Full Table of Contents, Subjects on EHSO - Environment, Health and Safety

Full Table of Contents, Subjects on EHSO - Environment, Health and Safety

In alphabetical order by subject. Note: Pages designed for the general public are preceded by an asterisk - * - the other pages are more technical or regulatory pages of more interest to EHS professionals.

A

• * Aflatoxin (typically in peanut butter)
• * Acid Rain (overview, regs and publications)
  • *Effects of Acid Rain
• Acronyms for environmental health and safety issues
• Acronyms, terms and links to for Superfund, CERCLA and related agencies
• Air pollution
  • * Smog, Ozone and Air Pollution - guide and current local conditions
  • Free publications about air pollution and your health
• *Air regs, issues, guidance
  • *Clean Air Act overview
    • *The Clean Air Act in Plain English (EPA publication)
  • *Frequently asked questions about air pollution
  • Guidance Manuals and other free downloads
  • Fact sheets
  • CAA Operating Permits Guidance, Links & Downloads
  • Memos
  • State Agency contact information
  • Federal Register notices
  • CAA Operating Permit Forms
  • New Source Performance Standards (NSPS)
    and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)
  • Clean Air Act 112r requirements
  • All about AP-42 Air Emission Factors (Free software here)
• * Air - Indoor air quality
  • *Ozone generators - as air purifiers /filters
  • * HEPA filters - what are they , how to select one
  • *Sick building syndrome
  • * Alphabetized list of free guides and resources about indoor air quality issues
  • * Free Indoor Air Quality Publications from the EPA and Other Agencies
  • * Even More Free Indoor Air Quality Publications from the EPA and Other Agencies
  • * Free Indoor Air Quality Telephone Hotlines and Resources
• Allergy information
  • * Dust mites in your bedding
  • * Cockroaches and allergies
  • * Fungi and allergies
  • * Pollen Calendar A very useful website to tell you what is blooming when in your area! Works anywhere in the world.
  • * Allergy and allergen glossary If you can name the allergy, pollen or allergen, it, it is listed here
• *Alzheimer's Disease and aluminum
• Analytical
  • US EPA test methods index
• Animal Waste - issues, resources, links
• *Anthrax
  • *FAQs
  • *How to recognize suspicious packages
  • *Anthrax and children
  • *Protective equipment and respirators
• * Ants in the home and yard - and pesticides
• * Arsenic in foods - warnings about apple juice and rice
•  Asian murder hornets
• *Asbestos in the home - Overview Information, health effects, background
  • * Where Can I Find Asbestos And When Can It Be A Problem?
  • * How To Identify Materials That Contain Asbestos
  • * Asbestos Exposure: Questions and Answers
  • * What Should Be Done About Asbestos In The Home?
    includes:
    • How To Manage An Asbestos Problem
    • Asbestos Do's And Don'ts For The Homeowner
  • * In California: Asbestos in the home and Workplace in California - what to do
  • * Asbestos Professionals: Who Are They And What Can They Do?
    includes:
    • If You Hire A Professional Asbestos Inspector
    • Selecting a laboratory to analyze the samples
    • If You Hire A Corrective-Action Contractor
  • Laboratories Accredited to Analyze Samples for Asbestos
  • *Asbestos shingles on your house
  • * Asbestos-related diseases:: Overview of Mesothelioma and Asbestos
    • * Mesothelioma: Facts and Resources - symptoms, treatment, etc.
    • * Looking for a Mesothelioma lawyer?
  • *Asbestos regulations
  • *FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
  • *Asbestos resource links
• Asbestos Main Page, for EHS professionals
  • Quick summary of asbestos in the workplace - overview and requirements
  • Asbestos Federal Register notices
  • The 1970's and 1980's asbestos usage bans
  • Asbestos training materials
  • Laboratories Accredited to Analyze Samples for Asbestos
  • * Asbestos publications
  • Asbestos OSHA self-inspection list for companies (NOT for homes!)
  • Respiratory protection programs
• *Aspartame (NutraSweet), diet drinks and your health
• Assessments - environmental site assessments, Phase I and II's, compliance assessments, etc., and some excellent guides to download.
• *Asthma
  • *Asthma overview
  • *Asthma Question and Answer
  • *ASTHMA and its Environmental Triggers
  • * Asthma Resources and Research
• Auditing - Environmental auditing, state and EPA policies regarding audits.
• Automobiles
  • Choosing and Maintaining an Automobile - Environmental Factors and Information to Consider in Choosing Your Next Car or Operating Your Present Car (including fuel economy charts)
  • *Chronology of automobile emission reduction efforts in the U.S.
  • *Additional documents on emission standards for cars and light trucks
  • *Information on the Tier 2 standards
  • *Alternative Fuels for Automobiles
  • Environmental compliance information for the automobile service stations and repair shops
  • Automotive compliance guides and publications (free)
  • Environmental compliance information for the auto recyclers and junk yards
  • Safety issues in an auto shop: "Managing Worker Health and Safety: An Auto Refinish Shop Success Story"

B

• *Bacteria - disease
  • *Everything you'd ever want to know about bacteria
• Battery recycling and disposal
  • *for households, homes and individuals
  • *for businesses and governments
  • *Tips for better life of rechargeable batteries and FAQs
• Bedbugs - everything you need to know about these blood-sucking pests, and why you should take precautions now.
• Beef
  • *Mad Cow Disease
  • *Beef from cattle that are fed chicken manure
• Benzene in soft drinks - results from an FDA study.
• *Biosolids (sewage and sludge as fertilizer)
• *Bird Fever
• * Birth Weight (low) from living near a landfill
• * Bleach - using bleach to destroy bacteria and biotoxins
• Bottled drinking water
  • *Bottled water or Tap water? Which is safer?
  • *How to choose a bottled drinking water - a guide for your taste and safety
• * Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease)
• * Breast cancer
• Britain Environmental
  • Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
  • Health and safety resources, and the HSE
  • Free UK EHS publications

