General Poisoning Information
Poisoning
Fact Sheet
Provides information about the occurrence, consequences,
cost, and groups at risk for poisonings.
Poisoning
Prevention: Prevention Tips
Gives tips to make your home and community safe, and recommendations
on what to do in the event of a poisoning exposure.
Toxicological Information
ToxFAQs™
Provides a series of summaries containing frequently asked
questions about contaminants found at hazardous waste sites.
Tox Profiles
Characterizes the toxicologic and adverse health effects
from exposure to specific hazardous substances.
More
on ToxFAQs, Tox Profiles; CD-ROM ordering information
Chemical
Agents
Offers information on select chemicals, including basic facts,
case definitions, toxic syndrome descriptions, and emergency
response information.
Occupational
Safety and Health Topic - Chemical Safety
Includes NIOSH and other chemical databases, respirator information,
MSDS information, and other resources.
NIOSH Pocket
Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG)
Provides general industrial hygiene information on several
hundred chemicals/classes for workers, employers, and occupational
health professionals.
International
Chemical Safety Cards
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 workplaces.
Chemical Emergencies
Emergency Preparedness
and Response - Chemical Emergencies
Gives information to help people prepare to protect themselves
during and after the release of harmful chemicals.
Medical Management
Guidelines (MMGs) for Acute Chemical Exposures
Aids healthcare professionals involved in emergency response
to effectively decontaminate patients.
Gives information for local, state, and international health
officials who handle multiple emergencies involving chemicals.
Lead Poisoning
CDC Childhood
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Provides general information on lead poisoning, publications,
program information, more...
Frequently
Asked Questions About Lead
Includes FAQs about lead in general, lead in folk medicines
and jewelry, lead in water.
Lead in
the Workplace
Provides adult blood lead data, analytical methods, information
on take-home lead, other resources.
(See also ToxFAQs™ and Tox Profiles listed above in
Toxicological Information.)
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning
Includes basic information; information specific to boats,
emergency, and workplace settings; policy; more...
Carbon
Monoxide Poisoning Fact Sheet
Gives general information about the risks of carbon monoxide,
and tips to prevent exposure.
Carbon Monoxide
Hazards from Small Gasoline Powered Engines
Includes information about and recommendations to prevent
carbon monoxide poisoning from small engines.
Arsine Poisoning
Arsine
Poisoning in the Workplace
Provides information on arsine toxicity, recommendations
to to prevent occupational exposure to Arsine gas.
Pesticide Poisoning
Preventing
Phosphine Poisoning and Explosions During Fumigation
Describes 205 cases of illness or injury in workers exposed
to phosphine gas associated with phosphide fumigants and
provides recommendations to prevent exposure to phosphine
gas.
Pesticide
Injury and Illness Surveillance
Provides information on the Sentinel Event Notification System
for Occupational Risk (SENSOR) for pesticides and links to
pesticide surveillance-related publications.
Surveillance Activities
Worker
Health Chartbook, 2004 - Poisoning
Includes selected data on occupational poisonings and pesticide-related
illnesses and injuries from ongoing activities to determine
the underlying causes of overexposure to chemicals and pesticides
in the workplace.
Worker
Health Chartbook, 2004 - Lead Toxicity
Provides data from the Adult Blood Lead Epidemiology and
Surveillance (ABLES) program, a State-based surveillance
program of laboratory-reported blood lead levels (BLLs) in
adults.
Improving
Public Health Surveillance: Toxic Exposure Surveillance
System (TESS)
Provides access to TESS, a comprehensive surveillance database
that contains toxicologic information about more than exposures
reported to U.S. poison control centers.
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