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Acids (top)

Frequently Asked Questions:   Proper Acid Storage, Arizona State University, Risk Management Laboratory Safety Update Newsletter

Neutralizations of Spent Acids and Bases, Appendix D of the Oklahoma State University Laboratory Safety Manual

Acutely Toxic/High Acute Toxicity/ Extremely Toxic (top)

What is an LD50 and LC50?, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety.  This resource also provides information on other measures of toxicity as well as on the two most common toxicity scales.

US EPA Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) Chemical Profiles and Emergency First Aid Guides

Recommended Operating Procedures for Acutely Toxic Gases, Rochester University,  Industrial Hygiene

Standard Operating Procedures:  Acutely Toxic Chemicals, Ohio State University, College of Biological Sciences Safety Page

Materials with High Acute Toxicity, Princeton University Laboratory Safety Manual

Control Procedures for Particularly Hazardous Substances, Lawrence Berkley National Laboratories

Acrylamide (top)

Safe Operating Procedure:  Acrylamide, University of Nebraska, Environmental Health and Safety, December 2005

Beryllium (top)

Beryllium Subject Matter, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Safety and Health Services,

Carcinogens (top)

Carcinogens Table, DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory. This table is frequently updated.

Using Carcinogens,  Brookhaven National Laboratory, Safety and Health Services

The Ohio State University Office of Environmental Health and Safety has compiled a list of categorizing classes of carcinogenic compounds

National Toxicology Program Report on Carcinogens

Lists of IARC Evaluations

The OSHA Lab Standard, "Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories - 1910.450 has definitions of select carcinogens and hazardous chemical.

CERCLA (top)

ATSDR Minimum Risk Levels for Hazardous Substances

Compatiblity Tables (top)

Chemical Compatibility Guide, California State University, Sacramento, College of Engineering and Computer Science

Chemical Compatibility Information, Michigan State University, Office of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Safety

Controlled Substances (top)

DEA List of Controlled Substances and Exempted Lists

Emphasizing the "Control" in controlled substances. StefanWawzyniecki,   Chemical Health and Safety Volume 11, Issue 4, July-August 2004, Pages 6-9

Drug Enforcement Agency, Controlled Substances Act

Section 812 of the Controlled Substances Act,  categorizing Controlled Substances

Cresylic Acid (top)

Toxic tips: Cresylic acid, William E. Luttrell, Chemical Health and Safety Volume 11, Issue 4,  July-August 2004, Pages 34-35

Cryogens (top)

Procedure for the Safe Handling and Use of Cryogens Fact Sheet #28, Northeastern University

UNH Guide To Shipping With Dry Ice, University of New Hampshire, Office of Environmental Health and Safety, October 2005

Liquid Nitrogen Awareness Training, University of Maryland, Environmental Safety

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories,  Health and Safety Manual:  Cryogens

Cryogenic Liquids and Their Hazards, Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health

Drugs (top)

Recommendations for the Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs, NIH Division of Safety

Explosive Chemicals (top)

UC-Berkeley, Guidelines for Explosive and Potentially Explosive Chemicals:  Safe Storage and Handling

Perchloric Acid Sampling and Analysis Procedure, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Safety and Health Services Division.   This document describes a field procedure for taking and analyzing wipe samples from surfaces potentially contaminated with perchlorates and perchloric acid.

Formaldehyde (top)

About the OSHA Formaldehyde Standard, Kodak

OSHA Standard 1910.1048, Formaldehyde.

• App A, Substance technical guidelines for formalin.
• App B, Sampling strategy and analytical methods for formaldehyde.
• App C, Medical surveillance - Formaldehyde.
• App D, Non-mandatory medical disease questionnaire.
• App E, Qualitative and quantitative fit testing procedures.

