Inexpensive environmental and chemical health and safety software, analytical methods, and tutorials are described for thousands of hazardous and toxic chemicals including endocrine disruptors.
Instant Reference Sources, Inc. and Digital Liaisons publish a series of electronic books, called the Professional PC References / Windows tm Series, all of which are hyperlinked to each other by chemical name and, where appropriate, by EPA method number.
Using Microsoft Windows as a software platform provides hypertext editions that are easy and intuitive to use.
You can navigate quickly and logically (as opposed to physically) around all of the information available, expanding and contracting areas of interest in one or more windows with ease. Navigating through the information with hyperlinks becomes fluid instead of rigid as in printed publications. Hyperlinks also instantly provide reference information, terms and abbreviations.
One of the most important features is that you can instantly hyperlink from a chemical record in one publication to the record of the same chemical in any of the other publications in the Professional PC References / Windows tm Series that you have just by clicking on the lightning bolt button. You can also mark the document with electronic "bookmarks" and make notes to yourself (or your colleagues with network versions) and leave annotations anywhere in the publication and these will be displayed in windows.
Each of the electronic books can be searched using "and," "or," and "not" queries. You can also request searches where key words appear within a near proximity of each other as specified by you. The program will find -- and highlight -- every occurrence of search words or phrases that you have designated.
Select any of the publications from the menu below to see details on their contents. Select "Instant Chemical Hazards & Safety Data" to see examples of the data from selected chemicals. Data from commonly encountered
hazardous chemicals have been compiled from the Professional PC References / Windows tm Series for teachers, students, industrial hygienists, and people who may be exposed to them in schools, colleges, homes, or work places.
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Instant EPA's Air Toxics
by Lawrence H. Keith and Mary M. Walker
Instant EPA's Air Toxics is one of the most comprehensive publications of data on hazardous air pollutants ever compiled and placed at people's fingertips for use with their personal computers. People working in environmental, regulatory, and health and safety fields will find it to be indispensable. Instant EPA's Air Toxics is produced from EPA method summaries; hazardous medical, health and safety information from the National Toxicology Program; and Dr. Keith's American Chemical Society short course.
The main part of the publication consists of Background Information and Chemical Indices supported by a comprehensive Reference section. The Background Information is structured like a book and consists of detailed information covering subjects such as:
- Sampling and Analysis of EPA’s Air Toxics
- Problems Unique to Sampling Air
- Obtaining Representative Samples
- Selecting Sampling Devices
- Influence of Meteorology on Sampling Air
- Influence of Topography on Sampling Air
- Lists of EPA Air Toxics
- Representative Analytes
- Fire Hazard Codes
- HAP Weighting Factors, etc.
The Chemical Indices is structured like a database and lists all of EPA’s Air Toxics Chemicals from the 1990 Clean Air Act with EPA’s recommended methods for analyzing for them. They are listed four different ways for your convenience:
- By Chemical Name
- By EPA, California CARB, OSHA or NIOSH Method Number
- Chemicals by Method Number, and
- Method Numbers by Chemical Name
In addition to the method summaries for each chemical a comprehensive data sheet is provided. It includes chemical, physical and hazardous properties for each chemical plus medical signs and symptoms of exposure. The latter is a unique field obtained primarily from the National Toxicology Program’s Chemical Repository Database. Fields of information for each chemical include:
- Synonyms
- Chemical Formula
- Molecular Weight
- Wiswesser Line Notation
- Physical Description
- Specific Gravity
- Density
- Melting Point
- Boiling Point
- Solubility
- Other Physical Data
- Hazardous Air Pollutants Weighting Factor
- Volatility
- Fire Hazards
- Fire Hazard Codes
- Lower Explosivity Limit
- Upper Explosivity Limit
- Reactivity
- Stability
- Uses and Comments
- Acute and Chronic Hazards
- Medical Symptoms of Exposure
Publication Date: 1994; 2 Diskettes
Requirements: 3 1/2 inch HD drive, 5 MB hard drive space, 2 MB RAM, Windows 3.X or Windows 95
Cost: $249.00 (Network Versions and Multipack Editions Available With Discounts)
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Instant Tox-Base
Edited by Lawrence H. Keith
Instant Tox-Base contains toxicological summaries in text and tabular format on over 1,800 chemicals. Edited from a $2,000,000 NTP database carefully collected over twelve years, these valuable summaries can be owned for just pennies each. They contain data on carcinogenicity, teratogenicity, mutations and accute toxicity on humans and a large variety of animal species. Dosage amounts and the mode of exposure are also included and, when available, irritation data are listed. Hot keys link data from chemical names in this publication to all of the others in the Professional PC References / Windows tm Series.
Publication Date: 1995; 3 Diskettes
Requirements: 3 1/2 inch HD drive, 7 MB hard drive space, 2 MB RAM, Windows 3.X or Windows 95
Cost: $249.00 (Network Versions and Multipack Editions Available With Discounts)
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Instant EPA's Pesticide Facts
Edited by
Mary M. Walker and Lawrence H. Keith
Instant EPA's Pesticide Facts, published in 1994, provides information from EPA at a fraction of the cost of obtaining this data from EPA's on-line database. It contains information on trade names, use patterns, formulations, chemical and physical properties, toxicological acute and chronic effects, physiological, biochemical, and ecological effects and EPA contacts for over 200 pesticides (both chemical and biological types). We've added hyperlinked glosssaries of acronyns, abbreviations and technical terms to make it easier to use this comprehensive technical database. Hot keys link data from chemical names and EPA Methods in this publication to all of the others in the Professional PC References / Windows tm Series.
The entire focus of this electronic book is devoted to providing you with the information you need quickly and efficiently for this comprehensive list of pesticides. All of the publications in this series work identically to make it easy for you to find interrelated information by using hyperlinks to instantly jump between any of them.
The following subject areas are included for each pesticide:
- Description including pesticide type, chemical family, CAS number, EPA Shaughnessy Code number, trade names, producer companies, registration information, etc.;
- Use patterns and formulations including application sites, types of formulations, usual carrier, types and methods of application, application rates, etc.;
- Chemical and physical properties including physical state, molecular formula, molecular weight, odor characteristics, solubility, melting and boiling points, vapor pressures, etc.;
- Toxicological characteristics including acute effects (for example, oral, dermal, inhalation, sensitization, subchronic effects, irritation of eyes, skin, etc.) and chronic effects such as oncogenicity, developmental toxicity, mutagenicity, reproduction, etc.;
- Physiological and biochemical effects;
- Environmental and ecological effects (such as acute toxicological levels) with listed species of birds, fish, insects and wildlife;
- Agricultural commodity tolerances including Acceptable Daily Intake and Maximum Permissible Intake;
- Summaries of exposure risks during various types of applications (such as private, commercial or aerial applications), EPA regulatory positions complete with EPA rationale for them, major data gaps; and
- EPA contacts with names, addresses and telephone numbers.
Publication Date: 1994; 4 Diskettes
Requirements: 3 1/2 inch HD drive, 8 MB hard drive space, 2 MB RAM, Windows 3.X or Windows 95
Cost: $249.00 (Network Versions and Multipack Editions Available With Discounts)
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Dr. Lawrence H. Keith
Instant Reference Sources, Inc.
890 Providence Club Dr.
Monroe, GA 30656
FAX: 253-595-7268
email: instantref@earthlink.net
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