.edu/safety/labsafety.html#osha

32. University of Virginia - Laboratory Survival Manual
    http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/lsm/home.html

33. Many sources available - links to hazards
    http://www.mpcfaculty.net/ron_rinehart/hazmatrs.htm

Some Chemical Disasters
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Three Mile Island
34. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/three/

35. http://www.wowpage.com/tmi/

Chernobyl
36. http://www.chernobyl.co.uk

37. http://www.chernobyl.com/

38. http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~meshkati/chernobyl.html

Flixborough
39. http://www.svce.ac.in/~bnedu/Subjects/SAFETY/safety.htm

Piper Alpha
40. http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~conway/piper/
41. http://www.dme.wa.gov.au/safety/petroleum/piperalpha.htm

Bhopal
42. http://www.bhopal.com
43. http://www.chemsafety.gov/lib/bhopal01.htm

MISCELLANEOUS
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Vermont, Safety Information Resources, Inc.
44. http://siri.uvm.edu/

45. http://hazard.com/course/


46. Laboratory Safety Institute
    http://www.labsafety.org

47. Connecticut - Science Safety
    http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/curriculum/currsci_safety1.htm

48. Flinn Scientific - Safety
    http://www.flinnsci.com/homepage/sindex.html

49. University of Akron - The Chemical Database
    http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/

50. New Jersey - Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
    http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm

51. King County - Rehab the Lab
    http://www.metrokc.gov/hazwaste/rehab/index.htm

52. University of Georgia -
    Design Criteria for Laboratory Furniture and Fume Hoods
    http://www.usg.edu/ehs/guidelines/fume_design.phtml

53. NYS Hazardous Waste Management Regulations
    http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/regs/370parts.htm

54. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists - Resources
    http://www.acgih.org/resources/links.htm

55. Lab Safety Supply Inc. - First Aid fact sheet
    http://www.labsafety.com/refinfo/ezfacts/ezf208.htm

56. Lab Safety Supply Inc. - fact sheets
    http://www.labsafety.com/refinfo/ezfacts/
    School Safety Guidelines and Regulations (283)
    Fire extinguishers (135)
    Neutralizing Chemical Spills (148)
    Safety Information on the Internet (163)
    Choosing Protective Eyewear (125)

57. Fire extinguishers
    http://www.ilpi.com/safety/extinguishers.html


58. Toxtown - An interactive guide to commonly encountered toxic substances
    http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov

59. Safety Power Point Presentation Library
    http://esf.uvm.edu/sirippt/powerpt.html

60. Archives of SAFETY@LIST.UVM.EDU
    http://list.uvm.edu/archives/safety.html

61. Injuries in School/College Laboratories in USA
    http://www.rbs2.com/labinj.htm

62. Virtual Reality Laboratory Accidents
    http://www.vrupl.evl.uic.edu/VRLabAcc/
    link to vr laboratory

63. HHMI Laboratory Safety Program
    http://www.hhmi.org/research/labsafe/

64. U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
    http://www.chemsafety.gov/
    Investigations, Chemical Incident Reports, ChemLinks, etc.

65. Environment, Safety and Health Manual
    Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    http://www.llnl.gov/es_and_h/esh-manual.html

66. Occupational and Environmental Medicine WWW Resource Index
    Duke University Medical Center
    http://152.3.65.120/oem/index2.htm

67. Jefferson Lab Environment, Health and Safety
    http://www.lab.org/ehs/

68. Howard Hughes Medical Institute - On-Line Lab Safety Course
    http://www.practicingsafescience.org/

69. Fall 2002 CONFCHEM
    Teaching Safety in High Schools, Colleges and Universities
    http://www.ched-ccce.org/confchem/2002/c/index.html
    Papers and Discussion Archives

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