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Production Volume Chemicals<br />
11 Web Database of In<strong>for</strong>mation on Computerised Tools <strong>for</strong><br />
Predicting Health and Environmental Effects<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation and collected data<br />
under various projects by<br />
international and regional<br />
organizations to developing<br />
countries. IUCLID database<br />
establishment.<br />
This searchable database includes<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation on models<br />
(computerised or capable of being<br />
computerised) that are used by<br />
governments and industry to<br />
predict health or environmental<br />
effects exposure and risks.<br />
National Institute <strong>for</strong> Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) - www.cdc.gov/niosh<br />
The NIOSH Web site features many different types of databases and in<strong>for</strong>mation resources. They are categorized<br />
here by Chemical; Injury, Illness & Hazards Data and In<strong>for</strong>mation; Publications; Respirators and other Personal<br />
Protective Equipment; Agriculture; and Construction. The most popular databases include the International<br />
Chemical Safety Cards, NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards, and NIOSHTIC-2. Some of the major<br />
databases related to Chemical Safety are given in the below table.<br />
Sl No Database Scope<br />
1 Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) Provides the immediately dangerous<br />
to life or health air concentration<br />
values (IDLHs) <strong>for</strong> substances and<br />
the criteria and in<strong>for</strong>mation sources<br />
that have been used to determine<br />
these values<br />
2 International Chemical Safety Cards (WHO/IPCS/ILO) ICSC cards summarize essential<br />
health and safety in<strong>for</strong>mation on<br />
chemicals <strong>for</strong> their use at the "shop<br />
floor" level by workers and<br />
employers in factories, agriculture,<br />
construction and other work places.<br />
3 Manual of Analytical Methods (NMAM) NMAM is a collection of methods <strong>for</strong><br />
sampling and analysis of<br />
contaminants in workplace air, and in<br />
the blood and urine of workers who<br />
are occupationally exposed.<br />
4 NIOSH Pocket Guide To Chemical Hazards (NPG) The NPG is intended as a source of<br />
general industrial hygiene<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation on several hundred<br />
chemicals/classes <strong>for</strong> workers,<br />
employers, and occupational health<br />
professionals<br />
5 Occupational Safety and Health Guidelines <strong>for</strong> Chemical Hazards Summarizes in<strong>for</strong>mation on<br />
permissible exposure limits, chemical<br />
and physical properties, and health<br />
hazards. It provides<br />
recommendations <strong>for</strong> medical<br />
surveillance, respiratory protection,<br />
and personal protection and<br />
sanitation practices <strong>for</strong> specific<br />
chemicals that have Federal<br />
occupational safety and health<br />
regulations.<br />
6 OSHA 1988 Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) PELs are OSHA comments from the<br />
January 19, 1989 Final Rule on Air<br />
Contaminants Project extracted from<br />
54FR2332 et. seq. This rule was<br />
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