More Resources for Background Information
- Sax’s Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials (12th edition)A reference work that contains approximately 28,000 substances and extensive data on toxicology, flammability, reactivity, explosive potential, and regularity information.
- NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical HazardsA source with general industrial hygiene information on several hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational health professionals. It presents key information and data in abbreviated or tabular form for chemicals or substance groupings (e.g. cyanides, fluorides, manganese compounds) that are found in the work environment.
- NIOSH Manual of Analytical MethodsDeveloped and adapted by NIOSH, NMAM is a collection of methods for sampling and analysis of contaminants in workplace air, and in the blood and urine of workers who are occupationally exposed.