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C

• * Caffeine and health effects (on fertility, etc.)
• *Cancer (unusually high number of exposure in area)
  • *Cancer (the cancer gene)
  • *Cancer (relationship of cadmium to prostate cancer)
  • * List of cancer-causing compounds (carcinogens)
• *Candles - burning candles affects indoor air quality
• * Carcinogens - list of cancer-causing compounds - also see cancer above
• *Carpet Allergy
• Cell phones, Cancer and Brain Tumors
  • How do cell phones work
  • Cell phone SARs (Specific absorption rates)
  • How and Where to Recycle Your Old Cell Phone, Smart Phone, PDA and other Mobile Household Electronics
• *Cellular Communications Towers and Cancer
• CERCLA - Superfund
  • Brownfields
  • Contamination at industrial properties
  • Superfund site information
  • Community Right-to-Know - (EPCRA)
• Chemical Information - MSDS and data direct from chemical manufacturers - a super guide to manufacturer's MSDS sites.
  • Formaldehyde
  • *Chemical information (composition, properties, health and envi data) from OSHA
  • * Chemical pollution fact sheets on many chemicals
  • Chemical storage guidelines - complete guidelines to use in your school, lab or facility
• * Chemical Sensitivity also called MCS - Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
• *Children - issues affecting your children
  • *Resources to teach kids about the environment
  • * More resources from the EPA for kids and teachers
  • *Studies of the effects of pollution on children
  • * Effects of Indoor Air Pollution on Children
  • *Tips about lead exposure and children
  • *Teaching kids about Superfund and pollution
  • Teen Worker Rights
• Chemical wastes (see Hazardous Waste)
• Chemical Waste Management, Inc.
  • Are you a former WMI employee looking for your pension?
  • trying to locate other WMI alumni? Email us!
• Christmas trees: Which is better, real or fake?
• Christmas trees - natural, living, rooted trees and choose-and-cut tree farms
• Clean Air Act - see Air
• *Cleaning Products
• Climate Change (also see Global Warming)
  • What is climate change?
  • Theories:
    • Causes of climate change
    • Natural Causes of Climate Change
    • Greenhouse effect and Carbon Dioxide
    Research:
    • Evidence of climate change: the studies and data
    • Climate Change Data: Ice Core Sampling
    • Oceans impact on Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide
    • Natural processes removing carbon dioxide
    • An Ice Age is overdue
  • Indicators: How is climate change observed and measured
  • Impacts: How climate change affects our healthy, society and ecosystems
  • Conclusions
  • Crazy climate change predictions
  • What can we do about the changing climate?
    • Reducing Emissions
    • Adapting to Change
    • What You Can Do
  • More information: Free, downloadable publications from credible sources
  • Gas Stoves: Unhealthy, bad for the climate - or a tempest in a teapot?
  • References: Positions pro and con mankind-caused climate change
  • Climate change Glossary
• Clip art, photos and graphics (all free)
  • Clip Art - Free Graphics for safety training ***
  • Clip art and photos of environment and nature (NEW)
• Compact Fluorescent Lights - CFL's - How they work, advantages and disadvantages, mercury and health risks, cleanup and recycling
• Computers - household electronic waste
  • * Reducing household electronic waste
  • * Recycling Household electronics - where to go
  • * More about how and where to recycle household electronics (computers, tv's etc.)
• Contact lens safety: FDA's Investigation of Serious Eye Infections Associated With Soft Contact Lens Use and Contact Lens (April 10, 2006)
• Contingency planning and emergency response, also see Emergency response, below
• * Cosmetics and your health
• *Consumer Health Information
  • *Environmental disease clinics
• * Consumer protection
  • Internet scams and frauds
  • Identity theft
  • Report a scam
• *Consumer product safety information
  • *Consumer Product Labeling initiative - What does the label mean?
  • *Paint - epoxy, urea-formaldehyde, paint fumes, etc.
• * Cockroaches and allergies
• Cookware: What types of pots and pans are safest to cook in?
• Covid-19 - Coronavirus
  • OSHA COVID-19 Rules, Requirements, Enforcement, Employee Rights and more
  • OSHA Covid-19 Guidance
  • Policies Plans and Documentation for Businesses and Employers
  • Employees: screening and testing employees
  • OSHA COVID-19 Hazard Assessments (masks, ppe, sick employees, close contact, quarantine)
  • Engineering Controls, physical changes and ventilation
  • Cleaning and Disinfection, Hand Hygiene, etc.
  • best practices for restaurants
• *Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
• *Crimes - polluters
• *Cryptosporidiosis (in drinking water)

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D

• * Dams - are they worth the costs?
• DfE - Designing for the environmentDfE
• Publications - The DfE Publications page links to info on publications for each program area of DfE, to online documents, and to order info for available hard copies.
• DOL - Dept of Labor-Required Posters - download them here, free
  
• *Diet drinks, Aspartame (NutraSweet) and your health
• Disease
  • *Emerging new diseases
  • *Top 10 diseases that cause hospitalization (John's Hopkins)
  • *Infectious diseases information
• * Disasters
  • *Floods:
    • *What to do
  • *Earthquakes
    • *Historic quakes
    • *Risk map
  • *Tornados
    • *safe rooms
  • *Disaster scales: Richter, etc.
• Disease
  • Environmental causes of disease (both man-made and natural)
  • *Washing your hands to protect your health

• Dockets EPA (information related to the rulemaking process. A Docket is composed of Federal Register Notices, the rules, and supporting documentation for the rules)
• DOD military terms, definitions, dictionary
• DOD acronyms and abbreviations
• DOT - Transportation Main Page (start here if you are unsure)
  • Also see "Transportation of hazardous materials" (below)
  • DOT regulations
  • DOT News
  • DOT Federal Register Notices
  • How to Comply with DOT Hazardous Material Transportation Regulations
  • DOT FMCSA permit applications, forms, spill incident report forms, training guides, etc.
  • Publications & Guidance
  • DOT contacts, links, phone numbers for information and issues
  • Training resources to meet DOT requirements
  • FAQs - Questions and answers about hazardous material; transportation issues
  • State DOT agencies - links & phone numbers
  • DOT and NAFTA
• * Drinking Water
  • * Drinking water information: bottled water or Tap water? Which is safer? (There are many related pages on drinking water here)
  • *Frequently asked questions
  • *How to choose a bottled drinking water - a guide for your taste and safety
  • Is your tap water safe?
  • Descriptions of the contaminants that are most commonly found in drinking water (both bottled and tap waters).
  • Fact sheets
    • *about drinking water safety
    • *about contaminants in drinking water
  • *Tips to make your water at home safer and cleaner
  • *Check out the quality of YOUR local tap water!
  • Certified labs that test drinking water
  • *National Drinking water standards (list of specific contaminants and levels)
  • Overview of Regulations and standards
  • State bottled drinking water regulations
  • Training materials- Want to obtain your own Drinking Water operator's license to get a job in the industry? Here are free downloadable training materials.
  • *Certified labs that test drinking water
• Dry cleaning
  • *Dry Cleaning Dangers for the general public
  • * FAQs about the safety of dry cleaning chemicals
  • Regulations and safety issues - how to comply - for owners and operators of dry cleaners
  • Dry Cleaning Proposed and Promulgated Rules: National Emission Standards for Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaning Facilities
• * Dust mites - those microscopic bugs that live in your bed, eating your skin and hair!