OSHA Formaldehyde Information

National Cancer Institute, Cancer Facts:  Formaldehyde

Program Content Examples (top)

UC-Davis Safetynet #1, Guidelines for the Safe Use of Formaldehyde

Wake Forest University, School of Medicine, Formaldehyde Control Plan

Formaldehyde Data Collection Form, Cornell

Formaldehyde Program, Virginia Commonwealth University

Gases, Compressed (top)

Design and Safety Handbook, Scott Specialty Gases

Scott Specialty Gases has many safety resources including Technical Help Desk, which  has lots of "frequently asked questions" about topics such as how to fix regulator leaks, compatibility charts, etc

Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety Online Module and Quiz from the Oklahoma State Univesity, EHS Department

Compressed Gas Association

OSHA information on Compressed Gas and Equipment

Compressed Gases, Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health

Gases, Toxic (top)

Design and Safety Handbook, Scott Specialty Gases

Technical Help Desk, Scott Specialty Gases, This site has lots of "frequently asked questions" about topics such as how to fix regulator leaks, compatibility charts, etc.

Hydrofluoric Acid Incidents

Hydrogen Fluoride, Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations

UC-Berkeley, Toxic Gas Program and factsheet

Recommended Operating Procedures for Acutely Toxic Gases, Rochester University,  Industrial Hygiene

Glossary of Terms used in Material Safety Data Sheets (top)

Glossary of MSDS terms

Material Safety Data Sheet Info and Glossary   Canadian Centre For Occupational Safety and Health

Hydrofluoric Acid (top)

UMDNJ SOP:  Hydrofluoric Acid

Hydrofluoric Acid, Chemical Safety Information, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

HF Information, from Honeywll, the world's largest producer of Hydrofluoric acid

Hydrofluoric Acid Incidents

Hydrogen Fluoride, Chemical Safety Information from Intergovernmental Organizations

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) and Other Chemical Safety  information (top)

Material Safety Data Sheets

Interactive Learning Paradigms Incorporated has an extensive list of MSDS sites

Vermont SIRI MSDS Collection A huge material safety data sheet collection, with a searchable database for both products and chemicals.

Cornell University,   There are over 325,000 MSDS's in this collection.

Eastman Kodak

Fisher Scientific MSDS (see instructions below)

From the Fisher Scientific homepage, go to "product search" which is in the middle of the left column.  Enter the name of the chemical or product you are interested in.  A list of chemicals/products will pop up.   When you select the chemical/product you are interested in you will be able to click on a green and brown box which says "MSDS."

Also,  Fisher's fax on demand system lets you request material safety data sheets  and have them sent to your fax machine, 24 hours per day, 7 days a week.

1. Call 1-201-703-3165
Just listen to the recorded message and follow the directions.

2. Have the following information available
The product catalog number.
Your fax number.

3. Enter information
Follow the instructions and enter your request using your touch-tone telephone—enter letters by pressing the corresponding number on your telephone keypad.

4. Receive your MSDS(s)
Your MSDS(s) will be faxed promptly to the number you entered in Step 3—usually within 30 minutes. If your fax line is busy, our system will redial repeatedly and only terminate the transmission if it cannot get through in those attempts. If you don't receive a response within 30 minutes, place your request again.

MSDSs for other chemicals
You can obtain MSDSs for products from AccuStandard, Cruachem, EM Science, LabChem, Mallinckrodt, Promega, SPEX Certiprep, and Ultra Scientific, and for Fisher OPTIMA and TraceMetal acids by calling your Fisher Customer Service Center.

EMD Chemicals

JT Baker / Mallinckrodt

NTP Chemical Health and Safety Data

Matheson Tri-Gas

Roche Applied Sciences

Scott Specialty Gases

Sigma - Aldrich MSDS (see instructions below)

To obtain an MSDS online you will need to register and sign in first.   You can register or log in from the gray band at the top of the page where it says "Login/eProfile."

Then, at the very top right of the Sigma homepage, click where it says, "Click for Search Center."  First get the product number and brand.  Then scroll to the bottom of the page to get the material safety data sheet.  You can print out the document or save it to your computer as a PDF file.   (Instructions updated September 2003)

Promega

VWR Science "MSDS Search" is on the top blue band.

NIH Safety Data Sheets

New Jersey Right To Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets (HSFS) HSFS describe the hazards of individual substances, in non-technical language.

ToxFacts from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry  ToxFacts is a series of summaries about hazardous substances being developed by the ATSDR Division of Toxicology.

