Health and Safety related websites

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We are not responsible for the content or validity of the information on the sites listed below.

Academic Links

• School of Chemistry University of Bristol Material Safety Data Sheets
• Institute of Occupational Health, The University of Birmingham
• University of Edinburgh Hundreds of files about Environmental and Occupational Health.

Governmental Bodies

GREAT BRITAIN

• Environment Agency
• Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
• Health and Safety Executive Direct (HSE)
• HMSO
• HMSO 'Acts of Parliament' Page Full text and summaries, from 1996
• HMSO 'Statutory Instruments' Page Full text, from 1997

EUROPE

• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  This site provides general information of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  Information Network Agency information site provides general information of the Agency and access to all Agency publications
• European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
  UK Information Network This site provides information about the UK Focal Point (HSE) and The UK Information Network

OTHER

• CDC (USA Centers for Disease Control)
• EPA (USA Environmental Protection Agency)
• Health CanadaThe Canadian Health Network
• Laboratory Centre for Disease Control - Health Canada
• Material Safety Data Sheets Infectious Micro organisms
• NIEHS (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) USA
• NIH (National Institutes of Health USA)
• NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety) USA
• NIWL (Swedish National Institute for Working Life)
• NLM (National Library of Medicine) USA
• OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) USA
• WHO (World Health Organisation) WWW

Occupational Health and Safety Information

• Chemical Elements (including biological data)
• Ergonomics information including case studies
• Index of Occupational Safety and Health Resources on the Internet ILO
• International Labour Office Health and Safety Centre Geneva
• Material Safety Data Sheets, Chemical University of Oxford
• Material Safety Data Sheets, Chemical Vermont SIRS MSDS Collection
• Material Safety Data Sheets, Infectious Micro Organisms Laboratory Centre for Disease Control

The National Radiological Protection Board website at www.nrpb.org.uk provides information and advice on dealing with radiation hazards.

The Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health is a good place to find information on a wide range of issues affecting the construction sector. While it is US based, it is also useful for UK organisations www.cdc.gov.niosh/elcosh

For multinational organisations that need information on US HS&E legislation, good practice etc, there is a very informative site at www.ehsmanager.com

For premises controllers looking to store their asbestos registers on a national database or for those looking for guidance on the type of building materials that may contain asbestos, look at www.asbestosregister.com

Learned Societies, Associations, Professional Institutions etc

• American Association of Occupational Health Nursing
• American Board of Industrial Hygiene
• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
• American Industrial Hygiene Association
• British Institute of Occupational Hygienists
• British Occupational Hygiene Society
• British Toxicology Society
• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH)
• Ergonomics Society
• European Association of Schools of Occupational Medicine
• European Biosafety Association
• Faculty of Occupational Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of London
• Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FPHM)
• Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH)
• International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
• International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH)
• International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA)
• International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA)
• International Society of the Built Environment (ISBE)
• Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland (REHIS)
• Royal Institute of Public Health & Hygiene
• Royal Society of Medicine: Occupational Medicine Section
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Society of Occupational Medicine

Environmental

• Greenpeace International
• Friends of the Earth, Friends of the Earth Scotland
• Environmental Research Foundation