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Chemical Hazards Databases

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Carcinogens/Possible Carcinogens
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Pesticides
Veterinary Drugs
Food Additives
Dietary Supplements

General

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Environmental Defense	About the Chemicals: Chemical Profile Search Searchable collection of fact sheets for over 11,000 chemicals. The fact sheets compile data from many government and (more)	Jan 14, 2004
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Action Levels for Poisonous or Deleterious Substances in Human Food and Animal Feed Action levels for poisonous or deleterious substances, based on the unavoidability of the substance. Publication Month: August 2000	May 29, 2002
	Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency	Chemicals in the Environment: OPPT Chemical Fact Sheets These fact sheets for selected environmental chemicals describe exposure routes, production and consumption of (more)	Sep 3, 2002
	Risk Assessment Program, Toxicology and Risk Analysis Section, Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy	Chemical-Specific Factors Database of chemical-specific factors that can be used in dose calculations. The database may be searched by the (more)	Aug 30, 2002
	Risk Assessment Program, Toxicology and Risk Analysis Section, Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy	Chemical-Specific Toxicity Values Database of chemical-specific toxicity values derived from the EPA's Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS), the (more)	Aug 27, 2002
	LHASA Limited, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds	DEREK For Windows Knowledge base expert system that can be used to predict toxicological hazards based on analysis of chemical (more)	Jan 22, 2003
	Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency	Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories This page provides access to EPA's Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories tables that give standards (MCLG, (more)	Jul 23, 2003
	Risk Assessment Program, Toxicology and Risk Analysis Section, Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy	Ecological Benchmarks Database of ecotoxicological screening benchmarks for surface water, sediment, and surface soil applicable to aquatic (more)	Aug 30, 2002
	Risk Assessment Program, Toxicology and Risk Analysis Section, Life Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy	Established Regulatory Limits for Surface Water and Groundwater Databases of established chemical-specific regulatory limits for surface water and groundwater are available at the (more)	Aug 27, 2002
	Food Safety Department, World Health Organization	GEMS/Food Instructions for Electronic Submission of Data on Chemical Contaminants in Food This document provides an introduction to the GEMS/FOOD Programme and Contaminants Database and gives the protocols (more) Publication Month: January 2002	Aug 16, 2002

Carcinogens/Possible Carcinogens

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Environmental Defense	About the Chemicals: Chemical Profile Search Searchable collection of fact sheets for over 11,000 chemicals. The fact sheets compile data from many government and (more)	Jan 14, 2004
	Verbraucher Zentrale Hamburg e.V.	Acrylamid This page on acrylamide includes tables that collect data on levels of acrylamide in foods from several sources. (more)	Aug 27, 2004
	Integrated Risk Information System, Environmental Protection Agency	Acrylamide (CASRN 79-06-1) Information and data on acrylamide from EPA's IRIS database. Includes Chronic Health Hazard Assessments for (more)	Aug 6, 2002
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Acrylamide Analytical Database Database of data on acrylamide levels in food and the total diet. The database is searchable by country, year, food (more)	Jun 16, 2004
	World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	Acrylamide Infonet Website of the WHO/FAO Acrylamide in Food Network, which was established following the FAO/WHO Consultation on the (more)	Nov 25, 2002
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Acrylamide Information Base of Research Activities in the EU Directory of acrylamide activities in the EU. Information about study activities are given for studies in 10 areas: (more)	Mar 5, 2003
	Unit of Descriptive Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer	Cancer Mondial This site provides access to several databases with downloadable datasets on cancer incidence, mortality, and (more)	Jun 23, 2003
	Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency	Chemicals in the Environment: OPPT Chemical Fact Sheets These fact sheets for selected environmental chemicals describe exposure routes, production and consumption of (more)	Sep 3, 2002
	Musser, Steven	Detection and Occurrence of Acrylamide in U.S. Foods Presentation given at the Food Advisory Committee Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee Meeting on (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2002	Jan 2, 2003
	Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency	Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories This page provides access to EPA's Drinking Water Standards and Health Advisories tables that give standards (MCLG, (more)	Jul 23, 2003

Contaminants

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Emerging Issues Branch, Chemistry and Toxicology Division, Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	2000 National Residue Program Data: The Red Book 2000 National Residue Program Domestic Residue Data of drug and pesticide residues and environmental contaminants in (more) Publication Year: 2000	Aug 31, 2001
	Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Office of Water, Environmental Protection Agency	Accessing EPA's Drinking Water Data in SDWIS/FED This site provides information on accessing EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System/Federal Version (SDWIS/FED) (more)	Jul 23, 2002
	Verbraucher Zentrale Hamburg e.V.	Acrylamid This page on acrylamide includes tables that collect data on levels of acrylamide in foods from several sources. (more)	Aug 27, 2004
	Integrated Risk Information System, Environmental Protection Agency	Acrylamide (CASRN 79-06-1) Information and data on acrylamide from EPA's IRIS database. Includes Chronic Health Hazard Assessments for (more)	Aug 6, 2002
	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Acrylamide Analytical Database Database of data on acrylamide levels in food and the total diet. The database is searchable by country, year, food (more)	Jun 16, 2004
	World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations/Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition	Acrylamide Infonet Website of the WHO/FAO Acrylamide in Food Network, which was established following the FAO/WHO Consultation on the (more)	Nov 25, 2002
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Acrylamide Information Base of Research Activities in the EU Directory of acrylamide activities in the EU. Information about study activities are given for studies in 10 areas: (more)	Mar 5, 2003
	National Center for Environmental Assessment, Office of Research and Development, Environmental Protection Agency	Database of Sources of Environmental Releases of Dioxin-Like Compounds in the United States Downloadable database of congener specific chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/dibenzofuran (CDD/CDF) emissions data for all (more) Publication Month: March 2001	Jan 15, 2004
	Musser, Steven	Detection and Occurrence of Acrylamide in U.S. Foods Presentation given at the Food Advisory Committee Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee Meeting on (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, December 4, 2002	Jan 2, 2003
	Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Dioxin Analysis Results/Exposure Estimates Downloadable data on polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) congener levels (more) Publication Month: June 2005	Apr 5, 2004