Air Products and Chemicals Chemicals MSDS Library

Other Chemical Safety Resources (top)

Chemfinder

NTP Chemical Health and Safety Data

Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety

NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards

New Jersey Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets (HSFS) HSFS describe the hazards of individual substances, in non-technical language.

ToxFacts from the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry  ToxFacts is a series of summaries about hazardous substances being developed by the ATSDR Division of Toxicology.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries,   These are similar to material safety data sheets, but are specifically geared to laboratory use of chemicals.

EPA Integrated Risk Information Service (IRIS)

International Chemical Safety Cards produced by the World Health Organization

FEMA Hazardous Materials Guide, a HazMat Guide for First Responders,

Medical Surveillance (top)

OSHA Standards Requiring Medical Surveillance, East Carolina University, Office of Environmental Health and Safety

Mercury & Organic Mercury Compounds(top)

NIH Mercury Free Campaign

Toxicity Summary for Methyl Mercury, ORNL Risk Assessment Information System

Working With Mercury In the Laboratory , Interactive Learning Paradigms Incorporated

Mercury Spill Clean-up Procedures, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Department of Environmental Health, Safety & Risk Management

Methylene Chloride (top)

Methylene Chloride and OSHA, East Carolina University, Office of Environmental Health and Safety

NFPA Designation (top)

Chemicals with a "4" Rating by NFPA 49.  Scroll down the page to access the list.

NFPA Chemical Hazard Labels, posted by Michigan State University Office of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Safety, has ratings of many laboratory chemicals.

Oxidizers (top)

Safety Guide 6-3, Safety Procedures in Using Oxidizers, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory

Oxidizing Liquids and Solids, Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health

Osmium Tetroxide (top)

Standard Operating Procedure for Osmium Tetroxide, Wake Forest University, October 2002

How To Handle Osmium Tetroxide, UCSD Blink, March 2004

International Chemical Safety Card:  Osmium Tetroxide

UMDNJ SOP:   Osmium Tetroxide, April 2004

Perchloric Acid (top)

Safe Use of Perchloric Acid, Michigan State University ORCBS

Chemical Safety Factsheet #2:  Safe Storage and Use of Perchloric Acid, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Division of Environmental Health and Safety

Perchloric Acid Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1995

See incident, Build-up of Dangerous Perchloric Acid Salts Due to Lack of Hood Preventive Maintenance Program

Perchloric Acid Sampling and Analysis Procedure, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Safety and Health Services Division.   This document describes a field procedure for taking and analyzing wipe samples from surfaces potentially contaminated with perchlorates and perchloric acid.

Excerpt on Perchloric Acid from CRC Handbook of Laboratory Safety. 4th Edition, 1995 by CRC Press LLC,

Excerpt about Perchloric Acid from NFPA 45, Standard on Fire Protection for Laboratories using Chemicals.

Permissible Exposure Limits(top

OSHA 1910.1000, Table Z-1 contains permissible exposure limits for various substances. The Permissible Exposure Limits Safety and Health Topics page contains additional information.

Peroxides(top)

Organic Peroxides, Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health

Management of time-sensitive chemicals (II): Their identification, chemistry and management , Jim Bailey, David Blair, Lydia Boada-Clista, Dan Marsick, David Quigley, Fred Simmons and Helena Whyte, Chemical Health and Safety Volume 11, Issue 6, November-December 2004, Pages 17-24

Photographic Processing Hazards (top)

Photographic Processing Hazards, by Michael McCann, Ph.D., CIH, adapted for University of California San Diego

Piranha (sulfurnic acid/hydrogen peroxide)    (top)

Piranha Solutions, Princeton University Laboratory Safety Manual, Section 10

Standard Operating Procedure for Paranha Solutions, University of Maryland, Department of  Material Sciences and Engineering, Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing

Potent Compunds/Pharmaceuticals    (top)

OSHA Technical Bulletin:  Potential Health Hazards Associated with the Process of  Compounding Medications from Pharmaceutical Grade Ingredients.

Hazard Alert: Compounding with Hazardous and/or Potent Pharmaceuticals, International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists