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NIOSH Pocket Guide Search page
ONLINE Search page The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. The Pocket Guide includes the following: Chemical names, synonyms, trade names, CAS, RTECS, and DOT ID and Guide numbers Chemical structure/formula, conversion factors NIOSH Recommended Exposure Limits (RELs) Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) NIOSH Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health values (IDLHs) Physical description and chemical and physical properties of agents Measurement methods Personal protection and sanitation recommendations Respirator selection recommendations Incompatibilities and reactivities of agents Exposure routes, symptoms, target organs, and first aid information
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NIOSH Emergency Response Safety and Health Database
The Emergency Response Safety and Health Database (ERSH-DB) is a rapidly accessible occupational safety and health database developed by NIOSH for the emergency response community. The ERSH-DB contains accurate and concise information on high-priority chemical, biological and radiological agents that could be encountered by personnel responding to a terrorist event.
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Skin Notation Profiles
Skin notation profiles provide information on health effects (systemic, direct -irritatant and corrosive, and sensitization potential) following dermal exposures to selected chemicals. Each skin profile contains a summary of the relevant data used in determining the hazards associated with skin exposures.
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Emergency Response Guidebook Mobile App
Mobile app. Mobile version of 2012 ERG. This software is available from the Apple iTunes store for iPhone, and from the Google Play website for Android.
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Emergency Response Guidebook
The ERG is primarily applicable for hazardous materials transported by highway and railway, but also is applicable for materials transported by air or waterway, as well as by pipeline. The ERG "is primarily a guide to aid first responders in quickly identifying the specific or generic hazards of the material(s) involved in the incident, and protecting themselves and the general public during the initial response phase of the incident and should only be used for the "initial response phase" (about the first thirty minutes) of an incident . The ERG includes over 170 "Guides" that identify the primary hazards associated with the applicable general category of hazardous material and general guidance on how to respond to incidents involving that general category of hazardous material. The primary purpose of ERG is to direct the emergency responders to the most appropriate of these guides, based on the incident. The ERG also provides guidance regarding recommended evacuation distances, if applicable.
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OSHA Occupational Chemical Database
OSHA maintains this chemical database as a convenient reference for the occupational safety and health community. It compiles information from several government agencies and organizations. Information available in the report includes: Physical Properties Exposure Guidelines NIOSH Pocket Guide, and Emergency Response Information, including the DOT Emergency Response Guide.
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OSHA/NIOSH Interim Guidance. Chemical - Biological - Radiological - Nuclear (CBRN) Personal Protective Equipment Selection Matrix for Emergency Responders: Blister Agents
PPE and Exposure limits to Blister Agents.
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Medical Management Guidelines for Chemical Agents
List of specific chemicals. Each chemical gives health effect; pre-hospital management and emergency department management.
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OSHA/NIOSH Interim Guidance. Chemical - Biological - Radiological - Nuclear (CBRN) Personal Protective Equipment Selection Matrix for Emergency Responders: Nerve Agents
PPE and Exposure limits to Nerve Agents.
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Field Management of Chemical Casualties Handbook
US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD). Field Management Of Chemical Casualties guidebook.
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OSHA Safety and Health Standards: 1910
Relevant to Dermal, Standard 1910. Subpart Z - Toxic and Hazardous Substances
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Dermal (Skin)
Click on a substance to go to the health effects chapter in the toxicological profile. Then, search on any target organ system to find the health effects information on that system.
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Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare: Chapter 16. Decontamination of Chemical Casualties
This chapter focuses on the safe decontamination of medical casualties exposed to chemical agents
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CHEMM - Intelligent Syndromes Tools (CHEMM-IST)
CHEMM-IST is a prototype decision support tool developed by experts in medicine and emergency response as an aid for identifying the chemical a patient was exposed to in a mass casualty incident. Since CHEMM-IST is currently in the prototype phase of development, it should not be used for patient care. This tool, once thoroughly tested and validated by a wide range of potential users via case studies, is intended for use by basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) providers as well as hospital first receivers. The focus of CHEMM-IST is only on severe cases.
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WebWISER (Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders) - Online version
ONLINE version. WISER is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice.
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Guidelines for Mass Casualty Decontamination During a Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident (ECBC--TR-125) and Guidelines for Cold Weather Mass Decontamination
This report, updated in 2013 by the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC), focuses on decontamination of hazards (chemical, biological, radiological, unknown). It was updated with input from community responders, Army responders, DoD medical, and DoD chemical-biological technical expertise. This report serves as the basis for doctrine and will be applicable to DoD and civilian response organizations as well.
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WISER (Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders)
Home page to download the program. WISER is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice.
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NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards, Publication No. 2010-168
The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. The NIOSH Pocket Guide does not contain an analysis of all pertinent data, rather it presents key information and data in abbreviated or tabular form for chemicals or substance groupings (e.g. cyanides, fluorides, manganese compounds) that are found in the work environment. The information found in the NIOSH Pocket Guide should help users recognize and control occupational chemical hazards.
