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DIRLINEHousehold Products

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Tox TutorialsSpecial Topics

Chemical Spell Checker

Tox Training

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TOXNETHaz-Map

Tox Town

TOXMAP

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Topic Page Example

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Especially for Health Professionals

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Toxicology TutorialsThree web-based “mini-textbooks

on toxicology

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Toxicology Tutorial I: Basic Principles

Includes text, graphics, and online quizzes

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EnviroHealthLinks (Internet Resource Guides)

Arsenic and Human Health Biological Warfare Agents Chemical Warfare Agents Children’s Environmental Health Environmental Justice Indoor and Outdoor Air Pollution Toxicogenomics World Trade Center – Lingering Airborne

Hazards WNV – Pesticides for Mosquito Control

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Environmental Justice Resources

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Other Environmental Health and Toxicology Resources

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Tox Town:An Interactive Guide to Potentially

Toxic Substances and Environmental Health Issues

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Tox Town: Healthy Schools

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Tox Town: EPA’s Managing Asthma in

Schools

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Tox Town goes Urban:City Scene

Hospital

Construction site

Dentist office

EMF

Airplanes

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Tox Town:Hazards in Hospitals

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Tox Town: US – Mexico Border Scene

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Tox Town Farm

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Tox Town en Español

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Household Products Database

http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/

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Household Products Database

Click Products TabSelect Brand:Arrid Extra Dry A&D Spray

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Household Products:Brand Information

Brand InformationManufacturerHealth EffectsHandling/DisposalIngredients

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Household Products:Health Effects

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Household Products:Ingredients

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Household Products:Chemical Information

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Haz-Map:An Occupational Health

DatabaseLinks jobs and hazardous tasks to occupational diseases, symptoms, & agents

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Haz-Map:An Occupational Health

DatabaseSearch example: Potential causes of dizziness and chest tightness in farmers

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Haz-Map: Organophosphate pesticide poisoning in farm

workers

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Haz-Map: Link to PubMed

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Haz-Map: Link to Potential Agents

Scroll down to the agentssection and select organo-phosphates

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Haz-Map: Link to Chlorpyrifos

Select chlorpyrifosfrom the list of organo-phosphates

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TOXMAPMapping EPA Toxic Release

Siteshttp://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov

Enter a quick search here

Search example:Chemical: BenzeneCity: Saint LouisState: MO

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Facilities releasing Benzene near Saint Louis, MO

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Identify Facilities on Map

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List all chemicals released by facility

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Links to Health Information

Health Info:Click on the link in the left margin which opens a pop-up window to the benzene record in NLM’s Hazardous Substance Data Bank

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Benzene Trends over Time near Saint Louis, MO

Triangles indicate net increase or decrease from 1987-2005

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Medline Plus Home Page

http://medlineplus.gov

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Medline Plus Health Topics

Select the Health Topics Tab

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Medline Plus Health Tutorials

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Medline Plus Drug Information

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Medline Plus en español

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TOXNET http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov

Search All databases forthe effects of TCE on children

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Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) Search

Results

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HSDB TCE Record:Information on Children

Human Health EffectsEmergency Medical TreatmentEnvironmental Fate/ExposureEnvironmental Standards & RegulationsChemical/Physical Properties

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TOXLINE

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TOXLINE Search Results

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WISERWireless Information System for Emergency Responders

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WISERhttp://wiser.nlm.nih.gov

• Information tailored for emergency responders

• Assist in identifying unknown substances

• Emergency treatment andcontainment information

• Stand-alone with enhanced connected (wireless) capabilities

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NLM Environmental Health Listservs

What’s new from NLM’s Environmental Health and Toxicology Program

Environmental health issues in the news

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