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E

• Earth science
• Researchers say the Earth's inner core is reversing direction; what are the implications on climate change?
• Earth Day - April 22nd, every year! Click for more information!
• *Earthquakes
  • *Historic quakes
  • *Risk map
• Eclipse - Solar Eclipses - safe viewing information, safety glasses
• The economics of environmental issues
• Educational Resources
  • Free Classroom materials for both teachers and students
  • Kids (Ages 4-10, Pre-K through 4^th grade) U.S. EPA Environmental Kids Club - Projects, Games, Art and Helpful Tips
  • Students (Grades 5-8) U.S. EPA Student Center - Environmental Concepts, Activities and Tips
  • High School (Grades 9-12) U.S. EPA High School Environmental Center
  • Teachers (for classroom and non-traditional educators) Environmental Education Center - Basic Environmental Concepts and Teaching Aids
  • Office of Environmental Education Grants, training, fellowships, and the President's Environmental Youth Awards
  • Researchers Technical Documents, Research Funding and More
• *Eggs (smell of rotten eggs)
• *EMF - Electromagnetic Radiation and your health
  • * EMF FAQs
  • * EMF - middle ground position
  • EMF / Powerlines background study
• * Employee rights under OSHA
• Employment rights and rules: see "worker rights"
• Emergency Response & Spills
  • Oil Spills
  • Emergency Response Resources for Terrorism - Chemical Agents
  • Hazardous material & Chemical Spills

  • How to respond to Emergencies - Guide

    • General Spills regulations, guidance and resources
    • Awareness Level response

    • Operations Level response

    • Other response considerations
    • Resource contact list
    • Glossary of relevant terms
    • Placard Table
  • How the Regulations and Response System Work
  • ERNS - The Emergency Response Notification System
  • Related Information
  • Discharge of Oil Regulation: Summary of Key Provisions
  • The latest news about Chemical Accidents and Spills
  • SPCC Plans (Spill Prevention, Control & Countermeasures)
• ERG: The Emergency Response Guidebook from the DOT
  (This is the little pocket-sized book with the UN/NA numbers and dangers)
  • Emergency Response Handbook (ERG2016 - this is the current (2024) version of th Users Guide) (2.8M) (PDF) Print your own FREE copy.
  • ERG2020 State Coordinators List
  • Commercial suppliers list
  • Summary of Changes from ERG2012
  • Spanish version of the 2016 Emergency Response Guide
• *Endocrine Disruptors And Human Health
• *Endotoxin Exposures (in Rural Settings and its Effects on Respiratory Disease)

Enforcement

• Enforcement of environmental regulations and laws, how to report a potential violation, lists of violators and guidance documents
  • 2009 Pollutors and environmental criminals - actual summaries of convicted companies and individuals
  • 2008 polluter cases
  • 2007 polluter cases
  • 2006 polluter cases
  • 2005 polluter cases
  • 2004 polluter cases
  • 2003 polluter cases
  • 2002 polluter cases (Note: EPA's online files stop at 2003)
  • 2001 - The EPA didn't save them!
  • 2000 polluter cases
  • 1999 polluter cases
  • Search your area for environmental crimes
  • Enforcement publications
• Enforcement of Food and Product Safety laws and regulations
  • FDA enforcement cases
  • Recent Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts
• Environmental causes of disease (both man-made and natural)
• Environmental Impact Statements (EIS)
• Environmental Professionals resource pages:
  • Job networking and information for those already in the environmental and safety fields
• *Environmental Performance information - How safe and clean are the companies in YOUR community? Find out here, for free!
• *Environmental Policy for Native Americans on the Reservation
• Environmental Laws and Regulations (HTML)- Title 40 CFR<
  • (or as text and pdf files)
  • IncludingAIR, WATER, PESTICIDE, RADIATION, NOISE, ABATEMENT, OCEAN DUMPING, SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTES, SUPERFUND, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW, EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS, SEWAGE SLUDGE, ENERGY POLICY, AND TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT (TSCA)
• EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contacts, links, phone
  numbers and downloads
  • *Comprehensive links to the EPA and other environmentally related federal web sites
  • * Alphabetized list of ALL EPA subjects (may take a few minutes to load!)
  • EPA News & Federal Register (new regulations) notices
  • EPA/OSWER publications (free download here)
  • *U.S. EPA Regional offices contact information

  • * EPA Employee locator: Locate the email, phone and mailing address of any employee of the U.S. EPA

  • *EPA accomplishments (self-proclaimed)
  • *Environmental laws that give the EPA it's legal support
  • EPA environmental regulations - Title 40 of CFR - full text here
  • *EPA's budget and work force - current and past
  • *Free fact sheets, publications, brochures from the EPA
  • EPA Test Methods - including SW-846 - to download free
  • EPA Dockets (information related to the rulemaking process. A Docket is composed of Federal Register Notices, the rules, and supporting documentation for the rules)
• EPCRA - Community Right-to-Know - includes the Form R reporting forms to download, guidance documents, and free software. Also see TRI below
  • EPCRA Guide - detailed guide to the RTK program
• *Epoxy Paint Fumes
• * Ergonomics resources
• Exercise and Fitness: The Fitness and Health Science.org website provides loads of free information, based on years of research at major universities, and the experience of the university trainers, the information and fitness guides are easy to understand, easy to get in shape - just follow the free guide, completely illustrated and free workout routine and record sheet
• Exit requirements in the workplace - see the regs and guidance here!
• 1910.36 - Design and construction requirements for exit routes.
  See an interpretation letter here
  See full exit requirements here

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F

• Family Health Issues
  • *Senior citizens health issues
  • Kids - see *children, above
• Farmers
  • *Pollution and chemical/pesticide safety for farmers
• FDA: Food and Drug Administration
  • Alphabetical list of the best and most popular FDA web pages
  • Recent Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts
  • Benzene in soft drinks - results from an FDA study.
  • All useful and popular FDA topics:
    • FDA web pages A through C
    • FDA web pages D through F
    • FDA web pages G through I
    • FDA web pages J through O
    • FDA web pages P through U
    • FDA web pages V through Z
  • Search the FDA website
• Federal Government
  • *Links to U.S. federal government agencies, White House, Congress, etc.
  • Comprehensive links to the EPA
  • *Searches of the federal government sites
  • *Searches of the federal government statistics sites
  • *Environmentally-related federal government web sites
• *Federal Regulations - environmental regs and laws
• Federal Register Notices & News -all
  • EPA Federal Register Notices
  • DOT News & FR notices
  • OSHA News & FR notices
• FIFRA - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
  & Rodenticide Act - also see "Pesticides" under letter P
  • Compliance assistance
  • FIFRA - EPA contact information
• Filters
  • Air filters / purifiers
    • * HEPA filters - what are they , how to select one
    • *Ozone generators - as air purifiers /filters
    • Indoor air quality
    • *Sick building syndrome
    • Residential Air
    • Residential Air Cleaners
  • Water filters / purifiers
    • *Tips to make your water at home safer and cleaner
• *Fire Safety
  • * Home Fire Safety Checklist - Is your home safe? Check it out!
  • *Fire safety links - to the best sites
  • State Fire Marshals contact list for all 50 states
  • *Local fire departments
  • Preparing for a Fire Inspection
  • *Selecting a fire extinguisher
  • *Understanding the types of fire extinguishers
• * Fisteria (actually, Pfiesteria) a parasite in seafood
• Fitness and exercise: The Fitness and Health Science.org website provides loads of free information, based on years of research at major universities, and the experience of the university trainers, the information and fitness guides are easy to understand, easy to get in shape - just follow the free guide, completely illustrated and free workout routine and record sheet
• Grounding requirements (OSHA / NFPA 30) for flammable liquids
• *Floods:
  • *What to do
  • *Cleanup the indoor air
• Fluorescent light flicker, and related health issues, such as headaches,
• Fluorescent Light disposal
  • Fluorescent lamp recyclers list
• *Foam building insulation
• * Food additives - what are they, which are dangerous, etc. also see Food Supplements
• Food Chain issues - and man's interdependence with nature
  • Honey Bee Colony Collapse Disorder
• * Food issues
  • Organic - What are the standards for organic foods? from www.pickyourown.org
  • Sources for safer food - resources
    • Picking your own
    • Growing your own
• Food Irradiation
  • * Food irradiation links
• Food Poisoning
  • *Hot dogs, luncheon meats and Listeriosis
  • *Is your turkey safe?
  • * Turkey tips - safe cooking, thawing, storing
• * Food Safety
  • * Consumer advice, Q&A and Where to report problems about food safety
  • * General tips for food safety in the kitchen
  • * Tips for retail businesses
  • *Reporting Food Poisoning
  • * Free publications
  • Kids
    • * Food safety page for kids, teens and educators
    • * Information to help students write reports about food safety issues
  • * FAQs - Frequently asked food safety questions
  • * Food borne diseases
  • *Food and FDA News
  • * Food safety alerts
  • *Food safety travel alerts and tips
  • *Government agencies for food safety - state and federal
  • * Search the FDA website
  • * Food inspection (government)
  • * U.S. Food Code
  • Specific food issues
    • Beef
      • * This one is just amazing: Cattle are being fed chicken manure - legally!
      • * Mad Cow Disease
      • * Hot dogs & Listeriosis
    • Poultry
      • * Turkey - bacteria in them
      • * Turkey tips - safe cooking, thawing, storing
      • * Does eating turkey make you sleepy? (tryptophan)
    • Vegetables
      • * E. Coli in vegetables
  • *Food safety information for kids - lots for children here!
  • *Other related topics
• Food Supplements
• *Forests
  • * Protecting streams and rivers in forestry operations
• * Formaldehyde - and indoor air quality, your health
• Forms:
  • How to Create an MSDS for Your Company's Product
  • OSHA Forms - download them here, free
    