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Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare: Chapter 15. Triage of Chemical Casualties
This chapter will focus on the process of triage in chemical agent mass casualties. Specific chemical warfare agent classes, current triage systems, and classifications of triage will be reviewed
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CHEMM - Information for the First Responders
Information for the First Responders: Responding and Training.
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CHEMM - On-site Activities
Goals of the initial response and responding to specific types of emergencies.
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A Guide to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)
The purpose of this document is to describe the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), why it was developed, and how it relates to the sound management of chemicals. The full official text of the system is available on the web.
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Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare: Chapter 14. Field Management of Chemical Casualties
This chapter compares the current field management operations of the various military services (land-based and sea-based forces) and the civilian medical community. Although patient treatment strategies still vary, there are now many similarities in the decontamination procedures used by these various organizations, with key differences related to the platforms on which field management takes place (e.g., on land vs. on sea-going vessels) and the specific equipment used for medical care, transport, and decontamination.
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CHEMM - Decontamination Procedures
Decontamination Procedures: set-up, ppe, individual and mass decontamination.
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CHEMM - Triage Guidelines
Triage Guidelines: general principles, START/JumpSTART Algorithm, and SALT Mass Casualty Triage Algorithm.
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12th report on carcinogens
The RoC is an informational scientific and public health document that identifies and discusses agents, substances, mixtures, or exposure circumstances that may pose a carcinogenic hazard to human health. It serves as a meaningful and useful compilation of data on the (1) carcinogenicity, genotoxicity, and biologic mechanisms of the listed substances in humans and/or animals, (2) the potential for exposure to these substances, and (3) the regulations promulgated by Federal agencies to limit exposures.
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National Incident Management System: Appendix B. Incident Command System
Incident Command System presents detailed information about the ICS organization, ICS Sections, Area Command, incident facilities and locations, and the planning process. The appendix also includes examples of ICS forms and a summary of major ICS positions.
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National Incident Management System
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) provides a systematic, proactive approach to guide departments and agencies at all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector to work seamlessly to prevent, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the effects of incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to reduce the loss of life and property and harm to the environment.
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Dermal Exposure Assessment: Principles and Applications
The purpose of this document is to describe the principles of dermal absorption and show how to apply these principles in actual human exposure scenarios. These procedures are not official Agency guidance, rather they represent the judgments of the authors and are offered as a starting point for Agency programs to adopt/modify in light of programmatic considerations.
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Workplace Safety and Health Topics: Chemicals
Provides list of chemicals. Within each chemical name, links to health, safety, IDLH, and sampling methods for chemical. Provides links to additional related resources.
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CHEMM - PPE
Information on PPE: Need, levels of PPE, type of protection, and limitations of PPE.
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Best Practices for Protecting EMS Responders during Treatment and Transport of Victims of Hazardous Substance Releases
At the request of stakeholders that participated in the development of that guide, OSHA has developed a similar guide for emergency medical service (EMS) responders who provide medical assistance during an incident involving a hazardous substance release. This guide is intended for employers of EMS responders and discusses the measures these employers need to take to protect their EMS responders from becoming additional victims while on the front line of medical response.
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Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents (MHMIs) (PDF Version)
Volume 1: Emergency Medical Services: A Planning Guide for the Management of Contaminated Patients are planning guides to assist first responders in planning for incidents that involve hazardous materials. Volume II - Hospital Emergency Departments: A Planning Guide for the Management of Contaminated Patients are planning guides to assist hospital emergency department personnel in planning for incidents that involve hazardous materials. Volume III - Medical Management Guidelines (MMGs) for Acute Chemical Exposures are guides for health care professionals who treat persons who have been exposed to hazardous materials.
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Emergency Decontamination Corridor System
Firefighter Quick Reference Card.
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The WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification 2009
The document is arranged as follows: Part I: Overarching principles for the classification of pesticides as recommended by the World Health Assembly. These principles continue to apply, but the World Health Assembly Resolution envisaged that the classification criteria might need to be developed with time and increasing experience. The guide-points originally proposed in 1975 are now being aligned with the corresponding Acute Toxicity Hazard Categories from the GHS. Part II: Guidelines to Classification. Individual products are classified in a series of tables, according to the oral or dermal toxicity of the technical product. The tables are subject to review periodically.
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National Response Framework
Second Edition. The National Response Framework (NRF) is a guide to how the Nation responds to all types of disasters and emergencies. It is built on scalable, flexible, and adaptable concepts identified in the National Incident Management System to align key roles and responsibilities across the Nation. This Framework describes specific authorities and best practices for managing incidents that range from the serious but purely local to large-scale terrorist attacks or catastrophic natural disasters. The National Response Framework describes the principles, roles and responsibilities, and coordinating structures for delivering the core capabilities required to respond to an incident and further describes how response efforts integrate with those of the other mission areas.
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Guide for the Selection of Personal Protective Equipment for Emergency First Responders
The guides will focus on chemical and biological equipment in areas of detection, personal protection, decontamination, and communication. This document focuses specifically on assisting the emergency first responder community in the evaluation and purchase of personal protective equipment.
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Skin Exposure and Effects
Dermal exposure to hazardous agents can result in a variety of occupational diseases and disorders, including occupational skin diseases (OSD) and systemic toxicity. Historically, efforts to control workplace exposures to hazardous agents have focused on inhalation rather than skin exposures. As a result, assessment strategies and methods are well developed for evaluating inhalation exposures in the workplace; standardized methods are currently lacking for measuring and assessing skin exposures.
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INCHEM - Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations
WHO. Rapid access to internationally peer reviewed information on chemicals commonly used throughout the world, which may also occur as contaminants in the environment and food. It consolidates information from a number of intergovernmental organizations whose goal it is to assist in the sound management of chemicals
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Medical Management Guidelines (MMGs)
The Medical Management Guidelines (MMGs) for Acute Chemical Exposures were developed by ATSDR to aid emergency department physicians and other emergency healthcare professionals who manage acute exposures resulting from chemical incidents. The MMGs are intended to aid healthcare professionals involved in emergency response to effectively decontaminate patients, protect themselves and others from contamination, communicate with other involved personnel, efficiently transport patients to a medical facility, and provide competent medical evaluation and treatment to exposed persons.
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Guidelines for Responding to a Chemical Weapons Incident
Provide technical and operational guidance for those agencies wishing to improve their response and related operations should a CW incident occur in their community. The focus of these guidelines was to validate the procedures and recommendations developed through the series of emergency response technical reports that have already been published by the CWIRP. That validation process was conducted via a forum consisting of representatives from the fire, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), police, and health and safety communities.
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Hazardous Material Emergency Response: Incident Command
The Incident Command System provides a clear structure for the diverse activities necessary to successfully control a hazardous materials incident. The key element of any Incident Command model is that there is a single person in charge of the incident. And, that this person is responsible for the overall command of the incident and the establishment of the goals and objectives at the scene. This allows the efficient utilization of all resources when dealing with an emergency while performing the response in a controlled and well-organized manner. Finally, the risks to Team Members and other personnel are minimized when the Incident Command System is in place.
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WHO Manual: The Public Health Management of Chemical Incidents
The purpose of the WHO Manual for the Public Health Management of Chemical Incidents is to provide a comprehensive overview of the principles and roles of public health in the management of chemical incidents and emergencies. While this information is provided for each phase of the emergency cycle, including prevention, planning and preparedness, detection and alert, response and recovery, it is recognized that the management of chemical incidents and emergencies requires a multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach and that the health sector may play an influencing, complementary or a leadership role at various stages of the management process. The target audience includes public health and environmental professionals, as well as any other person involved in the management of chemical incidents.
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CAMEO chemicals
Home page to download the program. CAMEO Chemicals has an extensive chemical database with critical response information for thousands of chemicals, and a tool that tells you what reactions might occur if chemicals were mixed together.
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CAMEO chemicals - mobile site
MOBILE version. Free.CAMEO Chemicals has an extensive chemical database with critical response information for thousands of chemicals, and a tool that tells you what reactions might occur if chemicals were mixed together.
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CAMEO Chemicals - online version
ONLINE version. CAMEO Chemicals has an extensive chemical database with critical response information for thousands of chemicals, and a tool that tells you what reactions might occur if chemicals were mixed together.
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Cargo Decoder Mobile App
Mobile App. Cargo Decoder is your guide to what is in the truck or tanker next to you on the highway. Enter the 4 digit number from the DOT placard to learn about a material . Cargo Decoder (free); Cargo Decoder Plus Module (pay). Cargo Decoder uses no network bandwidth so information will always be available even if the cell network is not. Cargo Decoder is available at the Android Market, Amazon Appstore, or Blackberry App World. Cargo Decoder Plus for iPhone is now available in the Apple iTunes App Store.
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AEGL Chemicals
AEGLs are intended to describe the risk to humans resulting from once-in-a-lifetime, or rare, exposure to airborne chemicals.
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CHEMM - Types and Categories of Hazardous Chemicals
List of types and categories of hazardous chemicals.
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OSHA/NIOSH Interim Guidance. Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear (CBRN) Personal Protective Equipment Selection Matrix for Emergency Responders
In order to use this guidance effectively, an employer must assess the risk of a hazardous substance release to the emergency responders and base the PPE selection on the level of knowledge relative to that risk. This kind of assessment is a typical safety and health evaluation with the unusual caveats that many of the agents are highly toxic by both skin and inhalation, typical indicators of exposure such as odor, smoke, or fume may not be present, exposure monitoring is difficult for some of the compounds, and there may be a locally limited supply of CBRN-approved respirators for a large response during initial emergency operations. Based on the hazardous substances and conditions known to be present, the Incident Commander in charge of a response shall implement appropriate emergency operations, including selection of appropriate PPE for employees who respond.
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Decontamination at health facilities
Information note on chemical release No 4. List of basic equipment for emergency decontamination; removing contaminated clothing; and using the RINSE-WIPE-RINSE technique. See the full WHO guidance document at Initial clinical management of patients exposed to chemical weapons.
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CHEMM - Information for Incident Preparedness
Information links to preparing your team and tools (CHEMM, WISER, CAMEO)
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Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion (RSDL)
MSDS of RSDL.
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Symptoms of exposure to highly toxic chemicals
Information note on chemical release No 3. Table listing class of toxic chemical and common features of exposure
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Emergency Response Resources
Provides links to Safety Management, Bloodborne Infectious Disease, Personal Protective Equipment, and Traumatic Incident Stress.
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OSHA Technical Manual Section II: Chapter 2. Occupational Skin Exposure
The purpose of this chapter is to provide guidance to OSHA Compliance Safety and Health Officers (CSHOs) and to the industrial hygiene community on the potential for skin exposure to chemicals in the workplace and the available means of assessing the extent of skin exposure: Basics of Skin Exposure Risk Assessment Biological Monitoring Wipe Sampling Methodology Enforcement Recommendations
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Dermatotoxicology (8th ed.)
The foundational reference in dermal toxicology, this classic text has been completely revised to bring it up to date in the new Eighth Edition, with almost a third of its chapters being newly added. The structure of the text has also been reorganized to enable easier location of a topic of interest. With contributions from leading international experts, this continues the tradition of providing unsurpassed theoretical and practical guidance for all those working on research aspects, on practical clinical issues, and on the regulatory aspects of exposure to toxic substances.
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Joint Information Center Model. Collaborative Communications During Emergency Response
This Joint Information Center (JIC) model documents a plan for conducting crisis communications during emergency responses and other situations in which multiple organizations need to collaborate to provide timely, useful, and accurate information to the public and other stakeholders. The primary focus of the model is to provide a JIC structure that works within the framework of the Incident Command/Unified Command systems (ICS/UCS). However, because it is functionally based, the model can be used during any situation in which there is a need for centralized communications support involving multiple organizations.
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Emergency Response Resources: Personal Protective Equipment
Personal protective equipment is very important for any emergency responder. There are five main types of PPE that are covered on this page: respirators and protective clothing (selection, proper use, etc.), skin exposures and eye and hearing protection.
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ALOHA (Areal Location of Hazardous Atmospheres)
Home page to download the program. ALOHA is an atmospheric dispersion model used for evaluating releases of hazardous chemical vapors. ALOHA allows the user to estimate the downwind dispersion of a chemical cloud based on the toxicological/physical characteristics of the released chemical, atmospheric conditions, and specific circumstances of the release. ALOHA can estimate threat zones associated with several types of hazardous chemical releases, including toxic gas clouds, fires, and explosions. Threat zones can also be plotted on maps with MARPLOT to display the location of facilities storing hazardous materials and vulnerable locations (such as hospitals and schools). Specific information about these locations can be extracted from CAMEO information modules to help make decisions about the degree of hazard posed.
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NIOSH manual of analytical methods (4th ed.)
NMAM is a collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally exposed. These methods have been developed or adapted by NIOSH or its partners and have been evaluated according to established experimental protocols and performance criteria. NMAM also includes chapters on quality assurance, sampling, portable instrumentation, etc.
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Protective Clothing and Ensembles
NIOSHs Protective Clothing and Ensembles Program is aimed at protecting the skin from various health hazards that may be encountered in the workplace or during a terrorist attack. The program has evolved over the years to incorporate a broad range of studies of how chemicals seep through barrier materials, leak through small holes, or change the barrier material to reduce its protection.
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Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) for chemical substances and physical agents and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs)
The information in this user-friendly, pocket-sized publication is used worldwide as a guide for evaluation and control of workplace exposures to chemical substances and physical agents. Threshold Limit Value (TLV) occupational exposure guidelines are recommended for more than 700 chemical substances and physical agents. There are more than 50 Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs) that cover more than 80 chemical substances. Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) registry numbers are listed for each chemical. Introductions to each section and appendices provide philosophical bases and practical recommendations for using TLVs and BEIs.
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Personal Protective Equipment
Vapors, gases, and particulates from hazardous substance response activities place response personnel at risk. For this reason, response personnel must wear appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment whenever they are near the site. The more that is known about the hazards at a release site, the easier it becomes to select personal protective equipment. There are basically four levels of personal protective equipment
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CAMEOfm
Home page to download the program. EPA/NOAA. CAMEOfm is a database application where you can keep track of information (such as chemical inventories and contact information for facilities in your community) to assist in emergency response and planning. It contains basic facility identification information, employee contact information, and information such as storage amounts, storage conditions, and locations for chemicals stored or used at the facility.
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CHEMM - What Kind of Emergency?
Gives guidelines on how to prepare and respond to different incidents: public, terrorist, transportation, industrial, or discovering an event.
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Coping with an attack: A quick guide to dealing with biological, chemical and "dirty bomb" attacks
Overview describing threat, immediate action, symptoms, treatment (if exposed), and contagion to certain biological, chemical, and dirty bomb attacks.
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Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents (MHMIs)
The MHMI series is a three volume set (with a video) comprised of recommendations for on-scene (pre-hospital), and hospital medical management of patients exposed during a hazardous materials incident.
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Recognition and management of pesticide poisonings (6th ed.) (EPA 735K13001)
The Recognition and Management of Pesticide Poisonings, 6th Edition provides clinicians with the tools to conduct environmental and occupational exposure screenings for patients with suspected pesticide-related illnesses or injuries, to report pesticide exposures to appropriate agencies, and provides access to the most up-to-date pesticide information and resources. This manual was developed under a cooperative agreement between the EPA and the Medical University of South Carolina, and as such, reflects the views of the authors and not the EPA.
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Guidance on Emergency Responder Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Response to CBRN Terrorism Incidents
This guidance document provides local, State and Federal emergency response entities with comparison information on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration/ Environmental Protection Agency (OSHA/EPA) Protection Levels A, B, and C to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) adopted Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) performance based standards for response to terrorism incidents involving Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) hazards.
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Chemical Reactivity Worksheet
The CRW predicts possible hazards from mixing chemicals and is designed to be used by emergency responders and planners, as well as the chemical industry, to help prevent dangerous chemical incidents. The chemical database and reactivity prediction tool are also included in CAMEO Chemicals; however, the datasheets in the Chemical Reactivity Worksheet have been reduced to include primarily reactivity-related information, and the CRW allows you to add your own customized chemical datasheets to the database
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Methodology for Developing Chemical Exposure Guidelines for Deployed Military Personnel (Reference Document 230)
The U.S. Army Public Health Command (Provisional) Technical Guide 230 (TG 230) provides a standard tool to assess and characterize chemical exposures during deployments in a manner that is consistent with established joint military risk management doctrine. The USAPHC (Prov) TG 230 provides a range of military exposure guidelines (MEGs) that are toxicologically based chemical concentrations for various military exposure scenarios during deployments. The June 2010 Revision to this USAPHC (Prov) Reference Document (RD) 230 provides details associated with the methods, scientific rationale, and assumptions behind the MEGs presented in the June 2010 Revision to USAPHC (Prov) TG 230.
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Dermal Exposure Monitoring
This list compares the advantages and disadvantages of environmental monitoring and biological monitoring.
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Mapping Applications for Response, Planning, and Local Operational Tasks (MARPLOT)
MARPLOT is the mapping application. It allows users to "see" their data (e.g., roads, facilities, schools, response assets), display this information on computer maps, and print the information on area maps. The areas contaminated by potential or actual chemical release scenarios also can be overlaid on the maps to determine potential impacts. The maps are created from the U.S. Bureau of Census TIGER/Line files and can be manipulated quickly to show possible hazard areas.
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Casarett and Doull's toxicology: the basic science of poisons (8th ed.)
The world's leading and most authoritative textbook on poisons has more to offer students, toxicologists, and pharmacologists than ever before. Now in full color, and thoroughly revised, the eighth edition of Casarett & Doull's TOXICOLOGY: The Basic Science of Poisons not only delivers a comprehensive review of the essential components of toxicology, it offers the most up-to-date, revealing, and in-depth look at the systemic responses of toxic substance available anywhere. Combined with the latest thinking by the field's foremost scholars plus solid coverage of general principles, modes of action, and chemical-specific toxicity, this landmark text continues to set the standard for toxicology references.
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Dermal Exposure
Dermal exposures are addressed in specific standards for the general industry, shipyard employment, marine terminals, the construction industry, and identification, classification, and regulation of carcinogens.
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PAH Guidance Manual. Appendix G: Calculating Exposure Doses
This appendix addresses dose calculations for exposure to chemical substances, and not radiation or radionuclides. Many complex factors must be considered when estimating radiation doses, therefore, you should consult with a health physicist when radiation or radionuclides are a concern at a site.
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Evaluation Guidelines for Surface Sampling Methods
The following evaluation guidelines were developed to provide chemists with a uniform and practical means for evaluating surface sampling methods with regards to sampling media, sampling techniques, and sample preparation for analysis. These guidelines are intended to evaluate only the sampling and other procedures that differ from existing air sampling methods and are not intended to re-evaluate analytical procedures. Samples will be analyzed using procedures found in existing validated OSHA methods or other recognized and accepted analytical procedures. These guidelines specify required laboratory tests, statistical calculations, criteria for acceptance, and provide an outline for written reports. The overall goal of these guidelines is to provide surface sampling methods specifically suited to OSHA needs, whose credibility can be clearly defended with evaluation data.
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Pre-hospital management and medical intervention after a chemical attack
Chemical warfare agents are toxic weapons and emergency pre-hospital medical care providers should be well prepared, trained, and equipped to give response. Personnel need to be aware of the following medical issues regarding pre-hospital management of a chemical attack, event recognition, incident medical command and control, safety and protection, decontamination, isolation of the incident area (hot zone, warm zone, and cold zone), sampling and detection, psychological management, communication, triage, treatment, transportation, recovery activities and fatality management. During pre-hospital response, healthcare responders should provide self protection by wearing proper protective equipment and ensuring that the casualty is thoroughly decontaminated. Medical first responders are also responsible for performing triage in each zone of the incident area. Victims are triaged into four categories based on the need for medical care; immediate, delayed, minimal, and expectant. Finally, a medical emergency planning should be completed, and exercises conducted to test the system before an event occurs.
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Fire protection guide to hazardous materials (14th ed.)
Make informed decisions and save lives with the Fire Protection Guide to Hazardous Materials. Work safely with chemicals and respond effectively to fire, accidental releases, and other emergencies with the new Fire Protection Guide to Hazardous Materials. Get up-to-date facts on all types of chemicals, plus NFPA 30/OSHA classifications for flammable and combustible liquids. This Guide lets you reference the full texts of six NFPA documents: Hazardous chemicals data, Fire hazard properties of flammable liquids, gases, and volatile solids, Hazardous locations for liquids, gases and vapors including NEC groups, Hazardous chemical reactions, Hazards of materials for emergency response, including a new worksheet with completed examples of how to develop ratings.
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Surface Contamination
There is currently no surface contamination criteria or quantifications for skin absorption included in OSHA standards. However, some OSHA standards contain housekeeping provisions that address the issue of surface contamination. Exposures to various chemical components are addressed in specific standards for the general and construction industries.
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Chemical warfare agents: toxicology and treatment (2nd ed.)
This book provides a comprehensive review of chemical warfare agents, assessing all available evidence regarding the medical, technical and legal aspects of their use. It is an invaluable reference work for physicians, public health planners, regulators and any other professionals involved in this field.
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PHA Guidance Manual. Appendix F: Derivation of Comparison Values
Where adequate dose-response data exist, health guidelines are derived for both the ingestion or inhalation routes of exposure. Health guidelines include ATSDR's minimal risk levels (MRLs). No health guidelines have been developed by ATSDR for dermal exposures. Environmental guidelines are media-specific substance concentrations derived from health guidelines using default exposure assumptions. ATSDR environmental guidelines include environmental media evaluation guides (EMEGs), reference dose media evaluation guides (RMEGs), and cancer risk evaluation guides (CREGs) that are available for contact with substances in water, soil, and air. No environmental guidelines have been developed by ATSDR for contact with contaminants in food or biota.
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Chemical Protective Clothing Performance Index
Contains test data on 650 chemicals and mixtures with over 200 chemical protective clothing (CPC) models--gloves, suits, boots, visors, etc. Includes the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) numbering and naming system and contains results of permeation tests, including breakthrough times and variations in CPC performance.
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Jane's CBRN Response Handbook (4th ed.)
Janes CBRN Response Handbook combines that latest procedures and guidelines with detailed reference material to deliver a convenient guide that supports effective CBRN incident planning, control and management. An expansion of the highly popular Janes Chem-Bio Handbook the standard among first responders this manual has been developed in line with current best practices and is organized to facilitate usability in the field. Janes CBRN Response Handbook provides comprehensive single-source instruction for professional first responders and anyone involved in preparing for, responding to or managing a CBRN-related incident.
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Sittig's handbook of toxic and hazardous chemicals and carcinogens (6th ed.)
For more than a quarter century, "Sittig's Handbook of Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals and Carcinogens" has proven to be among the most reliable, easy-to-use and essential reference works on hazardous materials. Sittig's remains the lone comprehensive work providing a vast array of critical information on the 2,100 most heavily used, transported, and regulated chemical substances of both occupational and environmental concern. Information is the most vital resource anyone can have when dealing with potential hazardous substance accidents or acts of terror. Sittig's provides extensive data for each of the 2,100 chemicals in a uniform format, enabling fast and accurate decisions in any situation. The chemicals are presented alphabetically and classified as a carcinogen, hazardous substance, hazardous waste, or toxic pollutant. Sittig's Handbook is a globally recognized reference source, providing full listings of the 2,000 most common hazardous chemicals - making it the essential handbook for first-line response to chemical spills and day-to-day chemical plant reference.
