INFORMATION SOURCE MATRIX --- Listing of useful online information sources on chemicals, along with the type of information

offered.

This directory is intended to provide users with a ready-to-go list of information sources offering chemical-specific data that could be needed in an emergency. It is not intended to be an
exhaustive list of Internet sites containing information specific to chemicals.

Chemical-specific sites include both toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) and weapons of mass destruction (WMD) chemicals

signs, symptoms

Other languages
Fate / Transport

Guides - Health
Acute hazards,
Environmental

Preparedness
Chem / Phys
Guidelines &

Public FAQs
Emergency
Toxicology

Emergency

Planning &
Response
Standards

Properties

Treatment
Med Trtmt
Exposure

First aid /

Profs
Site URL Summary PPE Decon

I. Emergency Response

I.A Critical Phone Numbers

American Association of Poison 1-800-222-1222 phone number connects

Control Centers
http://www.aapcc.org/
anyone in the US to their local poison center X X

CHEMTREC® is part of the American

Chemistry Council and maintains a 24/7
Chemical Transportation Emergency http://www.chemtrec.org/Chemtrec/Resources
Center (CHEMTREC and MEDTREC) /
public service hotline for emergency X X X
responders: 1-800-424-9300. 24/7 medical
advice available (Medtrec).
The National Response Center is the sole
federal point of contact for reporting oil and
National Response Center http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/ chemical spills: 1-800-424-8802 . This is X X
also the hotline for chemical / biological
WMD incidents.

I.B First Responder Databases

Contains emergency response protocols for

2004 Emergency Response specific chemicals and chemical classes
Guidebook
http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/gydebook.htm
including fire & explosion hazards, X X X X X
evacuation perimeters, and first aid.

First responder database. Searchable by

Coast Guard CHRIS manual http://www.chrismanual.com/ chemical name, color, odor, physical state, X X X X X X
behavior in water.

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 WMD links for quick access and review by
First Responders website - first responders. Contains links to 23
WMDFR.com
http://www.wmdfirstresponders.com/Index.htm
organizations and much other related X X X X X X
material.

Contains links to access over 8,000,00

Internet Resources for MSDSs http://www.ilpi.com/msds/index.html#Internet
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs). X X X X X X

Online searchable database offers MSDS

MSDS-Vermont SIRI Index. http://hazard.com/msds/index.php
information as well as toxicology reports. X X X X X X

Condensed general industrial hygiene

NIOSH "Pocket Guide to Chemical
Hazards"
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/ information on several hundred X X X X X X
chemicals/classes. Does not include CWAs.

First responder database - includes chemical

http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cameo/c ID and properties, fire fighting information,
NOAA / EPA - CAMEO databse
ameo.html health hazards, PPE, first aid. Note: X X X X X X X
Download database.

NIOSH "Emergency Response Links to dozens of emergency response

Resources"
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/emres/
resources and chemical information. X X X X X X X

NIOSH "International Chemical First responder information for 1,600 X

Safety Cards" & WHO/ International http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ipcs/nicstart.html different industrial chemicals; 16 languages; abbre- X X X X X X X X
Program on Chemical Safety Does not include CWAs. viated

OSHA resources for workplace

emergencies. Covers first and second
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencyrespon
OSHA - Emergency Resposne
se/index.html
response, decontamination and detection X X X X
equipment for CWA incidents, and other
useful topics.

One stop site for Army field manuals on

http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/polic
US Army WMD field manuals
y/army/fm/
chemical, nuclear, and biological warfare X X X X X X X X X X X
agents.

Wireless information system. Information

includes substance ID & properties, human
WISER http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov/ health, and containment and suppression. X X X X
Searchable by health symptom. Dowload
database.

I.C Decontamination

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DOJ fact sheet, Mass casualty http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/library/../docs/fs- Massachusetts' fact sheet with equipment
decontamination decon.htm list X X X

NIJ Guide for the selection of

NIJ guide 103-00, decontamination
chemical and biological http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/189724.pdf
equipment for first responders X X X
decontamination equipment

First responder guidelines for mass casualty

US Army "Guidelines for mass http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/army/sbc
casualty decontamination" com_decon.pdf
decontamination during a terrorist chemical X X X
incident

First responder guidelines for mass casualty

US Army "Guidelines for cold http://www.ecbc.army.mil/hld/cwirp/cwirp_cold
weather mass decontaminationt" _weather_mass_decon_download.htm
decontamination during a terrorist chemical X X X
incident

I.D Emergency Exposure Guidelines

EPA / Nationjal Academy of Sciences
EPA Acute Exposure Guidelines exposure guidelines for general public,
(AEGLs)
http://www.epa.gov/oppt/aegl/pubs/chemlist.htm
including sensitive populations, for 3 X X X X X X
categories of exposures for up to 8 hours

EPA Acute Exposure Guidelines German site for AEGL values (in English);
(AEGLs) - German site
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/anlagen/AEG
has links to other values X X X X X X X

Documentation for IDLH values found in the

NIOSH Immediately Dangerous to
Health and Life (IDLH)
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/idlh-1.html NIOSH PocketGuide and are values
designed for escape use.
X X X X X X X
Department of Energy Temporary
Emergency Exposure Limits (TEELs) and
TEELs and ERPGs http://www.eh.doe.gov/chem_safety/teel.html Emergency Response Planning Guidelines X X
(ERPGs) and EPA Acute Exposure
Guidelines (AEGLs)

I.E Field Detection

Dept. of Justice "Guide for the Selection of

DOJ Field Detection Equipment Chemical Agent and Toxic Industrial
Guide
http://www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/184449.pdf
Material Detection Equipment for X X
Emergency First Responders"

Industrial Hygiene sampling and analysis

NIOSH Manual of analytic methods http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmam/
methods. X X

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OSHA - Emergency Response - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencyprepare Field detection methods among other
Blister Agents dness/guides/blister.html information X X X X X X

OSHA - Emergency Response - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencyprepare Field detection methods among other

Nerve Agents dness/guides/nerve.html information X X X X X X

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/emergencyprepare Toxic industrial chemicals - Field detection

OSHA - Emergency Response - TICs
dness/guides/chemical.html methods among other information X X X X X X

SEI Certified Product List http://www.seinet.org/CPL/contents.htm gas detector tubes and protective clothing X X X

"Suspicious Envelopes, Packages: Washington State website also contains

Screening Checklist for First http://www.doh.wa.gov/phepr/pheprlho.htm multiple links related to public health X X
Responders" preparedness and terrorism.

I.F Personal Protective Equipment

Online guide provides information on

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/
designated 3M products that may be suitable
3M Respirator Selection Guide 04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Q9KzYt3d9K
P0I8yizeINwwL0i_IcFQEADq370w!
when using 3M Negative Pressure X X X
respirators for nearly 700 chemicals.

Click on SafeSpec under 'helpful links' on the

righthand side of the web page. Software
DuPont™ SafeSPEC™ http://www2.dupont.com/Personal_Protection/ downloadable to the desktop for PPE
en_US/ selection. Online chemical hazard
X X X
assessment.

NIOSH Personal Protective Respirator, protective clothing selection;

Equipment
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/
other guidance for first responders X X X

II. Technical Support

II.A Chemical Fact Sheets
CDC's list of over 75 toxic industrial
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/agentlistchem.as
chemicals and WMDs. Links to ATSDR & X
CDC Chemical Agents
p
NIOSH fact sheets. Probably the single- abbre- X X X X X X X X X X X
most useful resource in terms of links to all viated
needed information sources.

CDC - ATSDR "Public Health Summary from ATSDR Toxicological X

Statements"
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/phshome.html
Profiles abbre- X X X X
viated

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 Approximately 250 chemicals, excerpted
from the ATSDR Tox Profiles, as FAQs.
Additional chemicals, not on tox profiles X
CDC - ATSDR "ToxFAQs" http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxfaq.html
list, include several chemical warfare agents. abbre- X X X X
Note: not written for the general public viated
audience.

Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics X

EPA "Chemicals in the Environment" http://www.epa.gov/chemfact/ chemical fact sheets (30+) and summary abbre- X X X X
support docs viated

New Jersey "Right to Know" Fact http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsf Public fact sheets for nearly 2,000 industrial X
Sheets s.htm chemicals, including some CWAs. abbre- X X X X X X X X
viated

National Pesticide Information Center X

NPIC Pesticide fact sheets http://npic.orst.edu/npicfact.htm public and technical fact sheets on 30+ abbre- X X X
pesticides viated

Includes both detailed and general chemical

US Army "Center for Health http://chppm- fact sheets for 24 of the most common X
Promotion & Preventitive Medicine" www.apgea.army.mil/hrarcp/CAW/ CWAs Go to URL and click on "documents abbre- X X X X X
available online". viated

II.B. Chemistry & Toxicology

II.B.1 Chemistry

Try this site if ChemFinder, ChemIDPlus

ChemExper Chemical Directory http://www.chemexper.com/
don't give you what you're looking for. X

Searchable database - chemical-physical

properties of thousands of chemicals as well
ChemFinder http://chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
as links to MSDS data, regulatory, & tox X
information.

National Library of Medicine chemical

ChemIDPlus http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus identification database. Links to tox and X
other info on NLM databases.

EPA database. Gives information on active

Chemical Ingredients (Pesticides) http://ppis.ceris.purdue.edu/htbin/epachem.co
Database m
ingredients in pesticide formulations and X X
lists manufacterers.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/chemaid Administration (NOAA) tool for assessing
Chemical Reactivity Worksheet
s/react.html reactivity (fire, explosion) of chemical X X
mixtures (download dbase).

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European Chemical Substances Includes EUCLID, EINICS, HVPC etc
Information System
http://ecb.jrc.it/esis/
information X

II.B.2 Toxicology
By USDA Agricultural Research Service.
Chem/phys properties of over 300 widely
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?d
ARS Pesticide Properties Database
ocid=6433
used pesticides. Information focuses on
properties that affect pesticide transport and
X X
degradation characteristics

261 listed hazardous substances found at

National Priorities List sites. Lengthy
ATSDR Toxicological Profiles http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxpro2.html
profiles with complete literature review. X X X X X
Does not include most CWAs.

Databases and predictive models to estimate

EPA Exposure Assessment Tools http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/exposure/index.ht environmental fate and human exposure
and Models m potential; includes EPI Suite (formerly X X
EPIWIN)

Cooperative effort of several universities.

EXTOXNET (pesticides) http://extoxnet.orst.edu/ghindex.html Houses information profiles for roughly 200 X X X X X
different pesticides.

A database of human health effects for

EPA Integrated Risk Information hundreds of common industrial chemicals.
System (IRIS)
http://www.epa.gov/iris
Addresses chronic health hazards only. Oral X X X
and inhalation reference values.

Database contains references to the

scientific literature describing studies of the
FDA Poisonous Plant Database http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~djw/plantox.html toxic properties and effects of plants and X X X
plant parts. Records are displayed in list
format

National Library of Medicine

Databases
http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/sisfactsheets.html Gateway to multiple dbases within NLM X X X X X X X X X X

Link to NIOSH databases and other

NIOSH Databases (general) http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/database.html
resources X X X X X X X

OECD SIDS - Co-operation on the http://www.oecd.org/document/63/0,2340,en_ International chemical hazard and risk
Investigation of Existing Chemicals 2649_34379_1897983_1_1_1_1,00.html assessment site X X X X X X X X X X

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RMIS - Risk Management Internet
Collection of numerous databases where
Services (chemical databases http://www.rmis.com/db/dbchemicals.htm
chemical information is available X X X X X X X X X X
collection)

Syracuse Research Corp. environmental fate

SRC Environmental Fate database http://www.syrres.com/esc/efdb.htm database includes information on X X
biodegredation, chemical fate and properties

A cluster of NLM databases on toxicology

& hazardous chemicals. Includes the highly
TOXNET http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
useful HSDB (Hazardous Substances X X X X X
Database).

A toxicology search engine by NLM.

http://toxseek.nlm.nih.gov/toxseek/ui8/searchf Searches multiple gov't & other sites. Tip:
TOXSEEK
r.jsp?selectedcategory=Allcat Don't use Boolean search terms; these won't X X X X X X X X X X
work on some of the sites.

II.C Clinical / Medical

Clinical terrorism resources. Palm
American College of Downloads for various illnesses: X
Physicians/American Society of http://www.acponline.org/bioterro/index.html http://www.acponline.org/pda/bioterrorism. abbrev- X X X
Internal Medicine htm iated

Multiple resources for hospital

American Hospital Association http://www.hospitalconnect.com/aha/key_issu preparedness; Click on the 'resource' tab for X
Disaster Readiness es/disaster_readiness/index.html clinical guidance. Info on bt and cw agents abbrev- X X X X
included. iated

X
Prehospital and hospital medical
ATSDR Managing Hazardous management of patients exposed during a X (includes

Materials Incidents
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/MHMI/
hazardous materials incident. Guidelines for abbrev- X X X X X X X patient
informati
X
over 50 chemicals, including many CWAs. iated
on
sheets)

Emergency room procedures in chemical

CDC WMD emergency room http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/demil/articles/initialtr
procedures eat.htm
hazard emergencies - a job aid (includes X X X
chemical warfare agents)

Commercial site used by many ED

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/WARFARE physicians for health effects information.
eMedicine "Emergency Medicine
NBC"
__CHEMICAL_BIOLOGICAL_RADIOLOGICA Warfare link contains information on 44
L_NUCLEAR_AND_EXPLOSIVES.htm
X X X X
chemical, biological, nuclear, and explosive
related topics

EPA "Extremely hazardous

http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoehs.nsf/E
substances (EHS) chemical profiles
HS_Profile?openform
First aid and physical property information X X X
& emergency first aid guides"

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 Emergency medicine, poisoning and
Family Practice Medicine Notebook http://www.fpnotebook.com/ER.htm
toxicology references X X X X

Poison information and medical treatment

IPCS INTOX http://www.intox.org/databank/index.htm
guidelines X X X X
Specific medical tests or examinations
Medical Tests for OSHA-Regulated http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmed/nmedname.ht published in the literature for OSHA-
Substances ml regulated substances. Indexed by chemical X
name. NIOSH website.
Emergency mental health and traumatic
Mental Health Emergency http://www.mentalhealth.samsha.gov/dtac/ stress resources; link to Disaster Technical
Information Assistance Center for behavioral health "all X X
hazards" disaster planning
For mental health and human service
workers in major disasters. National Mental
http://www.mentalhealth.samsha.gov/
Mental Health Field Manual
publications/allpubs/ADM90-537/Default.asp
Health Information Center website contains X X
multiple mental health resources and
publications.

Veterans Administration Clinical

http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/BCR/BCR_B Pocket card clinical guides for treatment of
Guides, "Biological, Chemical, and
ase.htm# biological, chemical, and rad. exposures X X X X X
Radiation Induced Illnesses"

Medical treatment information for chemical,

Virtual Naval Hospital http://www.vnh.org/
nuclear, and biological warfare agents X X X X X X X X

II.D Laboratory
Testing / presumptive agent ID, sample
CDC Laboratory Information http://www.bt.cdc.gov/labissues/
collection / shipping, training, LRN X X
Methods include general, air, pesticides and
EPA Environmental test methods http://www.epa.gov/Standards.html
toxic substances, solid waste, and water. X X

Methods for sampling and analysis of

NIOSH Manual of analytic methods http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmam contaminants in air, and in the blood and X X
urine for occupational exposures

NIOSH Medical tests for OSHA Specific medical tests published in the
substances
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nmed/medstart.html
literature for OSHA regulated substances X X X

http://www.osha.gov/dts/chemicalsampling/toc Searchable database for chemcial sampling

OSHA chemical sampling methods
/toc_chemsamp.html in occupational environments X X

