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From: Richard Clapp <rclapp@igc.apc.org>
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Date: 29 Jun 93 11:24 PDT
Subject: Re: pesticide info
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0N-LINE DATA BASES FOR PESTICIDES


We have two suggestions:

1.  Hazardous Substances Data Base (HSDB)

2.  National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS)

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The Hazardous Substances Data Base (HSDB) is one of the databases
in TOXNET, operated by the National Library of Medicine.  It is a
factual, non-bibliographic databank focusing upon the toxicology
of potentially hazardous chemicals.  Data is derived from a core
set of standard texts and monographs, government documents,
technical reports and the primary journal literature.  It contains
complete references for all data sources utilized.  The file is
fully peer reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel.

An HSDB unit record contains information on substance
identification, manufacturing and use, chemical and physical
properties, safety and handling, toxicity/biomedical effects,
pharmacology, environmental fate/exposure potential, exposure
standards and regulation, monitoring and analysis methods, and
additional references.

Other on-line databases in TOXNET are:

CCRIS      Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System

DART       Development and Reproductive Toxicology

DBIR       Directory of Biotechnology Information Resources

EMIC       Environmental Mutagen Information Center

EMICBACK   Environmental Mutagen Information Center Backfile

ETICBACK   Environmental Teratology Information Backfile

GENE-TOX   Genetic Toxicology

IRIS       Integrated Risk Information System

RTECS      Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances

TRI        Toxic chemical Release Inventory

TRIFACTS   TRI FACT sheets

ATSDR      Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

	   Toxicological Profiles


For information on National Library of Medicine programs and
services contact the Office of Public Information at (301)
496-6308.

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The National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS)
located at Purdue University, is supported by the US Dept. of
Agriculture, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and 36 state
regulatory agencies.  It provides key characteristics and other
data for pesticides registered with federal and state agencies.
NPIRS was developed to serve as a single, current source of
pesticide information for use by state and federal regulatory
personnel and pesticide-associated firms, consultants and
educational facilities.  It covers more than 60,000 pesticide
products.

It provides access to the following:

1.  Federal (EPA) Product Data Base

2.  State Product Data Base

3.  the Tolerance Index

4.  Report from OPP (EPA Office of Pesticide Programs)

5.  EPA Fact Sheets

6.  Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

7.  Pesticide Document Management System (PDMS)

8.  Registration Standards Data Tables

System information is also made available on CD-ROM as PEST-BANK,
which contains approximately 45,000 records dating form 1947 to
the present and is updated quarterly.

Contact: (317) 494-6616

National Pesticide Information Retrieval System (NPIRS)

Purdue University

1231 Cumberland Ave., Suite A

West Lafayette, IN  47906-1317

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Mary A. Firestone     E-mail (EcoNet): rclapp@apc.igc.org

JSI Center for Environmental Health Studies

210 Lincoln Street

Boston, MA  02111     Voice: (617) 482-9485; FAX: (617) 482-0617