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AOAC: Official methods of analysis (19th ed.) and supplements
The Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC INTERNATIONAL (OMA) is an international source of methods and voluntary consensus standards, with many countries and international organizations contributing their expertise. OMA is the most comprehensive and reliable collection of chemical and microbiological methods available in the world and are contained in many of the Codex food standards.
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Sax's dangerous properties of industrial materials (12th ed.)
Saxs contains extensive data on approximately 26,000 substances, including data on toxicological, flammability, reactivity, explosive potential, and regularity information. It also includes Immediately Dangerous Life or Health (IDLH) levels for approximately 1,000 chemicals, and it covers exposure-level classifications for a number of regulatory agencies. Literature references accompany the toxicity data for each record.
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Guidance Document on Dermal Absorption
A brief overview of dermal absorption is given, including information on factors that may influence dermal absorption. This document provides a stepwise approach for derivation of default values for dermal absorption, as well as guidance on how to conduct relevant dermal absorption studies and how to use the data from these studies. In addition, a tiered approach for occupational risk assessment is presented in which dermal absorption and exposure assessment are integrated. (Risk to humans (i.e. operators, workers, bystanders).
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Hayes' Handbook of Pesticide Toxicology
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NCEA Exposure Factors Handbook. Chapter 6-Dermal.
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Incident Commanders Checklist - Emergency Response
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Technical Support Document for Exposure Assessment and Stochastic Analysis: Dermal Exposure Assessment
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CG ICS Site Safety Plan (SSP) checklists
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Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Comprehensive, peer-reviewed toxicology data for about 5,000 chemicals.
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CRC Handbook of chemistry and physics (94th ed.)
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Poisindex
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Poisoning and drug overdose (6th ed.)
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CHEMM (Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management)
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TOXNET
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Haz-MAP
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Ashgate handbook of pesticides and agricultural chemicals
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Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare
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Biological monitoring: an introduction
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ICS Resource Center
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Management of terrorist events involving radioactive material (NCRP Report No. 138)
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Incident Command System
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CHEMM - Strategy for Developing a Community Chemical Response Plan
Strategy for developing a community chemical plan, focus on priorities, and which chemicals to prepare for.
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Registry of toxic effects of chemical substances, Vol 1 and 2
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The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals (15th ed.)
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Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health
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Guide to occupational exposure values
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Chemical protective clothing (2nd ed.)
Chemical Protective Clothing provides a comprehensive overview of the considerations necessary for implementation of a successful protective clothing and equipment program. The discussion emphasizes the prevention of chemical exposures and methods to reduce exposures to biological and physical hazards.
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Chemical warfare agents: toxicity at low levels
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Contact and occupational dermatology (3rd ed.)
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Ellenhorn's medical toxicology: diagnosis and treatment of human poisoning (2nd ed.)
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Goodman and Gilman's the pharmacological basis of therapeutics (12th ed.)
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Goldfrank's toxicologic emergencies (9th ed.)
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Physician's drug handbook (12th ed.)
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Kirk-Othmer encyclopedia of chemical technology, Vol 1 (4th ed.)
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Toxicology of the eye (4th ed.)
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AIHA 2011 emergency response planning guidelines and workplace environmental exposure level guides handbook
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Emergency action for chemical and biological warfare agents
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Handbook of environmental data on organic chemicals (5th ed.)
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Emergency Preparedness and Response
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OECD Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response
The objective of these Guiding Principles for Chemical Accident Prevention, Preparedness and Response is to provide guidance, applicable worldwide, to help stakeholders take appropriate actions to prevent accidents involving hazardous substances and to mitigate the adverse effects of accidents that do nevertheless occur. The five parts address: Prevention; Preparedness/Mitigation; Response; Follow-up to Incidents; Special Issues.
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Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose (4th ed.)
The fourth edition of Haddad and Winchester's Clinical Management of Poisoning and Drug Overdose is the most current, authoritative, and concise reference for information related to the clinical management of children and adults whose health has been effected or potentially effected by toxic agents, including drugs, environmental threats, and natural toxins. Presents a comprehensive treatment of poisoning through more than 100 chapters in 10 sections
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ULLMANN'S is built from generations of expertise. Since the first edition was published almost 100 years ago, ULLMANN'S has established itself internationally as the household name for industrial chemists and chemical engineers. Held in the highest regard as a source of reliable, authoritative, and valuable information. Generations of chemists across the world trust the insight and inexhaustible knowledge of ULLMANN'S, in both daily reference and for continuing professional development.
