IChemE Safety and Loss Prevention Subject Group Links Page

These pages do not include links to commercial organizations providing safety equipment or services as such.
They do include pages on commercial sites which contain generally useful information, and which do not require payment or registration.
I would be pleased to be advised of any new sites which should be included, and any links which need updating.
All sites have been viewed by me, Martin Pitt.

Chemicals: properties, hazards

(US) Chemicals: directory with basic data and safety data sheets

(UK) Materials Safety Data Sheets at the University of Oxford

(US) MSDS-Search an national repository of manufacturers MSDS

Materials Safety Data Sheets - where to find them on the web. An extensive list with comments

(US) EPA Materials Safety Data Sheets

Chemicals and Materials safety information from the Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety

Chemical Classification for Compatible Storage and explanations of terms

Chemical Hazards Response Information System (CHRIS) classic guide to incompatibility by US Coastguard now an online database and charts

Chemical Reaction Hazards and the Risk of Thermal Runaway HSE (UK) 1997

Chemical Reactivity Worksheet downloadable free software: 4000 chemicals and what happens if you mix them

Chemical Reactivity Safety new site by the US Department of Labor

Ethylene Oxide Users' Guide 2nd edition 1999 good advice and illustrations of what can go wrong

Explosion Hazards Database test data for chemicals

HarsNet Hazard assessment of highly reactive systems thematic network: good number of links

Hazardous Chemical Database at University of Akron

Hazardous Materials and Safety: guide to reference sources

Hazardous Substances Fact Sheets in English and Spanish by the state of New Jersey

HazDat database of toxic effects by the (US) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Inchem Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations
includes CICADs Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents for various substances
International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC) on Inchem Site

Incompatibility of Common Laboratory Chemicals what not to mix with what

Industrial Chemicals and Terrorism human health threat, analysis, mitigation and prevention 1999

Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) US EPA database on chemical hazards

International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS) jointly by WHO, ILO, UNEP

International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC) by the ILO

Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries from the (US) Prudent Practices in the Laboratory 1995

NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards this classic book now fully on the Internet

Toxic Chemicals structured set of links from chemistry.about.com

ToxFAQs toxicological profiles for chemicals found on waste sites

Assessing Human Health Risks of Chemicals IPCS (1994)

Principles for the assessment of risks to human health from exposure to chemicals IPCS (1999)

General Scientific Principles of Chemical Safety IPCS Training Module 4 (2000)

Hazardous Chemicals in Human and Environmental Health a resource book for school, college and university students WHO IPCS (2000)

Reactive Material Hazards: what you need to know  by the Center for Chemical Process Safety (2001) pdf file


This page maintained by Martin Pitt, e-mail: M.J.Pitt@sheffield.ac.uk    Last updated 15 March 2004

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