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Laboratory Safety
The University of Alabama Environmental Health and Safety
Information about UA safety policies and hazardous waste management.
American Chemical Society Chemical Safety in the Classroom
Includes a college section on safety in academic chemistry laboratories.
Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Management of Chemical Hazards
Published by the National Academies Press. The PDF is free to download.
Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards
Available as an eBook through Knovel. Contains many general and specific chemical hazards (>5000). Many references to primary literature.
Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials
Data on thousands of substance hazards such as toxicology, fire, reactivity, explosive potential, and regulatory information.
Environmental Health & Toxicology Links (U.S. Dept. of Health)
Great collection of laboratory safety resources including videos, manuals, blogs, podcasts, and organizations.
Laboratory Hazards Bulletin searches 70 scientific and trade journals for information on hazards encountered in the laboratory of all fields (e.g. R& D, analytical, and hospital) 1981-present.
Chemical Hazards in Industry searches 70 scientific and trade journals for information on chemical safety and health hazards in industry (2013-present)
From the NIH, searches databases on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases.
Laboratory safety modules and resources.
UC San Diego Laboratory Safety Videos
Collection of safety videos. Topics range from proper fume hood operation to pipette safety.
Some of the best sources of MSDS documents are from chemical vendors such as Sigma-Alrich, VWR, and Fisher Scientific. If you can not locate a particular MSDS, contact the UA Environmental Health and Safety office.