Resources found: 13

Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia

It presents information on environmental contaminants, such as CAS number, classification, hazard, toxicity, genotoxicity, carcinogenicity, effects on developmental, reproductive and endocrine systems...
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Resource added in: 12/07/2001
Available languages: English
Environmental Pollutants, Toxic Substances, Hazardous Substances, Environmental Health, Toxicology, Reference Books, Enciclopédias [tipo de publicação]

Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents - CICADs

It presents executive summaries and/or full texts which contain hazard characterization and dose - response from exposure to chemicals (from Acrolein to Vanadium pentoxide and other inorganic vanadium...
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Resource added in: 27/04/2001
Available languages: English, Spanish, French
Chemical Compounds, Hazardous Substances/toxicity, Environmental Health, Toxicology, Reference Books, isco risco risco, Guia [tipo de publicação]

Classification of pesticides by hazard and guidelines to classification

It presents classification of pesticides according to their potential toxicity taking into account oral or dermal toxicity, which ever is higher, but also any irreversible effects that might be recogn...
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Resource added in: 27/04/2001
Available languages: English
Pesticides/classification, Pesticides/toxicity, Classification/methods, Hazardous Substances, Toxicology, Chemical Contamination, Reference Books, Guia [tipo de publicação]

Principles for the assessment of risks to human health from exposure to chemicals - Environmental Health Criteria 210

It provides critical reviews on the effect on human health and the environment of chemicals and of combinations of chemicals and physical and biological agents, and reviews studies that are of direct ...
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Resource added in: 27/04/2001
Available languages: English
Chemical Compound Exposure, Risk Assessment/methods, Hazardous Substances/adverse effects, Toxicology, Chemical Contamination, Reference Books, Guia [tipo de publicação]

Environmental health criteria 170: assessing human health risks of chemicals - derivation of guidance values for health-based exposure limits.

It presents information on guidance values, application of the toxicity data base to determine tolerable intakes, procedures for extrapolation from a toxicity data base to a tolerable intake, allocati...
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Resource added in: 12/03/2001
Available languages: English
Hazardous Substances/toxicity, Environmental Exposure, Toxicology, Reference Books, Guia [tipo de publicação]

WHO´s guidelines for drinking water quality

It presents tables which contain information related to the bacteriological quality of drinking water, and chemicals of health significance in drinking water (organic and inorganic constituents, and p...
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Resource added in: 19/07/2000
Available languages: English
Drinking Water, Water Quality, Water Pollution, Hazardous Substances, Reference Books, Guia [tipo de publicação]

Prevention guidelines: Final recommendations for protecting the health and safety against potential adverse effects of long-term exposure to low doses of agents - GA, BV, VX, Mustard agent (H, HD, Y), and Lewisite (L).

Agents GA, GB, VX, Mustard Agent (H, HD, T), and Lewisite (L) are now stored by the Department of Defense (DOD). Public Law 91-145 (50 U.S.C. 1521) mandates that all unitary (self-contained) lethal ch...
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Resource added in: 30/09/1999
Available languages: English
Toxicology, Chemical Compounds, Hazardous Substances, Chemical Compound Exposure, Chemical Warfare Agents, Hazardous Waste Disposal, Reference Books, Guia [tipo de publicação]

Prevention guidelines: Recommendations for protecting human health against potential adverse effects of long-term exposure to low doses of chemical warfare agents.

In 1985, Congress passed Pub. L. 99-145 (50 USC 1521), which mandates destruction of the present stockpile of selected chemical agents by September 30, 1994. The specific agents are listed. In the abs...
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Resource added in: 30/09/1999
Available languages: English
Toxicology, Chemical Compounds, Hazardous Substances, Chemical Warfare Agents, Chemical Compound Exposure, Hazardous Waste Disposal, Reference Books, Guia [tipo de publicação]

NIOSH pocket guide to chemical hazards.

This Guide is intended as a source of general industrial hygiene information for workers,employers, and occupational health professionals, and presents key information and data in abbreviated tabular ...
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Resource added in: 24/09/1999
Available languages: English
Toxicology, Occupational Health, Occupational Risks, Hazardous Substances, Chemical Compounds, Chemical Contamination, Reference Books, Guia [tipo de publicação]

How to handle contaminated clothing and rags.

It presents useful measures to handle and wash light to moderate or completely saturated pesticide-contaminated clothing and rags.
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Resource added in: 21/07/1999
Available languages: English
Toxicology, Equipment Contamination/prevention & control, Security Measures, Pesticides, Pesticide Exposure, Toxic Substances, Hazardous Substances, Protective Clothing, Contaminant Removal, Reference Books, ]cação]cação]cação]cação]