  • OSHA-Required Posters - download them here, free
    
• * Freon - exposure to, and your health
• * Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the EPA, Environmental issues and EHSO
• Fruits - where to find a "pick your own" farm - www.pickyourown.org
• *Frog (deformities)
• Fuel economy guides for automobiles sold in the U.S. and further information
• Funeral Homes and environmental compliance
• *Fungus (fatal in infants)

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G

• *Garden environmental tips and precautions
• Gas Stoves: Unhealthy, bad for the climate - or a tempest in a teapot?
• *Gasoline - MTBE additive health hazards
  • * Gasoline health & environmental issues
  • *Gasoline data sheet (MSDS) composition
• Generators of Haz Waste
• * Georgia - State of GA forms that you may need (such as ordering a birth certificate)
• Georgia, State of - DNR, EPD, environmental and regulatory information, forms, etc
  • Georgia Environmental Press Releases
  • Enforcement Actions
  • Regulations
  • Technical guidance
  • Forms
  • Permit information
  • Sewage and Septic requirements
  • Definitions
• *Global Warming - All About It!
  • *Emissions data
  • *Climate, man and global warming, explained
  • *Trends
  • *Impacts on Health or Wildlife and Water Resources
  • *Free Publications
  • *Links
  • * EPA pages on global warming
  • * Global warming news from LawPublish
• *Greenhouse Gases and CO2 (Is it Worth a Dam?)
• Government search engines* - find ANY government regulation in the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) here!
  • Contact lists - look by agency name (EPA, DOT, OSHA)
  • Hotlines
  • Government environmental web sites, listed alphabetically
  • All U.S. government environmental websites sorted alphabetically by topic or subject area
  • All EPA Topics and major EPA web pages, sorted alphabetically
  • Alphabetized links to EPA offices, programs, and subject areas
  • Links to all Government web sites (not just environmental web sites)
• Great Britain - Environmental
  • Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
  • Health and safety resources, and the HSE
• Grounding requirements (OSHA / NFPA 30) for flammable liquids
• Groundwater Contamination
• *Groundwater quality issues, overview, facts and FAQs

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H

• *Halogen
• * Hamburgers - and e. coli, cooking safety
• * Hanta Virus - the deadly disease carried in rodent droppings
  • * Hantavirus FAQs
  • * How to determine if you have a rodent infestation
• *Hazardous Chemicals (Top 20 - courtesy of ATSDR)
• HazMat - Hazardous Materials - MSDS searches, chemical compound
  information, etc. including used oil. Also see "Emergency response", above
  • Free guides and publications
  • Hazardous Materials Safety (HAZMAT)-Emergency Response Guidelines
    Acute Exposure Guideline Levels (AEGLs)
    EPA web site describes dangers from exposure to airborne chemicals and recommends guideline levels for short-term exposures to airborne hazardous substances.
• *Hazardous waste - General information - - what is it - from solid waste to hazardous chemicals - all here
  • *A COMPLETE introduction to industrial hazardous waste
  • * Household hazardous waste - types and disposal methods
  • * Permits and Permitting of Hazardous Waste facilities
  • * Public participation in the permitting and siting process
  • * FAQs about hazardous wastes
• Hazardous Waste - RCRA - Detailed information and regulations
  • See this page for the complete list of EPA hazardous waste topic pages
  • FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions
  • General
    • Monthly RCRA/Superfund/EPCRA Hotline Reports - Q&A, Facts, Statistics, new publications
  • Identification of haz waste (how to determine whether you have a hazardous waste, under EPA regulations)
    • Publications and guides to identification
    • SW-846 - Test methods for hazardous waste and "Solid" waste, guidance and download
    • TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure) and the Characteristic waste determination (the D codes list) Guide , and free download of EPA Test Method 1311 - TCLP,
    • TCLP FAQs - Questions and Answers
    • Guidance memos related to identifying HW from the EPA
    • Guidance memos about characteristic wastes from the EPA
    • Mercury and other lamps
  • Generators of Haz Waste
    • Small quantity generators
    • Large quantity generators
    • Required notifications
    • Guide to manifesting and shipping hazardous wastes (including the manifest forms and regs)
    • Guide to the generator's self-inspection checklist
    • Generator's self-inspection checklist
    • RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA Hotline Training Module: Introduction to Generators
  • TSDFs (Treatment, Storage and/or Disposal Facilities, including landfills)
    • Frequently Asked Questions about Managing, Transporting, Cleaning Up, Disposing of Hazardous Wastes
    • Batteries: Battery Recycling Facilities in the United States
    • Deep well injection: Commercial Hazardous Waste Deep Well Injection Facilities
    • Fluorescent Light Recycling Facilities - map and contact information
    • Incinerators: Commercial Hazardous Waste Incinerators Contact Information
    • Kilns and Fuels: Hazardous Waste Fuel Blending and Cement Kilns
    • Landfills: map and information about the hazardous waste landfills in the United States
    • Recycling Facilities, Listed Alphabetically by Material Handled
    • Solvent Recyclers - Facility Details by State
    • Transportation of Hazardous Wastes - Regulations and Licensed Companies
    • Used oil: Commercial Used Oil Recyclers Facility Information and Details by State
  • Land Ban requirements (Part 268, land disposal)
  • The Universal Waste Rule fact sheet
  • HWIR - Hazardous Waste Identification Rule Just published - Nov 30, 1998!!!
• *Health Information - More links and resources here than you can imagine!
• Health & Safety (main page)
  • Overview of OSHA requirements
  • Contact information:
    • Contact information for regional OSHA offices
    • Contact information to State OSHA offices
    • OSHA, Federal & State Health Department Links
      contacts, links, etc. (quite a lot here)
  • OSHA Fact Sheets - free to download here
  • OSHA publications
  • OSHA News & FR notices - Back to 1985.
    Search & Download any notice
  • PPE (personal protective equipment) Guide
  • Respiratory Protection Standard (current reg)
    • Respiratory Protection OSHA Interpretations
    • Disposable Respirators - OSHA Letters regarding their use
    • Respiratory protection programs
  • Asbestos
  • Fire Safety
    • State Fire Marshals contact list for all 50 states
• Home environmental health & safety survey!
• *Hot dogs, bacon, luncheon meats and cancer risks
• *Hot dogs, luncheon meats and Listeriosis
• Hotlines: Free Telephone Hotlines:
  • *Environmental: Government and Free Private Hotlines
  • *Health and disease: Government hotlines
• House and Home
  • * Asbestos shingles on your house
  • * Battery disposal for households, homes and individuals
  • * Reducing household electronic waste
  • * Recycling Household electronics - where to go
  • * More about how and where to recycle household electronics (computers, tv's etc.)
  • * Home Fire Safety Checklist - Is your home safe? Check it out!
  • * Free publications about recycling at home
  • * Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about recycling at home
  • * General tips and guidance
  • * Garden environmental tips and precautions
  • * Household waste and recycling at home
  • * Household hazardous waste - types and disposal methods
  • *How and where to recycle household electronics (computers, tv's etc.)
• * Household Products
  • How to find what toxic substances are in common household products
  • Cancer risk of using commercial household products

