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Public Databases Routinely Searched for Update Information
As part of developing screening-level Hazard Characterizations, EPA is conducting a targeted search of 'reliable sources' for information specifically relevant to characterizing hazards. EPA's focus on these specific sources is based on their being of high-quality, highly relevant to hazard characterization and publicly available. Furthermore, these sources typically provide information that is directly relevant to EPA's initial hazard assessment and often include critical reviews of the relevant information provided; and in the case of EPA documents, already follow established Agency guidance in those reviews.
| Providers/ Data Source | Description |
|---|---|
| National Library of Medicine Databases (Accessed through ChemID Plus) | http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/chemidheavy.jsp Searching on a chemical name or ID produces results that are linked to the following databases: |
| HSDB | Hazardous Substances Data Bank |
| IRIS | USEPA - Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS). Also directly accessible at: http://www.epa.gov/iris/search.htm#sub |
| PubMed | Biomedical Citations From PubMed |
| PubMed Toxicology | Toxicology Citations From PubMed |
| RTECS | Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances |
| TOXLINE | NLM TOXLINE on TOXNET |
| ATSDR MMGs | ATSDR Medical Management Guidelines |
| ATSDR PHSs | ATSDR Public Health Statements |
| ATSDR Tox Profiles | ATSDR Toxicological Profiles Also directly accessible at: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html#bookmark05 |
| ATSDR ToxFAQs | ATSDR ToxFAQS |
| EPA SRS | EPA Substance Registry System with links to Agency regulations & documents. Also directly accessible at: http://www.epa.gov/srs/ |
| NJ-HSFS | New Jersey Hazardous Substances Fact Sheets |
| NTP DBS | NTP Database Search. Also directly accessible at: http://ntp-apps.niehs.nih.gov/ntp_tox/index.cfm?fuseaction=ntpsearch.searchhome |
| NTPT | NTP Technical Reports |
| FIFRA | EPA Pesticide Active Ingredients |
| HPV | EPA High Production Volume Chemicals |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer Also directly accessible at: http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Classification/index.php |
| NJ | New Jersey Right-to-know Substances |
| NTPA | NTP Report on Carcinogens |
| TRI | USEPA Toxics Release Inventory Also directly accessible at: http://www.epa.gov/enviro/html/tris/tris_query.html |
| TSCAINV | USEPA Chemical Substances Inventory |
| STN Databases | Fee for Service Vendor http://stnweb.cas.org/ |
| REGISTRY | CAS REGISTRY (for locators to ID sources) |
| CA/CA Plus | Chemical Abstracts |
| MERCK | Merck Index Online |
| RTECS | Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances |
| Science Direct | http://www.sciencedirect.com/ |
| TSCATS | The Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submission Database http://www.syrres.com/esc/tscats.htm |
| USEPA - Office of Pesticide Programs | http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm http://www.epa.gov/opprd001/inerts/decisiondoc_a2k.html |
| USEPA - Ambient Water Quality Criteria Documents | http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/wqcriteria.html |
| USEPA - Drinking Water Standards Health Effects Support Documents | http://www.epa.gov/safewater/standards.html |
| USEPA - ECOTOX Database | http://www.epa.gov\ecotox |
| IPCS Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICADs) | http://www.inchem.org/pages/cicads.html |