Databases

A short list of databases on chemical characteristics, preferred products, undesirable materials and other databases

General Toxicity Databases

• Toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases on ToxNet
• ToxSeek is a database from the US National Library of Medicine that allows users to conduct simultaneous searches
• US OSHA and EPA developed the Occupational Chemical Database which compiles information from several government agencies.
• US EPA's National Center for Computational Toxicology created the ACToR (Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource) database for publicly available chemical toxicity data
• eChemPortal allows simultaneous searching of reports and datasets by chemical name and number and by chemical property. Data are organized and displayed by endpoint.
• The European chemical Substance Information System (ESIS) provides data on specific chemical groups (i.e. PBT), and regulatory information.
• PLuM (Public Library of Materials) was created by the Univ. of California Berkeley as a resource for finding authoritative information about known hazards of chemicals

Specific Toxicity Databases

• IARC Monographs on the evolution of Carcinogenic Risk to Humans.
• State of California Proposition 65 list - chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive/developmental toxicity.
• State of Washington Persistent Bioaccumulative Toxins List
• The Industrial Chemicals Known to Cause Neurotoxic Effects list. Some of the chemicals are also known to cause neuro-developmental disorders in children.

Preferred Products

• Products for surface cleaning tested for effectiveness by TURI's Surface Solutions Laboratory
• US National Library of Medicine Household Products Database links over 10,000 consumer brands to health effects listed in the MSDS
• Sustainable Hospitals Database of products alternatives to those that contain mercury, latex or PVC.
• The Stockholm Convention is a global treaty to reduce the release of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The UNEP POPs Database on Alternatives to specific chemicals
• Environment Canada's eco-labeling program provides a list of preferred products
• A Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) list from Safety Information Resources, Inc.

Undesirable Materials and Products

• Chemicals subject to reporting and planning under Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act
• Environmental Working Group created the Skin Deep Cosmetic Safety Database for cosmetics and personal care products
• ISTAS RISCTOX Database (in Spanish)
• A list of priority substances for substitution developed in Sweden - Substitute It Now List (SIN List)
• The Substitution Support Portal Database contains 29 lists of substances that are legally or voluntarily restricted or are recommended for restriction due to their hazards.
• Restrictions on the manufacture, placing on the market, and use of certain dangerous substances as part of the EU REACH directive
• ECHA Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern for authorisation
• Examples of household products and toxic ingredients from Canadian labor group

Other Databases

• U.S. Life Cycle Inventory Database provides accounting of energy and material flows associated with producing a material, component, or assembly in the U.S.
• The Domestic Substances List (DSL) of substances manufactured, used, sold in or imported into Canada in 1984-1986