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• *Indoor Air Pollution
  • *Introduction to IAQ (Indoor Air Quality)
  • * Alphabetized list of free guides and resources about indoor air quality issues
  • *An indoor air quality study
  • Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and indoor air quality
  • * Effects of Indoor Air Pollution on Children
  • * Sick building syndrome - indoor air quality and your health
  • * Free Indoor Air Quality Publications from the EPA and Other Agencies
  • * Even More Free Indoor Air Quality Publications from the EPA and Other Agencies
  • * Free Indoor Air Quality Telephone Hotlines and Resources
• Industrial hygiene:
  • Favorite safety websites for safety and industrial hygiene professionals
• Industry-specific Guidance - from Air transportation to Wood furniture
• *Infectious diseases
• *Insect repellents - Deet: effectiveness, safety for use against mosquitoes
• Insulation (house, building)
  • *Insulation (urea formaldehyde)
  • *Insulation (glass wool, fiberglass)
• International Environmental and Safety Affairs* - Everything from the Basel Convention to Whaling is here - and there are resources and links for continents to countries from Africa to Ukraine. We're adding more information from each region and country every week.
  • Africa
  • Britain - Environmental*
    • Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
    • Health and safety resources, and the HSE
  • Canada
  • China
  • India
  • Mexico
  • Scandinavia
  • Southeast Asia
  • Soviet Union (former)
• Irradiated food
• ISO14001 - Environmental Management Systems overview, downloads, manuals and links
  • Detailed explanation
  • Getting started - the basics, step by step
  • FAQs
  • News and the list of companies certified to ISO14000
  • Your company just received its certification? Maximize your exposure and add it to our public list here!
  • ISO14000 case studies

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• Jobs for Environmental and safety professionals
  • Resources for job and information networking for environmental health and safety professionals and information
  • Looking for jobs in the environmental sector? Check these openings and environmental jobs web sites.
  • Want to work for the US EPA? Check EPA job openings here.
• Journals:
  • *Free fact sheets, publications, brochures from the EPA
  • * THE comprehensive list of Environmental Magazines and Journals

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• Kids Pages
  • *Kids pages about Superfund
  • *Tips for environmental safety for your children
  • *Tips for safety about pesticides, lead, toxins and children in the home
  • *General child's environmental safety pages

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• Labor rules - see DOL, employment and OSHA
• Lab Packs - Information about packing and removing small (less than 10 gallons each) containers of hazardous chemicals, cleaners, paints, etc. for disposal.
• Labpack firms - companies that pack and dispose of lab chemicals and other small quantities
• Laboratories
  • Waste disposal guidance for laboratories
  • OSHA requirements for laboratories; the 1990 OSHA Lab Standard
  • Lab Wastes at Educational Institutions
• *Landfill (contamination)
• *Laws: environmental regulations and laws
  • * List of, sorted chronologically
  • * list of, sorted alphabetically, by subject
  • NEPA
  • NEPA Resources
• * Lead Poisoning in the home and community
  • *Everything you'd ever want to know about lead and your health
  • * Lead exposure and health effects
  • *Lead-XRF - History of Lead in Bone
  • * Lead in your home publications
• *Legionnaire's Disease
• Links to the Federal Government
  • Links to U.S. federal government agencies, White House, Congress, etc.
  • Comprehensive links to the EPA
• Links to related (and unrelated, but useful) sites. Eg., environmental organizations, weather, affiliates, etc.
• *Listeria -Hot dogs, luncheon meats and Listeriosis
• *Lyme Disease
  • *Lyme Disease (in Dogs)

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• *Mad Cow Disease
• * Magazines: THE comprehensive list of Environmental Magazines and Journals
• Magnetic fields also see EMF
  • Researchers say the Earth's inner core is reversing direction; what are the implications on climate change?
• * Man-Made Mineral Fibers and health effects - in insulation
• * Maps - Environmental Maps and topographical mapping for the United States, EPA regions and individual states
  • * State of Georgia
• Material Safety Data Sheets - see MSDS below
• *Medical Assistance on Environmental Disease
• Mercury recyclers
• * Mercury spills and mercury poisoning
  • * Mercury / Methyl Mercury
• Mesothelioma: Facts and Resources - symptoms, treatment, etc.
  • Looking for a Mesothelioma lawyer?
• Miscellaneous
  • *SIC code list
• Mixed Waste Overview (this is wastes which are both hazardous/chemical AND radioactive)
  • Mixed waste FAQs
  • Free publications about mixed wastes
  • Mixed waste regulatory news and regulations
  • Mixed waste glossary
• Molds
  • * Molds and sick building syndrome, your health
  • * Cleaning up mold from your home
• Municipal waste (trash, solid waste)
  • Facts and overview
  • Disposal regulations
  • Downloads and fact sheets
• *Mothballs
• MSDS: The most complete MSDS list on the internet - An exhaustive A to Z list of chemical manufacturers and direct links to their Material Safety Data Sheet sites for information about the chemicals in commercial products. If you have a slow connection, try one of these (letter corresponds to the first letter of the manufacturer's name) links instead: A to D E to I J to P Q to Z
  • * MSDS Chemical information (composition, properties, health and envi data) from OSHA databases
  • MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) searches and other chemical information
  • How to Write an MSDS for Your Company's Product
• *MTBE (gas compound)
• Murder hornets, a.k.a, Asian murder hornets

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• NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
  • NEPA Resources, guides, FAQs, etc.
• News Plus (the latest environmental, safety, and gov't news services, subscriptions, etc.)
  • Daily Environmental News, weather and general news from the wire services
  • Newsletters & email subscriptions
  • EPA News
  • Daily Environmental News Stories
  • About.com's environmental news
  • Federal Register Notices & News
    • DOT News
    • EPA News & FR notices
    • OSHA News & FR notices
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG)
  The NPG is a source of general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. It presents key information and data in abbreviated or tabular form for chemicals or substance groupings (e.g. cyanides, fluorides, manganese compounds) that are found in the work environment.
  You can download a free stand-alone HTML version of the NPG compressed as a ZIP file. The ZIP file contains a condensed version of the NPG. All non-Pocket Guide links were removed so that this set of files acts as a "stand-alone" database. These files can be used with a standard web browser or on some mobile devices.
  • NIOSH Pocket Guide - PDF version (6.04 MB)
    NIOSH publication number 2005-149
    (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing and printing)
  • NIOSH Pocket Guide - EXE - npg-only.exe (2 MB)
    (Self-extracting zip file for Windows)
  • NIOSH Pocket Guide - ZIP - npg-only.zip (2MB)
    (requires WinZip or other unzipping software)
• *Nuclear wastes
  • Nuclear wastes and materials - also see radioactive, below
  • *State nuclear regulatory agencies links

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• *Office: Health & Safety at work
• * Oil:
  • Used Oil management for consumers: information, regulations, etc.
  • Managing Used Oil: Advice for Small, Medium and Large Businesses
  • *Oil Spills
• Organic foods
  • Organic - What are the standards for organic foods? from www.pickyourown.org
  • When is it worth the extra cost to buy organic fruits and vegetables
  • Organic milk compared with non-organic milk
• OSHA - Main Safety and Health Page
  • See Health & Safety (above), Safety (below), PPE below, or Process Safety (below)
  • *Overview of OSHA requirements
  • Covid-19 - Coronavirus
    • OSHA COVID-19 Rules, Requirements, Enforcement, Employee Rights and more
    • OSHA Covid-19 Guidance
    • Policies Plans and Documentation for Businesses and Employers
    • Employees: screening and testing employees
    • OSHA COVID-19 Hazard Assessments (masks, ppe, sick employees, close contact, quarantine)
    • Engineering Controls, physical changes and ventilation
    • Cleaning and Disinfection, Hand Hygiene, etc.
    • best practices for restaurants
  • OSHA compliance areas, by topic
  • OSHA-Required Posters - download them here, free
    
  • Documents, Forms, Publications:
    • OSHA Fact Sheets
    • OSHA Forms, including the 300 injury reporting forms - download them here, free <----<-----<-----OSHA Forms <-----<----
    • OSHA 100 and 200 forms are no longer valid - find out why here.
    • Most commonly requested documents and publications
    • Sample OSHA safety plans - free to download and use
    • OSHA Sample Safety and Health Program and Plans for Small Businesses
    • OSHA Recordkeeping information (also see forms)
    • *OSHA publications - free to download

• Regulations
  • OSHA regulations - download them here free
    • Regulations 29 CFR 1910
    • Construction regs
    • More construction regulations 29 CFR 1903
    • Asbestos regulations
    • OSHA Federal Register Notices\
    • Teen workers
    • Trucking Safety Standards
    • * Is eating and drinking in the workplace allowed?
• OSHA top 10 violations cited in 2004
• Compliance Guidance and Interpretation
  • OSHA Guidance - all free
  • OSHA self-inspection checklist - prepare yourself with this!
  • OSHA asbestos self-inspection list
  • OSHA compliance interpretations, in subject order
  • OSHA compliance interpretations by Regulation, Part number 1903 to 2200
  • *OSHA compliance interpretations, in chronological order, newest to oldest
  • Frequently used interpretation memos:
    • Minimum Width of Passageways, Stairways, Hallways and Exits
    • Training 29 CFR 1910.332
    • Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories 29 CFR 1910.1450
    • HazComm Hazard Communications 29 CFR 1910.1200
    • Medical records: Access to employee exposure and medical records 29 CFR 1910.1020
  • OSHA Memorandums of Understanding
  • Search OSHA Interpretation memos
  • OSHA Technical Guidance Manual
  • OSHA Technical Links - Don't miss these alphabetized resource links!
• Specific OSHA Programs
  • *OSHA Respiratory protection programs
• Small business information
  • Introduction to OSHA requirements for small businesses - complete summary (new!)
  • Complete small business guide to OSHA Personal Protection equipment requirements
• Contact information:
  • Contact information for regional OSHA offices
  • OSHA Emergency Hotline
  • Links (to webs sites for OSHA, NIH, CDC ANSI, state & local health departments, etc.) (there is quite a bit here!)
  • Contact information to State OSHA offices
  • OSHA State Agency information
• Employee / Worker rights (under OSHA)
  • * Employee rights under OSHA
  • * Is eating and drinking in the workplace allowed?
• OSHA Resources
  • Comprehensive table of contents to the OSHA website
  • OSHA Injury statistics
  • OSHA News

• * Ozone Depletion and the hole in the ozone layer
  • *The science of ozone depletion
  • *Health effects of ozone depletion
  • *Frequently asked questions about ozone depletion
  • *A graphical explanation of ozone depletion
  • Ozone Depletion Publications, References and Resources
• * Ozone generators that are sold as air cleaners - An Assessment of Effectiveness and Health Consequences

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• *Paint Odor
• *PCBs - Overview Page
  • *PCB Health & Safety Information
  • *PCB Regulatory Compliance Guidance
• PCB FAQs and Spills
• Free PCB Publications
• List of PCB disposal facilities
• List of PCB storage facilities
• *PCB Megarule
• *PCB Disposal
• *PCBFederal Register Notices (downloads)
• Peanut recalls
• Search for Peanut Containing Product Recalls
• Peanut Containing Product Recall (Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak): Main Page
• Do's and Don'ts During the Peanut Salmonella Outbreak: FDAs Dr. Stephen Sundlof (this is a video file)
• * Perc (perchloroethylene)

