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| ExpoFacts | |
| Short description |
Contains data from 30 European countries (level of information and time frame is variable between countries and original data source). Data includes information on housing, ingestion, physiology, population and time activity. Data includes at least general food consumption data for infants and adults, children's hand-to-mouth behavioral data, consumption of water, breast milk consumption, home grown food consumption, body length and bodyweight for adults and for children, average energy expenditure (Belgium), total energy expenditure and physical activity in children (UK), physical activity (Germany), respiratory rate in the first 3 years of life (Italy), ventilation rates, air exchange rates, indoor air quality in office buildings, number of dwellings, floor area, number of persons per house, population by 1-year and 5-year age groups, birth and death rates, employment and unemployment information, income and number of households. |
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Europe |
| Multinational time use study | |
| Short description |
Multinational Time Use Study (MTUS) was first developed in the early 1980s at the University of Bath, when Professor Jonathan Gershuny, then working with Sally Jones, observed the potential to harmonise time use datasets collected in the early 1960s through the mid 1980s into a single dataset with common series of background variables and total time spent per day in 41 activities for analysis with the 1965 Szalai Multinational Time Budget Study. The MTUS has grown to encompass over 50 datasets from 19 countries, and is now incorporating recent data from the HETUS, ATUS, and other national level time use projects. Data included is available from EU and U.S. Data is provided in SPSS form and there is free registration demanded. Some of the data is restricted and use of it may be prohibited. |
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USA, Europe |
| Exposure concentration database | |
| Short description |
The purpose of the Concentration Database (ConcDb) is to gather data from published personal exposure concentration studies and provide a simple way to search through the results of the studies. Selection criteria for the studies included is that the study design has to be representative in the city or national level. At least the following comprehensive studies are included: EXPOLIS, SHIELDS, NHANES, GerES, TEAM, NHEXAS and MACBETH. For practical reasons results are usually presented as statistical values (mean, percentiles etc.), but in addition this database also provides the measured concentrations of EXPOLIS study as individual samples. At the moment this database provides following information for each case:
The user can define the search according to the specific compound, target country and few larger studies by their name. |
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| The European Air quality dataBase | |
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The European Air quality dataBase - AirBase is maintained by the European Topic Centre for Air and Climate Change A total of 34 countries (until 2004) have reported air quality data to this monitoring network, including all from the European Union with 1320 sites across Europe. Most common pollutants reported are CO, NOx (NO and NO2), ozone, PM10, PM2.5, SO2 and TSP, with a minor number of countries also reporting on metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn) and various organic compounds. Level of information is dependable of the year and country and data can be presented as statistics, raw data or meta-information. The statistics and raw data are shown either as a table or in a graph (where one can choose between daily or hourly values). Statistical values indicate annual mean, maximum, and the 50, 95 and 98 percentile values. |
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Europe: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia FYR of, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom |
| The AirData Web | |
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The AirData Web site gives you access to air pollution data for the entire United States. AirData includes annual summaries of air pollution data from two EPA AQS (Air Quality System) database providing air monitoring data - ambient concentrations of criteria (carbon Monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone, particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), and lead) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) at monitoring sites, primarily in cities and towns. AirData includes also emission data from NEI (National Emission Inventory) database providing estimates of annual emissions of criteria (carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), volatile organic compounds, and ammonia) and hazardous air pollutants from all types of sources (stationary and mobile sources). The NEI database in 2002 replaced two separate EPA databases for emissions of criteria air pollutants (National Emission Trends, or NET) and hazardous air pollutants (National Toxics Inventory, or NTI). |
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USA, all states |
| The American Heritage Time Use Study | |
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The American Heritage Time Use Study (AHTUS), a database of national time-diary samples collected over five decades, includes harmonized background, activity, location, mode of transport and who else was present variables. Free registration and ONLY U.S. data. Includes data from NHANES and ATUS studies. Data is in SPSS files, so you have to have a program to open them. |
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USA |
| World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC) | |
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The World Ozone and Ultraviolet Radiation Data Centre (WOUDC) is one of the World Data Centres which are part of the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) programme of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The WOUDC, which began in 1961, is operated by the Experimental Studies Section of Environment Canada and is located in Toronto. The WOUDC contains ozone and UV data measured by instruments located on ground-based, shipborne or airborne platforms. |
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| Workplace exposure limits | |
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"List of workplace exposure limits (WELs) which have been approved by the Health and Safety Commission in United Kingdom. The limits are given in ppm and mg/m3." |
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| WISE - My River Basin District | |
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River Basin Districts (RBDs) are the main units for the management of river basins and have been delineated by European Union Member States. Using the WISE, you can view the geographic area of the International and National RBDs at the European level and access more information on the RBDs. You can locate Eionet-Water River monitoring stations and see the mean annual data on nutrients and organic pollution indicators for 2005. You can select bathing water sites and see their historical record of compliance with the European Quality Objectives. You can select agglomerations and see the type of sewage treatment it provides. |
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| WebFIRE | |
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The WebFIRE application provides fast and complete access to the EPA's air emissions factors information. AP42 supplemets are also included in the WebFIRE.
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| WebDab | |
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EMEP (Co-operative programme for monitoring and evaluation of long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe) emission database, open for interactive use via Internet. Emissions on Main Pollutants, Heavy Metals, Persistent Organic Pollutants and Particulate Matter are available as totals/sectors with national aggregates and as gridded values both for officially reported data and expert estimates. Emissions are also divided by source categories. |
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| Waterbase | |
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Waterbase is the generic name given to the EEA's databases on the status and quality (pesticides in grounf water, nutrients and organic matter) of Europe's rivers, lakes, groundwater bodies and transitional, coastal and marine waters, and on the quantity of Europe's water resources. Waterbase contains timely, reliable and policy-relevant data collected from EEA member countries through the Eionet-Water (formerly known as Eurowaternet) process. Eionet-Water selects validated monitoring data from national databases and adds information on the physical characteristics of the water bodies being monitored and on the pressures potentially affecting water quality. The added value of Waterbase is that data collected through the Eionet-Water process are from statistically stratified monitoring stations and groundwater bodies and are comparable at the European level. |
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| UN population database | |
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Information for all countries for years 1950 – 2050. 5 y. Age and gender groups. |
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| UK Time use survey | |
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Includes 28 for UK time activity survey for year 2000 and 16 data tables for year 2005. The main aim of the Time Use survey (TUS) is to measure the amount of time spent by the UK population on various activities. |
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UK |
| Total Diet Studies | |
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The Total Diet Study (TDS), sometimes called the market basket study, is an ongoing FDA program that determines levels of various contaminants and nutrients in foods in U.S. Most TDS foods (except for some infant/toddler foods) are analyzed for all elemental analytes (other than mercury) and radionuclides. For other analytes (pesticides, industrial chemicals, and mercury) selected foods are analyzed. Refer to the http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~comm/tds-food.html to determine which TDS foods are analyzed for each analyte group. Total diet study (TDS) compiles the food consumption amounts for the total US population and 14 age/sex subgroups. Information on consumption around 280 foods are surveyd for 1990/1991 and 2003. Average per-capita (eater and non-eaters) daily consumption amounts are provided for each survey food and population group. US level data only. |
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| Time use studies | |
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Web page that contains references to available time use studies, and provides a short description of them with possible links to the data source. Some of the data are included in other databases, like HETUS, AHTUS and MTUS, but this provides good overall look for the time use studies completed. |
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| The Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submission database (TSCATS) | |
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The Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submission database, TSCATS, was developed by SRC for EPA in 1985. It is a central system for the collection, maintenance, and dissemination of information on unpublished technical reports submitted by industry to EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Studies on over 8,000 chemicals are categorized into three broad subject areas (health effects, environmental effects, and environmental fate). Searches can be conducted using these subject areas plus additional indexing terms from the controlled vocabulary of testing protocol describing observations (e.g., species, duration of study, etc.). |
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| The FOOTPRINT Pesticide Properties Database | |
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The FOOTPRINT Pesticide Properties Database (FOOTPRINT PPDB) is a comprehensive relational database of pesticide physicochemical and ecotoxicological data. The database holds data for all EU Annex-1 listed pesticides and selected metabolites. |
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| SPECIATE | |
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SPECIATE is the EPA's repository of total organic compound (TOC) and particulate matter (PM) speciation profiles of air pollution sources. Among the many uses of speciation data, these source profiles are used to: 1) create speciated emissions inventories for regional haze, particulate matter (PM2.5), and ozone (O3) air quality modeling; 2) estimate hazardous and toxic air pollutant emissions from total PM and TOC primary emissions; 3) provide input to chemical mass balance (CMB) receptor models; and, 4) verify profiles derived from ambient measurements using multivariate receptor models (e.g., factor analysis and positive matrix factorization). SPECIATE includes a total of 4,080 PM and TOC profiles |
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| RAINS emission factors | |
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RAINS database includes emission factors for particles, NOx, SO2 and VOCs. Factors from several categories, such as agriculture, transport, combustion, and industrial processess are covered in European level. RAINS model estimates emissions for EU countries. Included pollutants are particles, NOx, SO2 and VOCs. Emissions are national aggregates. Data can be grouped by activities and some emissions factors are also provided. |
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| Pesticide Usage Statistics (PUS) for UK | |
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This search presents data for 1990 onwards from the programme of pesticide usage surveys commissioned by the independent Advisory Committee on Pesticides in United Kingdom. |
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| Pesticide residues | |
| Short description |
Includes links to databases, reports, tables, documents etc. related to risk and exposure assessment of pesticide residues. Also links to sources of information for pesticed residues in food. |
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| Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs) | |
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Pesticide Information Profiles (PIPs) are documents which provide specific pesticide information relating to health and environmental effects. Pips are not based on an exhaustive literature search. Provides information and values for toxicological effects. |
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| Pesticide Fate Database | |
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EPA's Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) collects and reviews a wide range of scientific studies, including chemical fate and transport studies. This information is gathered to Pesticide Fate Database including following information for 188 pesticide active ingredients: physical and chemical properties, chemical fate, transport of pesticide active ingredients registered in the United States, degradates or breakdown products of these registered pesticides and endpoint information such as half lives and soil-water partitioning coefficients. Additional pesticide active ingredients and degradates will be added to the fate database in the near future. |
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| Pesticide Data Sheets (PDSs) | |
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Pesticide data sheets (PDS) contain basic information for safe use of pesticides. PDSs are prepared by WHO in collaboration with FAO and give basic toxicological information on individual pesticides. Priority for issue of PDSs is given to substances having a wide use in public health programmes and/or in agriculture, or having a high or an unusual toxicity record. The data sheets are prepared by scientific experts and peer reviewed. The comments of industry are provided through the industrial association, GIFAP. The data sheets are revised from time to time as required. |
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| PELCOM | |
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Pan-European Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring, PELCOM is a 1-km pan-European land cover database. The database is based on the integrative use of multi-spectral and multi-temporal 1-km resolution NOAA-AVHRR satellite data and ancillary data. Land cover is divided to 14 classess, and data is available for years 1996-1997 in EU25 countries. |
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| PAN Pesticides Database | |
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The PAN Pesticide Database brings together a diverse array of information on pesticides from many different sources, providing human toxicity (chronic and acute), ecotoxicity and regulatory information for about 6,400 pesticide active ingredients and their transformation products, as well as adjuvants and solvents used in pesticide products. |
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| Occupational Exposure Limit Values (OELVs) | |
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The legal basis for the preparation of occupational exposure limits and biological limits in the European Union is contained in Directive 98/24/EC on chemical agents and Directive 2004/37/EC on carcinogens and mutagens. Indicative Occupational Exposure Limit Values (IOELVs) are adopted through Commission Directives while Binding Occupational Exposure Limit Values (BOELVs) are adopted through Council and European Parliament Directives and are listed in this pdf document. |
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| National Food Residue Database (NFRD) | |
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The National Food Residue Database (NFRD) contains data on chemical residues and contaminants in foods in Ireland. The data is taken from annual residue monitoring programmes and from individual residues studies and surveys. The scope of the data includes: veterinary drugs, prohibited substances, pesticides, heavy metals, dioxins and PCBs, mycotoxins, nitrates and PAHs. |
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| National emission statistics | |
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Emission inventory in UK level for various pollutants (POPs, non-metals and metals) and for various years. Also categorized by a source. |
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| JMPR (Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues) - Monographs & Evaluations | |
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Toxicological evaluations of pesticides, produced by the WHO/FAO Joint Meeting on Pesticide Residues JMPR , are used by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and national governments to set international food standards and safe levels for protection of the consumer. The monographs provide the toxicological information upon which the JMPR makes its evaluations. These monographs are prepared by scientific experts and peer reviewed at the JMPR meetings. Includes several evaluations and monographs made in different years for the same chemicals. |
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| IUCLID | |
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This IUCLID Chemical Data Sheets Information System provides you with an extract of data from the IUCLID (International Uniform ChemicaL Information Database) on High Production Volume Chemicals reported by European Industry in the frame of the European existing chemicals risk assessment programme. The databases includes toxicity information for over 2600 chemicals. This IUCLID Chemical Data Sheets Information System provides you with an extract of data from the IUCLID (International Uniform ChemicaL Information Database) on High Production Volume Chemicals reported by European Industry in the frame of the European existing chemicals risk assessment programme. Database includes information for environmental fate and pathways for over 2600 chemicals. |
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| IRIS | |
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IRIS is a database of human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances found in the environment. The heart of the IRIS system is its collection of computer files covering individual chemicals. These chemical files contain descriptive and quantitative information in the following categories: a) Oral reference doses and inhalation reference concentrations (RfDs and RfCs, respectively) for chronic noncarcinogenic health effects, b) Hazard identification, oral slope factors, and oral and inhalation unit risks for carcinogenic effects. Database includes over 500 chemicals. |
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| International Toxicity Estimates for Risk (ITER) | |
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ITER is a free Internet database of human health risk values and cancer classifications for over 600 chemicals of environmental concern from multiple organizations worldwide. ITER is the only database that presents risk data in a tabular format for easy comparison, along with a synopsis explaining differences in data. Available through TOXNET. |
