Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry, an
agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services to prevent exposure
and adverse human health effects and diminished quality of life associated
with exposure to hazardous substances from waste sites, unplanned releases,
and other sources of pollution
Bad Bug Book, handbook of information about foodborne
disease caused by microorganisms and natural toxins.
HazDat - Hazardous
Substances Release/Health Effects,
database with information on the release of hazardous substances from
Superfund sites or from emergency events and on the effects of
hazardous substances on the health of human populations
National Toxicology Program, established to
coordinate toxicology research and testing activities within the Department of
Health and Human Services
Pesticide Action Network North America, find
environmental, health and other information about pesticides, ecological pest
control, and sustainable agriculture
Pesticide Information
Service (PESTIS) Database, a
collaborative project between non-governmental organizations working on
pesticide reform, sustainable agriculture, food security, social justice, and
related issues
Plants Toxic
to Animals, for information on species
of toxic plants found in the midwestern states
Poisonous Plant Database, a set of working files of
scientific information about the animal and human toxicology of vascular
plants of the world
TERA, a site that fosters the use of
toxicity data for risk management (from Choice, Supplement 37).
