Material Safety Data Sheets
You should read the MSDS and understand all hazards for chemicals you are working with. Here are many online sources if you need to find one.
- MSDSSEARCH NATIONAL REPOSITORY A good place to search!
- Where to find MSDS on the Internet Excellent listing of over 70 free MSDS sources maintained by The University of Kentucky
- Material Safety Data Sheets - Chemicals Fisher Scientific (search for a chemical, then hit the MSDS button below the chemical information)
- Chemical database at University of Akron. Not full MSDS's, but contains useful information.
Other helpful sites
- Chemfinder Look up structures and some physical data
- Pesticide Information Profiles - Oregon State University
- Drug Information Resources - MEDLINEplus
- Material Safety Data Sheets - Infectious Agents
- International Chemical Safety Cards - CDC/NIH
- ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
- Envirofacts EPA Toxic Substances Data Sheets
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries
- Oxford University (UK)
- National Toxicology Program searchable abstracts of carcinogenicity, teratogenicy, mutagenicity from National Institutes of Health
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Contact Information:
- Administrative Assistant:
LuAnna Bryant
970.943.2015
lbryant@western.edu - Department Chair:
Dr. Dale Orth
970.943.3437
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Chemistry Program
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Western State College of Colorado
Gunnison, CO 81231