Pesticides

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	2000 FSIS National Residue Program: The Blue Book Description of the process used to plan the 2000 National Residue Program (NRP), and of the completed Domestic (more) Publication Year: 2000	Aug 31, 2001
	Emerging Issues Branch, Chemistry and Toxicology Division, Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	2000 National Residue Program Data: The Red Book 2000 National Residue Program Domestic Residue Data of drug and pesticide residues and environmental contaminants in (more) Publication Year: 2000	Aug 31, 2001
	Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency	Acetochlor Information on the EPA's registration of the pesticide acetochlor. It includes the terms of the registration and (more)	Aug 22, 2002
	European Commission	Annual EU-wide Pesticide Residues Monitoring Reports Reports and data from the European Union on exposure to pesticides through residues on plant products from 1996-2002. (more)	Aug 13, 2002
	Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency	Environmental Databases This page describes the five environmental databases used by the Office of Pesticide Programs to assess hazards from (more)	Aug 22, 2002
	Gillin, Edward	FAOSTAT: The Statistical Database of FAO This presentation was given at the 1st International Conference on Microbiological Risk Assessment: Foodborne (more) Publication Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002	Aug 16, 2002
	Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank	FARAD: Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank This databank provides information on how to avoid drug, pesticide and environmental contaminant residue problems. (more)	Jun 26, 2002
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	FDA Pesticide Monitoring Database User's Manual User's guide for the FDA Pesticide Program Residue Monitoring Database. Publication Month: April 2000	Aug 31, 2001
	Office of Plant and Dairy Foods, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	FDA Pesticide Program Residue Monitoring 1993-2003 Annual reports and databases from the FDA's pesticide residue monitoring program. Publication Month: June 2005	May 29, 2002
	Office of Plants and Dairy Foods and Beverages, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	FDA Pestrak Files Names, molecular formulas, and references to CFR sections that list food tolerances for pesticides that may potentially be used on foods. (more) Publication Month: November 2001	May 29, 2002

Veterinary Drugs

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	2000 FSIS National Residue Program: The Blue Book Description of the process used to plan the 2000 National Residue Program (NRP), and of the completed Domestic (more) Publication Year: 2000	Aug 31, 2001
	Emerging Issues Branch, Chemistry and Toxicology Division, Office of Public Health and Science, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture	2000 National Residue Program Data: The Red Book 2000 National Residue Program Domestic Residue Data of drug and pesticide residues and environmental contaminants in (more) Publication Year: 2000	Aug 31, 2001
	Codex Alimentarius Commission	Codex Alimentarius: Veterinary Drug Residues in Food Database of Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Drugs adopted by the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The database is (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2005	Jul 23, 2002
	Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank	FARAD: Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank This databank provides information on how to avoid drug, pesticide and environmental contaminant residue problems. (more)	Jun 26, 2002
	Reimschuessel, R., et al.	Fish Drug Analysis - Phish-Pharm: A Searchable Database of Pharmacokinetics Data in Fish Article on the Fish Drug/Chemical Analysis Phish-Pharm (FDA-PP) database, which consists of study data related to (more) Deadline: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Publication Date: Thursday, September 22, 2005	Jan 18, 2006
	GLH, Inc.	National Milk Drug Residue Data Base Fiscal Year 2003 Annual Report Summary data from the National Milk Drug Residues Data Base, which includes data collected from the dairy industry on (more) Publication Date: Sunday, February 15, 2004	May 10, 2004
	Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations/World Health Organization	Summary of Evaluations Performed by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA 1956-2001) (First through fifty-seventh meetings): Internet Edition Searchable collection of summaries of evaluations performed on the safety of additives, contaminants, and veterinary drug residues. (more) Publication Year: 2001	Aug 31, 2001

Food Additives

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health	Aspartame: Questions and Answers Web page giving background information on aspartame and providing data from the NTP studies. Publication Date: Friday, July 26, 2002	Aug 23, 2002
	Codex Alimentarius Commission	Codex General Standard for Food Additives Online Database "GSFA Online": Database of the Codex Alimentarius Commission provisions for food additives. Searchable by food (more) Deadline: Wednesday, March 22, 2006	Mar 22, 2006
	Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives	Combined Compendium of Food Additive Specifications Online Edition Database of JECFA food additive specifications. Browsable through an alphabetical index of food additives, or (more) Deadline: Thursday, May 11, 2006 Publication Month: May 2006	May 11, 2006
	Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration