Checklists and Databases
Databases that support alternatives assessment are useful lists of preferred materials or products -- or undesirable ones. Here are some of the best examples.
Preferred Materials
- Environmental Indicators used at the Surface Solutions Laboratory
Preferred Products
- A list of products for surface cleaning, tested for effectiveness and organized by contaminant to be removed, from the Surface Solutions Laboratory
- The Sustainable Hospitals Database of products alternatives to those that contain mercury, latex or PVC, or
- The UNEP POPs Database on Alternatives to Aldrin, Chlorodane, DDT, Dieldrin, Endrin, Heptachlor, Hexachlorobenzene, Mirex, PCB, PCDD, PCDFs and Toxaphene
- Environment Canada's ecolabeling program list of products
Undesirable Materials
- Chemicals subject ot reporting and planning requirements under the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act
- Some examples of household products and toxic ingredients from the Labour Environmental Alliance Society in Vancouver.
- A Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) list from Safety Information Resources, Inc.
Useful Lists
- Summary of client testing from the Surface Solutions Laboratory.
- The TURI Community Website list of sources of toxics information.
- P2Gems, the TURI select database of links to websites offering information about technologies or emerging technologies or technology change tools that support pollution prevention.
- The TURI library has an online catalog, a bibliographic list of its holdings.