Safety Notes

(The Communicator, April 1997)

Safety sites in cyberspace

It is possible to access a vast amount of information on safety, environmental issues, transportation, hazardous chemicals and the like by visiting various home pages on the Internet.

http://hazl.siri.org/msds/ is a searchable archive site for Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for information on hazardous chemicals.

http://www.phys.ksu.edu/~tipping/msds.html provides many links to MSDS sites.

http://esf.uvm.edu/ is the University of Vermont's safety information page. There are links to many other safety sites including office safety and ergonomics sites.

http://minerva.acc.Virginia.EDU:80/~enhealth/ is the environmental health and safety home page of the University of Virginia. There are many links.

http://www.orcbs.msu.edu/biological/resource.htm is the biosafety resource page of the American Biological Safety Association. Many rules, regulations and guidelines are included.

http://www.hwc.ca/hlp/lcdc/hp.eng.html is the home page of Canada's Labroratory Centre for Disease Control.

http://ulysses.srv.gc.ca/aecb/homepage.htm is the home page of the Atomic Energy Control Board, where and you can access information on radiation safety.

http://www.ns.ec.gc.ca/atlhome.htm is the home page of Environment Canada's Atlantic Region.

http://www.ceaa.gc.ca/english/ is the home page of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency. This page, and Environment Canada's home page, provide links to current environmental information.

http://www.tc.gc.ca/ is Transport Canada's home page. You can look at a draft version of the Transport of Dangerous Goods Regulations in clear language.

The list of web sites keeps growing. Try searching specific topics of interest using YAHOO or other search programs on Netscape. Try www.yahoo.ca if you want to restrict your search to Canadian sites.