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Acids (top)

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

Acutely Toxic/High Acute Toxicity (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 - 1910.1450 has definitions of select carcinogens and hazardous chemical.

CERCLA (top)

ATSDR Minimum Risk Levels for Hazardous Substances

Compatiblity Tables (top)

EPA's Chemical Compatiblity Chart: A Method for Determining the Compatibility of Chemical Mixtures, US EPA

General Chemical Storage Compatability, NIH Office of Research Facilities

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

Control Banding (top)

Control Banding, Canadian Center for Occupational Health and Safety

Frequently Asked Questions about Control Banding, NIOSH

Controlled Sunces (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, Northeastern University

UNH Guide To Shipping With Dry Ice, University of New Hampshire, Office of Environmental Health and Safety, April 2007

Safe Handling and use of Liquid Nitrogen, University of Wisconsin Madison

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

Perchlorate and 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, February, 2009

Formaldehyde (top)

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

Design and Safety Handbook, Scott Specialty Gases, 206 ed, available for download or printed copy

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

Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries (LCSS) (top)

Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries, The LCSSs are listed in Appendix B of Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposal of Chemicals, National Academy of Sciences, 1995. (This publication is being revised and it is likely that some of the LCSSs will also be revised. )

The LCSSs provide concise critical discussions of the toxicity, flammability, reactivity, and explosibility of 88 chemicals commonly used in scientific research laboratories. Directions for handling, storage, and disposal and special instructions for first aid and emergency response are given. Since many of these 88 chemicals are representative of a class of potentially hazardous compounds, the LCSSs can also be used as guides to handling many other compounds with related chemical structures. Unlike most Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), the LCSSs are designed especially for laboratory workers. Links to the LCSSs are provided by UMDNJ.

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.

Eastman Kodak

Fisher Scientific MSDS

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.

Division of Occupational Healthand Safety, Safety Data Sheets, NIH

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)

A Guide to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS), US OSHA, The GHS is a United Nations system for standardizing and harmonizing the classification and labeling of chemicals. Full official text of the HGS system

Chemfinder

Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries

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

Guidelines for Medical Surveillance of Laboratory Personnel Working with SARS-CoV, CDC

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 Factsheet, University of Maryland, Department of Envrionmental Safety

The Methylene Chloride Standard, Lab Safety Supply EZ Facts, Document 173

Nanotechnology (top)

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)

Oxidizaing Materials, Texas A&M University, College of Science

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)

A Simple Qualitative Detection Test for Perchlorate Contamination in Hoods, Michigan State University, ORCBS

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

Perchlorate and 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, February, 2009

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