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ChemWatch |
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RightAnswer.com |
RightAnswer (formerly Micromedex) is an additional source of safety information, including the RTECS© Registry. Seamless Single Sign-On (SSO) with your UC credentials. |
Additional SDS Sources
SDSs are an important source of health and safety information, but they should not be the only tool used to evaluate chemical hazards. Gather chemical hazard information from a variety of sources.
- Where to find MSDS on the Internet
- Avantor Performance Materials
- Biosafety Material Safety Data Sheets
- CCOHS ChemIndex, Canadian Occupational Health & Safety
- Health Canada Pathogen Safety Data Sheets and Risk Assessment
- Matheson Gas Products
- Roche Applied Science
- Sigma-Aldrich
- SIRI MSDS Index
- VWR International
Good sources of non-SDS information
- CCOHS References Collection, (subscription) Canadian Occupational Health & Safety
- GoodGuide Scorecard Chemical Profile Search
- EPA Chemical Profiles for Extremely Hazardous Substances
- Hazard Communication: Container Labeling & Safety Data Sheets (Video), Yale Environmental Health & Safety Online Training
- Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service (HESIS)
- International Agency for Research on Cancer
- List of Controlled Substances and Listed Chemicals, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- New Jersey Right To Know Chemical Fact Sheets (scroll down page for list)
- NIOSH Chemical Safety
- NIOSH International Chemical Safety Cards (scroll down page for list)
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
- National Select Agent Registry, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Toxicology Program 14th Report on Carcinogens
- Proposition 65, Current List of Chemicals Known to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity
- ToxFAQs, Agency for Toxinc Susbstances & Disease Registry
- TOXLINE, National Library of Medicine
- TOXNET Web Search
- Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), Environmental Protection Agency