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| International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC) | |
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The IPCS is a joint activity of three cooperating International Organizations: namely the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Labour Office (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The main objective of the IPCS is to carry out and disseminate evaluations of the hazards posed by chemicals to human health and the environment. An ICSC summarizes essential health and safety information on chemicals for their use at the "shop floor" level by workers and employers in factories, agriculture, construction and other work places. Includes occupational exposure limit values. |
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| Indoor Air Pollution Database in China | |
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The database contains data abstracted from more than 110 published papers with measurements of air quality in Chinese households, mostly from the Chinese literature previous to 1995. It is organized by pollutant (Particulates, Sulfur Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Benzo[a]pyrene); fuel type (Coal & Mixed, Gas, Biomass); and location (Urban, Rural). Data can be retrieved as excel files, or as pdf publication. |
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| Indoor Air Pollution and Exposure Database | |
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Measured household indoor air pollution levels in about 250 communities in developing countries extracted from 71 studies published between 1968 and 2002. This working database is structured so that the independent interviewer can extract and analyze findings within and across studies. Database is in Access format, and must be downloaded to your own computer. |
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| INCHEM | |
| Short description |
Rapid access to internationally peer reviewed information on chemicals commonly used throughout the world, which may also occur as contaminants in the environment and food. It consolidates information from a number of intergovernmental organizations whose goal it is to assist in the sound management of chemicals. Provides various information, such as toxicological and fate information for chemicals, information about exposure with measured exposure concentrations (occupational and consumer exposure included) produced mainly by IPCS (The International Programme on Chemical Safety). |
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| CORINE Land Cover 2000 (CLC2000) | |
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Corine Land Cover 2000 (CLC2000) is produced by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and its member countries in the European environment information and observation network (Eionet). Corine Land Cover 2000 (CLC2000) is an update for the reference year 2000 of the first Corine Land Cover database which was finalised in the early 1990s as part of the European Commission program to COoRdinate Information on the Environment (Corine). The inventory is based on computer assisted photo interpretation of satellite images divided into 44 categories, and the raw data have a spatial resolution of 25 hectares. The categories include artificial surfaces, agriculture, forest and natural areas, wetlands and water bodies. The CORINE data are provided both as vector data sets, in their original form, and as a generalised raster data set, at a notional 100 meter resolution. Data is available for EU25 countries. Download requires permission from EEA. |
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| Household Products Database | |
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This database links over 7,000 consumer brands to health effects from Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) provided by manufacturers and allows scientists and consumers to research products based on chemical ingredients. The database is designed to help answer the following typical questions:
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| HETUS | |
| Short description |
Harmonized European time use surveys (HETUS) includes time activity data as pre prepared tables for mean time spent on Main and Secondary activities and Participation rates for Main activities during an average day, by Sex and Country and addition to that, user can create tables for his own interest. There are also links to the time-use statistics of countries included. |
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Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Spain, UK, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, Poland, Republic of Slovenia |
| HEDS | |
| Short description |
NHEXAS Phase I consists of three demonstration/scoping studies using probability-based sampling designs. Volunteer participants were randomly selected from several areas of the U.S. These studies included personal exposure, residential concentration, and biomarker measurements. The Arizona study was conducted in Arizona, and measured metals, pesticides, and VOCs. The Maryland study was conducted in Maryland, and measured metals, pesticides, and PAHs. The Region 5 study was conducted in EPA's Region 5 (Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota), and measured metals and VOCs. Researchers worked with the participants to measure the level of chemicals in the air they breathed; in foods and beverages they consumed, including drinking water; in the soil and dust around their homes; and in their blood and urine. Participants completed questionnaires to help identify possible sources of chemical exposure. Sample collection occurred between 1995 and 1997. |
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| ECOTOX database | |
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The ECOTOX (ECOTOXicology) database provides single chemical toxicity information for aquatic and terrestrial life. ECOTOX was created and is maintained by the U.S.EPA |
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| Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) | |
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HSDB is a toxicology data file on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals and also includes information on environmental fate. It is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas. All data are referenced and derived from a core set of books, government documents, technical reports and selected primary journal literature. HSDB is peer-reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel (SRP), a committee of experts in the major subject areas within the data bank's scope. HSDB is organized into individual chemical records, and contains over 5000 such records. HSDB is a toxicology data file on the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It focuses on the toxicology of potentially hazardous chemicals. It is enhanced with information on human exposure, industrial hygiene, emergency handling procedures, environmental fate, regulatory requirements, and related areas. All data are referenced and derived from a core set of books, government documents, technical reports and selected primary journal literature. HSDB is peer-reviewed by the Scientific Review Panel (SRP), a committee of experts in the major subject areas within the data bank's scope. HSDB is organized into individual chemical records, and contains over 5000 such records. |
