Chemical Safety: Carcinogens and Toxic Chemicals
Included within the purview of the MSSM Institutional Biosafety Officer’s responsibilities is the surveillance and recommendation of safe practices for using carcinogens, toxic chemicals and toxins derived from microorganisms, plants and animals.
This section of the Institutional Biosafety Program web-site will serve as a clearing house for information on chemical safety issues, and provide guidelines and standards issued by the US EPA, OSHA, and the various agencies of the US Health and Human Services having regulatory jurisdiction over the use of chemicals.
Specific Links for Government agencies
- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/ - National Institutes for Environmental Health and Safety
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/ and http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov - National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh - Occupational Health and Safety Administration
http://www.osha.gov - United States Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov
Other Chemical Health and Safety Links
- International Agency for Research on Cancer
http://www.iarc.fr/ - World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/ - MSDS Resource Finder
http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html - New York City Poison Control
http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/poison/poison.shtml - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npg.html - WHO International Chemical Safety Cards
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcs/icstart.html