Links to external agencies and institutions working in the fields of environmental health, chemical incident response, and chemical and poisons research.

UK agencies and academic institutions

• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
• Chemical Hazards Communication Society
• Chemicals Regulation Directorate (Pesticides), Health and Safety Executive
• Emergency Planning College 
• Environment Agency
• Health and Safety Executive
• Imperial College, University of London
• Institute of Environment and Health, Cranfield University
• Kings College, University of London
• London Resilience
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• National Chemicals Emergency Centre (NCEC) 
• Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• University of Birmingham
• University of Newcastle
• UK Resilience

International organisations

• European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)  
• European Chemicals Industry Council  
• Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), World Health Organization
• International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) - Monograph Series
• International Association of Forensic Toxicologists ( TIAFT)
• International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS), World Health Organization
• International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS) - INCHEM Documents
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), CDC
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• US National Toxicity Programme
• US Toxnet

Journals

• British Medical Journal
• Environmental Health Perspectives

Other

• ChemBioFinder - Online chemical reference database
• MSDS Online - A source of chemical safety datasheets

 

 

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