• *Hydrogen Peroxide mouth wash
• Perchlorate - dangers in drinking water supplies
• Pesticide information for Consumers
  • *Pesticides - facts and FAQs
  • *Pesticide residues in food
  • *Pesticides usage around the home
  • * Safe and Legal Storage and Disposal of Pesticides from the home
  • *In the yard and garden
  • *Pesticide links
• Pesticides by name
  • Choropyrifos
• Pesticide Information for Environmental and Safety Managers
  • Pesticides - International Regulations, News and Issues
  • How to register a pesticide
  • Registration kit
  • Pesticide names
  • Pesticide fact sheets
• *Pets - and your health - take care of both
  • *Fleas
  • * Taking Care of your Pet During Flea and Tick Season - Taking care of your pets responsibly includes protecting them from fleas and ticks. Before purchasing and applying pesticide products to pets to control fleas and ticks, there is important information you should know.
  • * How to spot counterfeit pet flea and tick products
  • *Cats, pregnant women and toxoplasmosis
• *Pfiesteria a parasite in seafood
• PFOS, PFAS, Teflon
  • Forever Chemicals: PFOS / PFAS
• Phase I Assessments and other compliance assessments - including some great guides to download
• Photos, clip art and graphics (all free)
• Clip Art - Free Graphics for safety training ***
  • Clip art and photos of environment and nature (NEW)
• Pollution Prevention - including online tools
  to search for alternatives
• *Pollution
  • *Polluters- environmental crimes and criminals - real court cases
  • *Checking the government records for pollution in your area!
  • *Pollution (Arctic)
• *Pollutors - How to report environmental violations and polluters
  • *Environmental crimes - click here, then look under polluters
  • Search your area for environmental crimes
• Power lines and cancer - see "EMF"
• PPE - Personal Protection Equipment
  • EPA Levels of protection (A, B, C, D)
  • Types of protective gear
  • How to select PPE
  • Chemical compatibility chart
  • Federal Register Notice on PPE Requirements
  • Complete small business guide to OSHA Personal Protection equipment requirements
  • Also see Respiratory Protection
• Pregnancy and Environmental Factors
  • * Pregnancy and environmental Exposures - women's health
  • * More Information for Pregnant Women
• Product Safety
  • How to find what toxic substances are in common household products
• Process Safety Management (PSM)
  • Process safety guide
• *Product safety information
• Publications:
  • EPA & OSWER publications (free download here)
  • OSHA Publications (free to download here)
• *Free fact sheets, publications, brochures from the EPA
• *THE comprehensive list of Environmental Magazines and Journals

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• *Radioactive wastes
  • *State nuclear regulatory agencies links
• Radioactive wastes
  • Nuclear waste overview
  • Types of radiation
  • All About Nuclear Waste Disposal
  • Low-level radioactive wastes
  • Man-made radiation
  • Uranium mining - Uranium mill tailings
  • Nuclear waste from weapons production
  • Naturally-occurring radioactive waste
  • Nuclear emergencies
  • Nuclear / radioactive guidance documents
  • Government agencies
  • How to assess the danger from radiation
  • Links to many federal government, scientific and reputable sources of information about radioactive materials
  • State nuclear regulatory agencies links
  • Mixed Waste Overview (this is wastes which are both hazardous/chemical AND radioactive)
    • Mixed waste FAQs
    • Free publications about mixed wastes
    • Mixed waste regulatory news and regulations
    • Mixed waste glossary
• *Radon and your health
  • *Radon geology
  • *Measuring radon risk
  • *EPA regional radon offices
• RCRA - All About the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act - the hazardous waste law.
• RCRA Superfund Hotline reports - Loads of questions and answers to hazardous waste issues
• Research:
  • Environmental sciences research
• Recalls: Recent FDA Product Recalls, Market Withdrawals and Safety Alerts
• Recycling of Wastes
  • * Find a recycling center in your area for your old tv, computer, cell phone, batteries, washing machine and more
  • *How and Where to Recycle Your Old Cell Phone, Smart Phone, PDA and other Mobile Household Electronics
  • How and where to recycle Christmas lights and other holiday lights and electronics
  • * Other options for recycling household electronics
  • * Recycling at home (general information, facts, stats). Also see House and home
  • * Free publications about recycling at home
  • * Battery recycling (for businesses and for households)
  • * How and where to recycle old tv (television) sets
  • Plastics Recycling rates fall to 5 - 6%
  • * Reducing household electronic waste
  • * Recycling Household electronics - where to go
  • * More about how and where to recycle household electronics (computers, tv's etc.)
  • * Recycling facts
  • Fluorescent Lights
    • Fluorescent lamp recyclers list
  • Mercury Wastes
  • Prices of recycled materials
  • Add your company to the list of recyclers
  • Industrial Waste and Material Exchanges
    • State waste exchanges (recycling)
    • National (U.S.) and international waste exchanges
    • Obscure waste exchanges
• Regulations
  • All U.S. Federal Regulations - Regulations.gov is the U.S. Government web site that makes it easier for you to participate in Federal rulemaking - an essential part of the American democratic process. On this site, you can find, review, and submit comments on Federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register, the Government's legal newspaper.
  • Safety / OSHA Regulations
  • Transportation (DOT) Regulations, other DOT Information
  • Regulations - environmental regs and laws
    • EPA environmental regulations - Title 40 of CFR - master list. This is a huge page - separate sections below:
      • SUBCHAPTER A-- GENERAL
      • SUBCHAPTER B-- GRANTS AND FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
      • SUBCHAPTER C-- AIR PROGRAMS
      • SUBCHAPTER D-- WATER PROGRAMS
      • SUBCHAPTER E-- PESTICIDE PROGRAMS
      • SUBCHAPTER F-- RADIATION PROTECTION
      • SUBCHAPTER G-- NOISE ABATEMENT
      • SUBCHAPTER H-- OCEAN DUMPING
      • SUBCHAPTER I -- SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTES
        • Master Guide to hazardous waste regulations and reg guides
      • SUBCHAPTER J-- SUPERFUND, EMERGENCY PLANNING, AND COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW PROGRAMS
      • SUBCHAPTER N-- EFFLUENT GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS
      • SUBCHAPTER O-- SEWAGE SLUDGE
      • SUBCHAPTER Q-- ENERGY POLICY
      • SUBCHAPTER R--TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT
      • SUBCHAPTER U--AIR POLLUTION
      • DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; UNIFORM NATIONAL DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR VESSELS OF THE ARMED FORCES - 1700--UNIFORM NATIONAL DISCHARGE STANDARDS FOR VESSELS
• Respiratory Protection Pages * - OSHA Regulatory Standard - Intro page
• Overview
• The regulation - 29 CFR 1910.134
• OSHA 1910.134 interpretation memos
• How to select a respirator
  • Types of respirators
  • Air purifying
  • Supplied air
  • Limitations
  • When to change cartridges
• OSHA directive on inspecting respirators
• Training materials
• Free publications and manuals
• Notices and materials in both English and Spanish
• Glossary
• FAQs
• *Ricin and biotoxins
• Right-to-Know (RTK) - also known as, worker right to know, employee hazard communication programs
  • Right-to-Know (RTK) Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets, Sorted alphabetically, by chemical compound name.
• Risk Management Plans (RMP)
  • Regs, Fact sheets & other publications
  • Interactive Web Guide
  • CAA 112 chemical list (alphabetized)
  • CAA 112r list sorted by CAS number
  • Guidance for facilities in RMP-authorized states (Georgia)

