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RTECS, Reght of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances, VoL 2, NIOSH, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1981—1982, entry OA7700000, p. 595, and RQ8225000, p. 930 also available on CD-ROM through Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1992. 

Chemical Evaluation Search and Retrieval System (CESHRS), CCinfo CD ROM A2, Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, Ontario, Canada, 1994. 

The CESARS database contains comprehensive environmental and health information on chemicals. It provides detailed descriptions of chemical toxicity to humans, mammals, aquatic and plant life, as well as data on physical chemical properties, and environmental fate and persistence. Each record consists of chemical identification information and provides descriptive data on up to 23 topic areas, ranging from chemical properties to toxicity to environmental transport and fate. Records are in English. Available online through CCINFOline from the Canadian Centre For Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) and Chemical Information System (CIS) on CD-ROM through CCIN-FOdisc. 

Bello S, Halton DM. 1985. Occupational chemical exposures and the heart. Hamilton, Ontario Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. CCOHS Publication No. P85-5E. NIOSH-00175455. 

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCINFO). This set of four CD-ROM disks contains several valuable data bases of information that are updated on a quarterly basis MSDS, CHEM Data, OHS Source, and OHS Data. The MSDS component currently contains over 60,000 MSDS supplied by chemical manufacturers and distributors. It also contains several other data bases [RIPP, RIPA, Pest Management Research Information System (PRIS)], one of which (PRIS) even includes information on pest management products, including their presence and allowable limits in food. 

The IPCS INCHEM was produced through cooperation between the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), and directly responds to one of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS) priority actions to consolidate current, internationally peer-reviewed chemical safety-related publications and database records from international bodies, for public access (IPCS INCHEM 2007). 

The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) publishes a web page for comprehensive discussion of guidelines for occupational exposure to UV light and safe practices at http //www.ccohs.ca/osha answers/phys agents/ultraviolet radiation.html. 

This collection of several CD-ROM products provides a wealth of legislative, regulatory, handbook, directory, numeric, and bibliographic information focusing on occupational health, workplace safety, environmental hazards, regulatory information, and safety topics. There are 12 titles currently available. International in scope. Vendor Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Environmental/Safety Library ... 

Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Website http //www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/whmis/index.htm Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, MSDS http //ccinfoweb.ccohs.ca/msds/search.html (payment req d )... 

Produced by the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, containing descriptive, health and precautionary data on pore chemicals, natural substances and chemical mixtures resulting from or used in industrial processes. 

The translations produced by the HSE Information Service are included in HSELINE, HSE s publicly available database. In addition HSELINE contains references to translations which have been acquired from other organizations, such as the US National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOSH) and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS). HSE issues free of charge a quarterly Translation Bulletin listing all the new translations which are available for sale. The translations are priced at a firaction of the original. Anyone wishing to receive the free Translation Bulletin should wrote to HSE Information Service, Languages Unit, Harper Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, England (see also chapter by Cowie and Richardson). 

Cheminfo." Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. http //intox.org/databank/documents/chemical/calcoxid/ cien. htm (accessed on September 27, 2005). 

Table 1, compiled predominately from the Jieg/.rtry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances database [Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), 2004], summarizes some LDjqs for various compounds and species exposed via different routes, with the most. sensitive (lowest LDjo) species and route listed accordingly. The LD50, of course, depends on the compound in question, as is illustrated for rats exposed orally to 10 different compounds. It is generally accepted that birds are extremely... 

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