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| EDETOX | |
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Evaluations and Predictions of Dermal Absorption of Toxic Chemicals (EDETOX). Databank of literature evaluated and generated as part of EDETOX project. The Database contains data that has been produced by in vitro and in vivo percutaneous penetration studies. These have been compiled from the published literature. The information can be used to establish and validate mathematical models that have been produced to predict percutaneous penetration. The data can be filtered in a variety of ways and can be extracted in printed reports or exported to excel spreadsheets. |
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| EEA Aggregated and Gap Filled Emission Data | |
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Dataset showing aggregated emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases as used in the European Environment Agency's indicator factsheets and assessment reports 1990-2004. Where there are gaps in reported data from countries, a simple gap-filling process is used to provide a consistent set of data suitable for assessment purposes. Air pollution data is available for European and selected Asian countries. Greenhouse gas data is available for European countries. |
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| EEA Greenhouse Gas Data Viewer | |
| Short description |
National annual greenhouse gas inventories for EU countries for Carbon dioxide, Methane, Nitrous oxide, Perfluorocarbons, Hydrofluorocarbons and Sulphur hexafluoride. The data contain the most recently submitted information, covering the period from 1990 to 2005. Emissions are also available by source categories. |
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| EEA's Population density disaggregated with Corine land cover 2000 | |
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Raster data on population density using Corine Land Cover 2000 inventory. Data are available at 100 meters resolution in GeoTiff format. |
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| EMEP measurement data | |
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Includes measured data from 36 European countries. Measured components and time frame of measurements varies between cases. Measured pollutants include Acidifying and eutrophying compounds, ozone, heavy metals, POPs, particulate matter (Joint EMEP, GAW-WDCA and CREATE database) and VOC. |
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Europe: Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, FYR of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, Ukraine |
| Gridded Population of the World (GPW) | |
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Gridded Population of the World (GPWv3) is the third edition of a large-scale data product that demonstrates the spatial distribution of human populations across the globe. The purpose of the GPWv3 project is to provide a spatially disaggregated population layer that is compatible with datasets from social, economic, and earth science fields. The output is unique in that the distribution of human population is converted from national or subnational spatial units (usually administrative units) of varying resolutions, to a series of geo-referenced quadrilateral grids at a resolution of 2.5 arc minutes. Included information for 232 countries with varying spatial resolutions. There are also estimated for year 2010 and 2015 available. |
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| EMEP-MSCE: Modelled POP concentrations in soil | |
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MSC-E produces maps on modelled concentrations of POPs at the regional level (Europe, up to 2001) or for the northern hemisphere. Concentrations are modelled starting from emissions to air (by country) and by using a multimedia fate and transfer model. Comparison exercises between modelled and measured soil concentrations are available for some POPs (HCH, HCB). By June 2004, following POPs are included into the modellering activities: PAHs, PCDD/Fs, PCBs, -HCH, HCB and the new substances: HCBD, PeCB, PCN-47, -endosulphan, dicofol. Maps for soil are at present available for benzo(b)fluoranthene, PCDD/Fs, PCBs, -HCH and HCB. Data are regularly updated. Maps are available from the website. Numerical data are available on request. |
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Global: northern hemisphere |
| Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) | |
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Provides global emission inventories of direct and indirect greenhouse gases from anthropogenic sources including halocarbons and aerosols both on a per country and region basis as well as on a grid. Gases included are CO2, CH4, N2O and HFCs, PFCs and SF6 and the precursor gases CO, NOx, NMVOC and SO2. |
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| Global land cover 2000 - Europe (GLC2000) | |
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Global land cover 2000 - Europe (GLC2000), a pan-European classification, does not represent a perfect reproduction of Corine land cover in areas where CLC2000 and GLC2000 overlap. It does, however, represent a consistent and improved classification for the whole of the European continent, with respect to the data derived from the VEGETATION instrument. Includes land cover divided to 23 classess with 1km grid. Information available for year 2000 in EU25 countires. |
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| Emission Factors Database | |
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Emission factors in UK level for various sources in year 2000. For year 2005 emissions factors for road transport are available for 1,3-butadiene, Benzene, Carbon Dioxide as C , Carbon Monoxide, Methane, Nitrogen Oxides as NO2, Nitrous Oxide, Non Methane VOC, PM10 and Sulphur Dioxide. |
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| Global estimates of gaseous emissions of NO3, NO and N2O from agricultural land | |
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This report provides a comprehensive review of the literature about emissions of NH3, N2O and NO, and examines the regulating factors, measurement techniques and models. It draws these data together and generates global emission estimates that can serve as a basis for further addressing the issues of fertilizer use efficiency and environmental impact. |
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| GESTIS International limit values | |
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This database contains a collection of occupational limit values for hazardous substances gathered from various EU member states, Canada (Québec), Japan, Switzerland, and the United States as of 2010. Limit values of more than 1,000 substances are listed. Provides search based on CAS or chemical name. |
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| German Environmental Survey (GerES) | |
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The German Environmental Survey (GerES) is a representative population study to determine the exposure of Germany's general population to environmental contaminants. The first GerES (GerES I) was conducted in 1985/86, the second was conducted in 1990/91 and in 1991/92 extended to the former GDR (GerES II), GerES III was performed in 1998 and GerES IV for children started in May 2003 and fieldwork was completed in May 2006. Includes concentrations of metals, organochlorine compounds PCBs in blood, urine and scalp for adults and children. Results are provided as summarizing tables. |
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| GEMSTAT | |
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The GEMStat database provides access to data on groundwater and surface water quality collected by the GEMS/Water Global Network. This Global Network comprises 1400 monitoring stations in 80 countries and incorporates 2 000 000 separate records of over 100 parameters. Monitoring results are collated and submitted to GEMS/Water by National Focus Points (NFPs), themselves appointed and financed by member countries. Includes information on nutrients, ions, metals, microbiology and organic contaminants. LEvel of available data is differnet between countries. |
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| GEMS FOOD Chemical Contaminants in Food | |
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Established in 1976, GEMS/Food operates through a network of WHO Collaborating Centers and other participating institutions located in over 70 countries around the world. The purpose of GEMS/Food is to collect health-oriented population-based monitoring data on levels and trends of contaminants in food and their significance for health and trade, including a number of pesticide residues. |
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| Food Consumption and Other Exposure Data | |
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Includes extensive selection of links to several sources of information regarding food consumption and exposure assessment. Includes references to databases, tables, reports, documents etc. |
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| Finnish time use survey | |
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The Time Use Survey has been carried out three times. The first survey was made in autumn 1979 and the next one in 1987/1988. The latest survey, 1999/2000, is part of the European Time Use Survey harmonized (HETUS) under the direction of Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. The first two surveys were based on individual samples. In the newest survey the data were collected from all over 10-year-old members of the household. Household samples also allow study of intra-household time use. The material contains more than 10,000 survey days. The primary and secondary activities as recorded by the respondents themselves were coded according to a 185-category activity classification. The diary data also cover the time spent together and the location of activity. Background variables for time use data included e.g. sex, age, stage of life, socio-economic group, province, season and day of the week. |
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| FAOSTAT | |
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations maintains FAOSTAT database that provides access to over 3 million time-series and cross sectional data relating to food and agriculture. FAOSTAT contains data for 200 countries and more than 200 primary products and inputs. Data starts from year 1990, but is freely accessible only to year 2003. Food consumption data is presented as the amount of food quantities divided for several commodities. FAOSTAT consists of an integrated core database and satellite databases feeding and supporting it. The current core of FAOSTAT contains a full matrix of integrated and compatible statistics coverage of 200 countries, 16 years, and more than 200 primary products and input items related to production, trade, resources, consumption and prices. Data collected from 1961-2004 and is not updated, and has been provided for reference purposes. Pesticide consumption database in FAOSTAT includes quantities of pesticides used in (or sold to) the agricultural sector. Figures are generally expressed in terms of active ingredients. Land-use is divided to 10 classess of use. |
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| Exposure Factors Handbook | |
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This is not an actually database, but there are references and tables from several studies, which can be used for average values. Geographical area for the data is U.S. Time activity data is referred as Activity factors and there are data available at least for time spent in various activities, time spent in traffic, time spent in work and school and time spent in different locations at home. Ingestion data is divided to the following groups: Drinking water intake, soil ingestion, intake of fruits and vegetables, intake of fish and shellfish, intake of meat and dairy products, intake of grain products, intake rates of various home produced food items and breast milk intake. Physiological data included are: Body surface area, body weight and inhalation rate. Housing data included are: Volumes, surface areas, mechanical systems and types of foundations. General population data included is lifetime. |
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| ATSDR - Toxicological Profiles | |
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The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) produces "toxicological profiles" for hazardous substances found at National Priorities List (NPL) sites. These hazardous substances are ranked based on frequency of occurrence at NPL sites, toxicity, and potential for human exposure. Toxicological profiles are developed from a priority list of 275 substances. So far, 289 toxicological profiles have been published or are under development as "finals" or "drafts for public comment". These profiles cover more than 250 substances. Profiles include also chemical and physical indormation and information for production, import, use and disposal.
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| Australia's national database of pollutant emissions | |
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The National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) maintains emission database for several sources and pollutants in Australia. Data is available from year 1999. Searches can be based on location, substance, source or facility. Results are provided as total/year. |
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| Biodegradation and Bioconcentration of the Excisting Chemical Substances | |
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LC-50 values on fish, biodegradation values (MITI test) and bioconcentration information for approximately 1400 chemicals. Database is produced by National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Japan. |
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| CEPMEIP Database - Emission Factors | |
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The Co-coordinated European Programme on Particulate Matter Emission Inventories, Projections and Guidance (CEPMEIP) is part of the activities aimed at supporting national experts in reporting particulate matter emission inventories to the EMEP programme. Emission factors for particles categorized based on the source and fuel. |
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| CHAD | |
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Consolidated Human Activity Database (CHAD) contains data obtained from pre-existing human activity studies that were collected at city, state, and national levels (ONLY U.S. data). CHAD is a master database providing access to other human activity databases using a consistent format. This facilitates access and retrieval of activity/and questionnaire information from those databases that EPA currently has access to-and-uses-in its various regulatory analyses undertaken by program offices. Data can be downloaded to own computer (dat files or access files, which are installed as a runtime version of the database) and it includes following data (U.S. level data only as Baltimore Data, Denver Data, NHAPS Data, California Data, Washington,D.C. Data, Valdez Data, Cincinnati Data, Elementary Kids Data and High School Kids Data). |
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USA |
| Chemical and Physical Properties Database | |
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This database provides the summary tables of chemical and physical property values available from various sources. This database is intended to provide a quick summary of available chemical and physical property values and allows a person to compare and verify values quickly. Provides information for basic properties. |
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| Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System (CCRIS) | |
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CCRIS is a toxicology data file of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Toxicology Data Network (TOXNET®). It is a scientifically evaluated and fully referenced data bank, developed and maintained by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It contains over 9,000 chemical records with carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results. Data are derived from studies cited in primary journals, current awareness tools, NCI reports, and other special sources. Test results have been reviewed by experts in carcinogenesis and mutagenesis. |
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| Chemical Fate half lives for Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Chemicals | |
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Document includes half lives for dioxins, furans, PCBs, PAHs and some metals. |
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| Chemical-Specific Factors | |
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Chemical values for several compounds. Data includes partition coefficients, transfer factors, absorption factors and several other constants. |
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| Chemical-Specific Toxicity Values | |
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The database of chemical-specific toxicity values contains the human health toxicological information needed to perform risk evaluations and assessments. This database contains information taken from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS ), the Health Effects Assessment Summary Tables (HEAST-rad HEAST-nonrad), EPA Provisional Peer Reviewed Toxicity Values (PPRTVs) Database, and other information sources. In this database, all information is referenced. Additionally, the database contains supplemental information which clarifies some issue. |
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| ChemIDplus | |
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Information available more than 300000 substances. Data includes information for structure, toxicity and chemical properties. |
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| ChemPortal | |
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eChemPortal allows for simultaneous search of multiple databases and provides clearly described sources and quality of data. eChemPortal gives access to data submitted to government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels. Includes data for physical chemical properties. eChemPortal allows for simultaneous search of multiple databases and provides clearly described sources and quality of data. eChemPortal gives access to data submitted to government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels. Includes data for environmental fate and behaviour. eChemPortal allows for simultaneous search of multiple databases and provides clearly described sources and quality of data. eChemPortal gives access to data submitted to government chemical review programmes at national, regional, and international levels. Includes data for ecotoxicity and toxicity. |
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| Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICADs) | |
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Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents (CICADs) are the latest in a family of publications from the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS). CICADs are concise documents that provide summaries of the relevant scientific information concerning the potential effects of chemicals upon human health and/or the environment. They are based on selected national or regional evaluation documents or on existing EHCs. The primary objective of CICADs is characterization of hazard and dose–response from exposure to a chemical. CICADs are not a summary of all available data on a particular chemical; rather, they include only that information considered critical for characterization of the risk posed by the chemical. |
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| EnviChem | |
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The main content of the database consists of information on the toxicity of substances in relation to different species, especially aquatic organisms, together with information on the persistence and accumulation of these substances in the environment. The information is mainly compiled from scientific literature, handbooks and databases in the field of ecotoxicology which have been available to environmental protection authorities. Database contains 2750 chemicals. |
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| Environmental Fate Data Base (EFDB) | |
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The EFDB is a tremendous aid in identifying persistent chemical classes, as well as physical or chemical properties that may correlate to particular behavior in the environment. The EFDB is comprised of several interrelated files, DATALOG, CHEMFATE, BIOLOG, and BIODEG. These databases share a CAS# file containing over 20,000 chemicals with preferred name and formula, and a bibliographic file containing full references on over 36,000 articles cited. Includes information for chemical properties, fate properties, degradation and toxicity. |
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| Environmental Health Criteria Monographs (EHC's) | |
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EHC monographs are based on a comprehensive search of available original publications, scientific literature and reviews and examine: the physical and chemical properties and analytical methods; sources of environmental and industrial exposure and environmental transport, chemobiokinetics and metabolism including absorption, distribution, transformation and elimination; short and long term effects on animals (carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, and teratogenicity); and finally, an evaluation of risks for human health and the effects on the environment. Includes information on 231 chemicals (Sep. 12, 2007). This series is issued by the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) |
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| EPA - Pesticides | |
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EPA's we page providing various information on pesticides (health effects, fact sheets for chemicals, guidance etc.) |
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| European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) | |
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The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) is the new Europe-wide register that provides easily accessible key environmental data from industrial facilities in European Union Member States and in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. It replaces and improves upon the previous European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER). The new register contains data reported annually by some 24,000 industrial facilities covering 65 economic activities across Europe. For each facility, information is provided concerning the amounts of pollutant releases to air, water and land as well as off-site transfers of waste and of pollutants in waste water from a list of 91 key pollutants including heavy metals, pesticides, greenhouse gases and dioxins for the year 2007 onwards. Some information on releases from diffuse sources is also available and will be gradually enhanced. |
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| Eurostat | |
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Various statistics are maintained by Eurostat and are freely available for download from the website, although the site demands registration. There are some predefined tables provided, and addition to that user can make own queries with several options for data retrieval. Data is divided to several sub-categories. There are at least information for food and water consumption, for pesticide and fertilizer consumption, for mobility of peoples in road, railway, air and waterways, for land-use (breakdown by main category (agriculture, forest and wooded land, built-up and related land, wet open lands, dry open lands, water and total area) measured in km2, divided to 40 classes with 1km grid) and for population, health, education and training, labor market, living conditions and welfare, society statistics and for tourism. |
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Europe |
| ChemBioFinder | |
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Name, synonyms, molecular formula, structure, melting and boiling points, density, refractive index, vapor density and pressure, water solubility and flash point for several compounds. A free registration needed. |
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| Concise European Food Consumption Database | |
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The Concise European Food Consumption Database gathers data on average daily consumption of foods per person sourced from the EU Member States. It comprises 15 broad categories (e.g. milk and dairy-based products) and 21 subcategories (e.g. cheese). The intention of the concise database is to provide a valuable first screening tool to EFSA, its Scientific Panels, and potentially to other scientists in Member States, to help carry out preliminary exposure assessments. It will serve as a starting point for EFSA to develop a more comprehensive database with information on more refined food categories and specific population groups (e.g. children). Exposure assessment is a key part of the risk assessment process. The quality of available data - both on food consumption and on occurrence levels - can have a major impact on the outcome of risk assessment. Food consumption data from dietary surveys are available in a majority of European countries. However, data obtained at national level often cannot be compared directly due to different survey methodologies, food categorisation systems, etc. To overcome this, EFSA has developed the “Concise European Food Consumption Database”. The database was set up with the involvement of the EFSA Expert group on food consumption data, a network currently composed of members representing EU and neighbouring countries. The group co-ordinated the collection and formatting of national data and transfer to EFSA. It is also responsible for discussing the requirements for the future comprehensive database. The need for such data at European level was raised at the colloquium on “European Food Consumption Database - Current and medium to long-term strategies” organised by EFSA in Brussels in April 2005. The full report of the Colloquium is available to download. |
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| Material Emission Database for 90 Target VOCS | |
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Emission factors for 90 VOCs for 69 building material. |
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| Bulletin of Housing Statistics | |
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This databases provides information on number of population and households, number of dwellings and size of dwellings. In addition there's information of value of construction and use of building materials. Data is provided as excel- and pdf-files. |
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Europe, North America |
| AP42: Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors. Volume I: Stationary Point and Area Sources | |
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AP-42, Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission Factors, has been published since 1972 as the primary compilation of EPA's emission factor information. It contains emission factors and process information for more than 200 air pollution source categories. A source category is a specific industry sector or group of similar emitting sources. The emission factors have been developed and compiled from source test data, material balance studies, and engineering estimates. The Fifth Edition of AP-42 was published in January 1995. Since then EPA has published supplements and updates to the fifteen chapters available in Volume I, Stationary Point and Area Sources. |
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USA |