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• Safety Information (also see Health & safety; and OSHA)
  • OSHA, Federal & State Health Department Links
    contacts, links, etc. (quite a lot here)
  • Process Safety Management (PSM)
  • Sample OSHA safety plans - free to download and use
  • OSHA News & FR notices
  • Favorite safety websites for safety and industrial hygiene professionals
• Sample Plans and checklists
  • OSHA
  • EPA / RCRA
  • DOT
• Seminars and conferences
• * Sewage and Sludge (Biosolids)
• Search Engines
  • 1. Search this site - your best option, as it includes links to government sites.
  • 2. Search government sites, also has capabilities to search the Federal regulations and Federal Register
  • 3. Search the Internet
  • 4. Search for a book, article, or video at Amazon
• *SIC code list
• * Sick building syndrome - indoor air quality and your health
  • * free sick building syndrome publications
• Small business information and resources
  • Complete guide to OSHA Personal Protection equipment requirements
  • FAQs
  • Local agencies
  • State agencies
  • Publications
  • Training resources
• Smog, Ozone and Air Pollution
• * Smoking & Secondhand Smoking facts, policies, regulations
  • * EPA Fact Sheet: All About Secondhand Smoke
  • * EPA Fact Sheet: What You Can Do About Secondhand Smoke
  • * EPA Fact Sheet: Respiratory Health Effects of Passive Smoking
  • * Other Publications and video
• Soft drinks and Sodas:
  • Benzene in soft drinks - results from an FDA study.
• * Soil Contamination
• Solar Eclipses - safe viewing information, safety glasses
• Solid waste - also called municipal waste, trash, rubbish, nonhazardous waste:
  • Facts and overview
  • Disposal regulations
  • Downloads and fact sheets
• * Spills & Emergency Response - everything you need to know
  • * Oil Spills
  • * Hazardous material & Chemical Spills
  • * Exemptions to spill reporting requirements
  • * SPCC Plans (Spill Prevention, Control & Countermeasure)
• * State environmental and general government contacts, links, address, & numbers for all 50 states; a comprehensive list just updated 2/99!
  Other contacts:
  • OSHA Approved State Agency information
  • State OSHA offices links
  • * State Stormwater Contacts
  • * State Health Department info & contacts
  • * State DOT (transportation) web sites
  • State nuclear regulatory agencies links
• * Sun - ultraviolet radiation and your health
  • * The UV index
  • * Tips to reduce the effects of the sun and uv radiation
• * Superfund - All about hazardous waste sites
  • * Superfund FAQs
  • Acronyms, terms and links to related agencies
  • * Site Information - find out about a site near you!
  • * Superfund publications
  • Also see CERCLA above
• Sustainable Development
  • EPA-Related Programs
  • Laws and regulations
  • Organizations
  • SW-846 - Test methods for hazardous waste and "Solid" waste

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• Tanks
  • Aboveground
    • Managing Above Ground Storage Tanks to Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water
  • Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)
    • USTS - Clean-up and remediations of releases and leaking tanks
    • USTS - State resources
• * Tattoos
• Teflon, PFOS, PFAS, Tef
  • Forever Chemicals: PFOS / PFAS
• * Tension Wire - Electric (EMF)
• Tetanus and rust nails
• Terrorism:
  • *Anthrax
  • *Ricin and biotoxins
  • Emergency Response Resources for Terrorism - Chemical Agents
• Test Methods - EPA test methods sorted by chemical/name, and for General, Air, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Solid Waste, Water
  • SW-846 - Test methods for hazardous waste and "Solid" waste, guidance and download
  • Guide to the TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure) and the Characteristic waste determination (the D codes list), and free download of EPA Test Method 1311 - TCLP,
  • TCLP FAQs - Questions and Answers
  • Download other EPA Test Methods HERE.
• * Tetrachloroethylene
• * Tornados
  • * safe rooms
• Toxic Reporting Inventory (TRI)
  • Overview
  • News, Updates, and New Regulations
  • The Comprehensive Guide to EPCRA
  • How to use the TRI
  • Forms - all the forms you'll need for the July 2000 deadline.
  • Free Software - The latest, just-released guidance software
  • Guidance documents, including the chemical lists
  • Links to government & other EPCRA sites
• Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
  Also see "PCBs" and "Asbestos"
  • Premanufacture Notices (PMN) guidance, forms, etc.
  • TSCA regulations and laws
• Training *(required DOT, OSHA, RCRA training)
  • Hazwoper (OSHA 40/24/8 hr) Detailed information, regulations, etc. provided about the EPA/OSHA and DOT requirements.
  • DOT HM Training
  • OSHA Training
    • Asbestos Training
  • Training materials (general, clip art, etc)
    • Clip Art - Free Graphics for safety training ***
    • Free clip art and photos of environment and nature (NEW)
  • EPA/OSWER publications (free download here)
• Transportation of Hazardous Materials *
  • Hazardous material transportation regulations
  • Trucking Safety Standards
  • State DOT agencies - links & phone numbers
  • FAQs - Questions and answers about hazardous material; transportation issues
  • Publications & Guidance
  • DOT contacts, links, phone numbers for information and issues and Hazmat transportation links
  • Training resources to meet DOT requirements
  • FAQs - Questions and answers about hazardous material; transportation issues
• Trash (Solid Waste)
  • Facts and overview
  • Disposal regulations
  • Downloads and fact sheets
• Trucking Safety Standards
• Turkey
  • * Is your turkey safe? (food poisoning from turkey)
  • * Turkey tips - safe cooking, thawing, storing
  • * Tryptophan - does eating turkey make you sleepy?

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• UFOs, UAPs Extraterrestrial Aliens
  As unbelievable as it seems, more evidence is released by the military and whistleblowers are coming forward
• * Ultraviolet radiation and your health
  • * The UV index
  • * Tips to reduce the effects of the sun and uv radiation
• Underground Storage Tanks (USTs)
  • USTS - Clean-up and remediations of releases and leaking tanks
  • USTS - State resources
• United States Government information and links - see Federal, above
• United Kingdom - Environmental*
  • Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions
  • Health and safety resources, and the HSE
• * Used Oil information
• * Used Motor Oil Recycling " Find A Location Near You - Locate the nearest recycling facility or program near you that accepts used motor oil.

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• Vegetables - where to find a "pick your own" farm - www.pickyourown.org
• *Violations - How to report environmental violations and pollutors
• Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and indoor air quality

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• * Waste - solid, nonhazardous, hazardous trash - all here
  • * A COMPLETE introduction to hazardous waste
  • * RCRA hazardous waste orientation manual
  • Waste and Material Exchanges
    • State waste exchanges (recycling)
    • National (U.S.) and international waste exchanges
    • Obscure waste exchanges
• Waste Management, Inc.
  • Are you a former WMI employee looking for your pension?
  • trying to locate other WMI Alumni? Email us - we have the list you're looking for!
• Wastewater
  • * Treatment technologies
• Water & wastewater
  • Drinking water information: bottled water / tap water facts
  • NPDES
    • NPDES FAQ
    • NPDES Details
  • Pretreatment
  • Stormwater
    • State Government Stormwater Contacts
  • Wetlands
• * Water: Bottled water or Tap water? Which is safer?
  • * Water Treatment Units
  • also see the pages above on drinking water
• * Water Pollution - causes and management controls
  • * Agriculture
  • * Boating and Marinas
  • * Cities and Urban Living
  • * Dams, Channels, and Other Waterway Modifications
  • * Forestry Operations (Lumber)
    • * Deforestation
  • * Wetlands Management

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