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APPENDIX D TO SAFETY CODE NO. 12
SOURCES (ADVISORY)
The following is a list of available data sources which the chemical manufacturer,
distributor, or employer may wish to consult to evaluate the hazards of chemicals they
produce or import:
- Any information in their own company files, such as toxicity testing results or
illness experience of company employees.
- Any information obtained from the supplier of the chemical, such as material
safety data sheets or product safety bulletins.
- Any pertinent information obtained from the following source list (latest editions
should be used):
Condensed Chemical Dictionary
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 135 West 50th Street, New York, NY 10020
The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals and Drugs
Merck and Company, Inc., 126 E. Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065
IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals to Man
Geneva: World Health Organization. International Agency for Research on Cancer,
1972-Present. (Multivolume work). Summaries are available in supplement volumes. 49
Sheridan Street,
Albany, NY 12210
Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, by F.A. Patty
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY (Multivolume work)
Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products
Gleason, Gosselin, and Hodge
Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons
Doull, Klaassen, and Amdur, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, NY
Industrial Toxicology, by Alice Hamilton and Harriet L. Hardy
Publishing Sciences Group, Inc., Acton, MA.
Toxicology of the Eye, by W. Morton Grant
Charles C. Thomas, 301- 327 East Lawrence Avenue, Springfield, IL.
Recognition of Health Hazards in Industry
William A. Burgess, John Wiley and Sons, 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158.
Chemical Hazards of the Workplace
Nick H. Proctor and James P. Hughes, J.P. Lipincott Company, 6 Winchester Terrace, New
York, NY 10022.
Handbook of Chemistry and Physics
Chemical Rubber Company, 18901 Cranwood Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44128
Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents in the Work
Environment and Biological Exposure Indices with Intended Changes
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). 6500 Glenway
Avenue, Bldg,
D-5, Cincinnati, OH 45211.
Information on the physical hazards of chemicals may be found in publications of the
National Fire
Protection Association, Boston, MA.
NOTE - The following documents may be purchased from the Superintendent of
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
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