II.E Preparedness / Hazard Assessment

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 News reports updated daily. US Chemical
Chemical Incidents (News) Reports Safety and Hazard Investigation Board site.
Center
http://www.csb.gov/circ/
Investigation reports at their main URL: X
http://www.csb.gov/.
Go to URL and type in 'chemicals' in the
Chemical Producers - Search for box. This brings you to the page
geographically and by chemical
http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html
where you can refine your search by specific X
chemical and geographic area

United Nations Environment Program,

http://www.uneptie.org/pc/apell/disasters/disas
Disaster Reports (Int'l)
ters.html
APELL - Awarenss & Preparedness for X
Emergencies on a Local Level.

Database of facilities using extremely

http://yosemite.epa.gov/oswer/ceppoweb.nsf/c hazardous substances available by agency
EPA Risk Management Program
ontent/rmp_review.htm request. Call the RMP Reporting Center for X
more info: 1-301-429-5018.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Shelter-in-Place Guidance http://securebuildings.lbl.gov/ advice for shelter-in-place and building X X
vulnerability assessment.

II.F. Public & Community Resources

American Red Cross, Public

http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/0,10 Public information guides to various types
information for chemical
82,0_581_,00.html of chemical emergencies X X X
emergencies

General and chemical-specific info for

public and professionals. Includes facts X
CDC Chemical Emergencies http://www.bt.cdc.gov/chemical/
about personal cleaning and disposal of (abbre X X X X X X X X X X X
chemically-contaminated clothing. viated)

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/evacuationfact
CDC Evacuation Guidance
s.asp
Information for the general public. X X X X

http://www.bt.cdc.gov/planning/shelteringfacts.
CDC Shelter-in-Place Guidance
asp
Information for the general public. X X X X

The official readiness and awareness site of

Department of Homeland Security the US Governmejnt. Includes generalized
"Ready.gov"
http://www.ready.gov
information for the public on preparedness, X X X X
health hazards, and sheltering.

Disabilities, “Disaster Preparedness http://www.disabilityresources.org/DISASTER. Public information sites; Also see

for People with Disabilities” html http://www.jik.com/disaster.html X X X

Univ. of Florida. Covers a wide range of

Disaster Handbook http://disaster.ifas.ufl.edu/
disasters. Includes home and farm recovery X X X

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Mental Health - "OVC Handbook for
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infor Office for Victims of Crime, Dept of
Coping after Terrorism: A Guide to
es/cat_hndbk/welcome.html Justice. X X X
Healing and Recovery"

Personal Protection & Chemical or Henry L. Stimson Center, Chemical and

Biological Terrorism, Frequently http://www.stimson.org/cwc/persprot.htm Biological Weapons Nonproliferation X X X X
Asked Questions Project - Chem/Bio FAQs

II.G. Veterinary, Pets

American Academy on Veterinary http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/clinsci/wing/a

Disaster Medicine avdm/aavdm.htm
Consulting services; resource links X

Pets, American Red Cross, Disaster http://www.redcross-

Preparedness Info for Pet owners cmd.org/Chapter/Services/animal.html
Disaster preparedness for pet owners X X

Pets, livestock - disaster http://www.avma.org/disaster/responseguide/r American Veterinary Medical Association -

preparedness esponseguide_toc.asp Disasters X X

II.H. WMD, additional references

Center for Nonproliferation Studies - International chemical and biological

Chemical and Biological Weapons
http://cns.miis.edu/research/cbw/index.htm
weapons perspective X

http://www.stimson.org/cbw/?sn=CB20011218
Henry L. Stimson Center
90
Chemical weapons issues X
Rhode Island listing of URLs and
WMD web sites (list of lists) http://www.chem-bio.com/links/index.html information related to WMDs, in X X X X X X X X X X X X X
alphabetical order.

http://www.ridiproject.org/downloads/annotate RIDI listing of URLs and information

WMD web sites (list of lists)
d_bibliography.pdf related to WMDs, in alphabetical order X X X X X X X X X X X X X

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