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Searchable Databases

 

CHE finds the following data sources related to environmental health to be useful. In each category, government sources are listed first, then other institutions and organizations. We also invite you to explore our own Toxicant and Disease Database.

 

Chemicals

World Health Organization

World Health Organization
International Programme on Chemical Safety 

 

INCHEM

International Programme on Chemical Safety
INCHEM
Introduction to INCHEM (background information)

 

European Chemicals Agency

European Chemicals Agency
Information on Chemicals
REACH/European Chemicals Agency Databases (background information)

 

National Library of Medicine

US National Library of Medicine
TOXNET information (now incorporated into other NLM resources)
PubChem

 

Agency on Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Toxic Substances Portal

 

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Toxicology Program
Chemical Effects in Biological Systems (CEBS)
Environmental Health Economic Analysis (EHEA) Annotated Bibliography

 

US Environmental Protection Agency
The HERO Database
Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool
Chemical and Substance Resources
Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program 
Chemicals and Products Database (CPDat)

 

Chemical Hazards and Alternative Toolbox

Communications Workers of America and the BlueGreen Alliance
Chemical Hazards and Alternative Toolbox

 

Clean Production Action
GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals Assessment Reports (for purchase)
GreenScreen List Translator, an abbreviated version of the full GreenScreen method that can be automated

 

The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX)
TEDX List of Potential Endocrine Disruptors 

 

Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network North America
PesticideInfo Database

 

Habitable
Pharos Database (subscription-based)

 

 

Public Health

World Health Organization

World Health Organization
Library and Information Networks for Knowledge Database (WHOLIS) 

 

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
WONDER
National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network

 

University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
County Health Rankings

 

Beyond Pesticides

Beyond Pesticides:
Pesticide-Induced Diseases Database 

 

 

Policy & Legislation

Lowell Center for Sustainable Production Chemicals Policy & Science Initiative
US State Chemicals Policy 

 

National Conference of State Legislatures

National Conference of State Legislatures
50-State Searchable Bill Databases 

 

Safer States
State Legislation Bill Tracker

 

Consumer Products

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) 
Consumer Product Information Database (CPID) 

 

US Environmental Protection Agency
Chemicals and Products Database (CPDat) 

 

Environmental Working Group
Skin Deep Cosmetics Database