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The Pesticide Manual is compiled by the BCPC, so ensuring the provision of independent and impartial data, and internationally regarded as the preferred source of pesticide information. Entries include: Chemical structure, field of use and class; Nomenclature, including common, lUPAC and Chemical Abstract names, CAS RN, EC number and development code; Physical chemistry; Patent, history and manufacture; Mode of action, biochemistry, uses, formulation type, selected products and mixtures; Information on toxicological reviews and status under EU Regulation 1107/2009; Mammalian toxicology profiles; Ecotoxicology data covering birds, fish and bees; Environmental fate information for animals, plants, soil and the environment.
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Encyclopaedia of occupational health and safety
Developed through an extensive process of consultation with leading professionals and health and safety institutions worldwide, the Fourth Edition of this well-respected reference provides comprehensive, timely, and accurate coverage of the core and allied fields encompassing occupational health and safety. Aimed at the specialist and non-specialist alike such as lawyers, doctors, nurses, engineers, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, regulators, and other safety professionals, this compendium is organized and designed to provide the most critical information in an easy-to-use, easy-to-read format. It uses more than 1,000 illustrations, a new attractive layout, and provides up-to-date literature reviews. Indexes by subject, chemical name, and author last name make navigating through information quick and easy.
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Ashford's dictionary of industrial chemicals
Ashfords Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals is intended for anyone who works in the chemical industry or who has an interest in industrial chemicals. It covers plastics, resins, solvents, lubricants, pesticides, drugs, dyes, explosives, curing agents, plastic additives, and surfactants as well as the intermediates used in their manufacture.
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Unified Incident Command and Decision Support (UICDS)
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Catalog of teratogenic agents (13th ed.)
Now in its thirteenth edition and containing 115 new entries, Thomas H. Shepard's Catalog of Teratogenic Agents is the most comprehensive one-volume reference of its kind. Essential for geneticists, teratologists, and pharmacologists, it presents information on more than 3,200 teratogenic agents in a ready-reference format, covering pharmaceuticals, chemicals, environmental pollutants, food additives, household products, viruses, genes, and maternal conditions. These agents are listed alphabetically, and each entry briefly summarizes research procedures and results. A complete list of references is included for each agent.
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Chemical properties handbook: physical, thermodynamic, environmental, transport, safety and health related properties for organic and inorganic chemicals
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Air International Regulations for shippers of dangerous goods
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Hamilton & Hardy's Industrial Toxicology (5th ed.)
The purpose of this book is to provide an account by experienced clinicians of the clinical manifestations of occupational disease.
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This classic text provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of occupational and environmental medicine. The book offers accurate, current information on the history, causes, prevention, and treatment of a wide range of environmental and occupational diseases and includes numerous case studies.
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The CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics is a comprehensive one-volume reference resource for science research, currently in its 94th edition. It is sometimes nicknamed the 'Rubber Bible' or the 'Rubber Book', as CRC originally stood for "Chemical Rubber Company". As late as the 19621963 edition the Handbook contained myriad information for every branch of science and engineering. Sections in this edition includes; Mathematics, Properties and Physical Constraints, Chemical Tables, Properties of Matter, Heat, Hygrometric and Barometric Tables, Sound, Quantities and Units, and Miscellaneous. There are such prosaic subjects as; "Antidotes of Poisons", "Rules for Naming Organic Compounds", "Surface Tension of Fused Salts", "Percent Composition of Anti-Freeze Solutions", "Spark-gap Voltages", "Greek Alphabet", "Musical Scales", "Pigments and Dyes", "Comparison of Tons and Pounds", "Twist Drill and Steel Wire Gauges" and "Properties of the Earth's Atmosphere at Elevations up to 160 Kilometers". Later editions focus almost exclusively on Chemistry and Physics topics and eliminated much of the more "common" information.
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A comprehensive text, Principles of Clinical Toxicology, Fourth Edition elucidates the principles behind the management of the poisoned patient. The fourth edition features two new chapters: Household Products and Biological and Chemical Agents used in Terrorism and Warfare. It also contains updated material on anticholinergics, phenothiazines, and antidepressants as well as vitamins, herbal products, and nutritional supplements. It includes review questions and case studies based on actual events. This book also addresses contemporary issues such as street drugs, club drugs, and other drugs of abuse.
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Hazardous chemicals data book: 1986
The Second Edition of the Hazardous Chemicals Data Book supplies information on more than 1000 of the most important hazardous chemicals. The data given provides assistance to personnel involved with the handling of hazardous chemical materials and related accidents. A large quantity of pertinent data is given for each of the chemicals, which are arranged alphabetically.
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The official dictionary for cosmetic ingredients is the INCI system (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients) which has been established in the early 1970s by the Personal Care Products Council (former CTFA, Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association). Many countries, including the United States, Australia, Japan and the members of the European Union, require manufacturers of cosmetic ingredients to submit all new ingredients for registration in the INCI system.
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