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Green Chemistry Toxics Information Databases

Detailed data available on a range of chemical substances.

Selected Data Sources

Source Description
   
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Descriptive and quantitative information on human health effects that may result from exposure to various chemicals in the environment.
Toxnet: National Library of Medicine Databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry A federal public health agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that provides health information to prevent harmful exposures and diseases related to toxic substances.
Substitute it Now: International Chemical Secretariat Database containing substances with CMR (Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or Toxic to Reproduction) and PBT (Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic) properties.
eChemPortal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development eChemPortal gives access to data submitted to government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels.
International Agency for Research on Cancer Provides monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risk to humans.
Toxipedia: Institute of Neurotoxicology and Neurological Disorders

Toxipedia is the free toxicological encyclopedia written by experts and edited for accuracy.
Swedish Chemicals Agency Works in Sweden and in the EU to promote legislation and rules that contributes to achieving the environmental quality objective of ´A non-toxic environment´.

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