Links to Databases
TOXNET – Toxicology Data Network
TOXNET details a cluster of databases on toxicology, environmental health, and chemical databases and other information resources from the Toxicology and Environmental Health Information Program, the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health.
IPCS INCHEM – International Programme on Chemical Safety
A means of 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.
ICSCs – International Chemical Safety Cards
ICSCs summarise essential health and safety information on chemicals for their use at the “shop floor” level by workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction and other work places.
LEGOSH – ILO Global Database on Occupational Safety and Health Legislation
Consists of references to more than 3500 (as of 2001) laws, regulations and international legal instruments dealing with OSH matters in over 100 countries and international organisations.
PubMed
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals.