• OSHA Technical Manual (OTM). OSHA Directive TED 01-00-015 [TED 1.15], (1999, January 20).
  • Polymer Matrix Materials: Advanced Composites. Describes processes, controls, and health hazards for advanced polymer matrix composites.
• Chemical Hazard Communication. OSHA Publication 3084, (1998). Also available as a 2.5 MB PDF, 31 pages. Gives an overview of chemical hazard communication.
• Using Solvents Safely. California Department of Health Services, Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service (HESIS), (1997, June 1). Describes methods of using solvents safely in the workplace. It includes a list of solvents that are reproductive hazards to women and men, as well as a solvent safety checklist.
• Documentation for Immmediately Dangerous to Life or Health Concentrations (IDLH): NIOSH Chemical Listing and Documentation of Revised IDLH Values. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NTIS) Publication No. PB-94-195047, (1995, March 1). Documents the criteria and information sources that have been used by NIOSH to determine immediately dangerous to life or health concentrations (IDLHs).
• Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards. US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 81-123, (1981, January). Contains chemical information, such as exposure limits, health hazards, chemical and physical properties, monitoring and measuring procedures, and personal protective equipment (PPE).
• NORA Priority Research Areas: Work Environment and Workforce. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Occupation Research Agenda (NORA). Discusses five of the NORA priority areas categorized by work environment and workforce. Research has shown that physiologic interactions from some mixed exposures can lead to an increase in the severity of the harmful effect. For example, exposure to noise and toluene results in a two- to three-times-higher risk of hearing loss.
• Mixed Exposures. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Occupation Research Agenda (NORA).
• ToxFAQs. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Provides a series of summaries and answers to frequently asked questions about contaminants found at hazardous waste sites and hazardous substances excerpted from ATSDR's Toxicological Profiles and Public Health Statements. Each fact sheet serves as a quick and easy-to-understand guide.
• Cleaning Solvents. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), (2003, June 5). Provides links to several different fact sheets on solvent related topics.

Specific Solvents

• Safety and Health Information Bulletins (SHIBs). OSHA. SHIBs are one tool OSHA uses to inform internal staff and the public of significant occupational safety and health issues concerning hazard recognition, evaluation, and control in the workplace and at emergency response sites. The scope of SHIB topics and the procedures for the development of SHIBs are outlined in the OSHA Instruction CPL 02-00-065 [CPL 2.65A]. The following SHIBs relate to solvent hazards.
  • Dimethylformamide and Testicular Cancer. (1988, February 17). Discusses that germinal cell testicular cancer has been identified in leather tanning and aircraft workers exposed to dimethylformamide (DMF).
  • A Fatal Fire with "nonflammable" Methyl Chloroform with Welding in a Vapor Degreaser. (1987, September 23). Dispels the belief that methyl chloroform is nonflammable.
  • Health Hazard Information Alert Regarding Thixon 511-T. (1986, July 22). Describes a hospitalization for methemoglobinemia caused by contaminated Thixon 511-T.
• Health Hazard Alert -- 2-Nitropropane (2-NP). US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 80-142, (1980, October 1). Summarizes cancer studies for 2-Nitropropane. This alert has superseded the previous 1977 study:
  • Current Intelligence Bulletin 17: 2-Nitropropane. US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-127, (1977, April 25). Provides the results of this animal study along with other pertinent data, their implications for occupational healthy and precautions for handling 2-nitropropane in the workplace.