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Database Descriptions
The National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal provides a starting point for finding reliable information on toxicology, hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases. This table lists the name and gives a description of each of the databases. A guide to selecting the right resource for your search is available.
Database | Fact Sheet | Description | Sample Records |
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Chemical Carcinogenesis Research Information System | CCRIS | Chemical records with carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, tumor promotion, and tumor inhibition test results | Phenol |
Carcinogenic Potency Database | CPDB | Results of chronic, long-term animal cancer tests on chemicals | Benzene |
ChemIDplus Lite | ChemIDplus Lite | Designed for simple searching on name or registry number to retrieve basic information about a chemical and provide links to other resources. | Aspirin |
ChemIDplus Advanced | ChemIDplus Advanced | Designed for more advanced searching and allows users to draw their own structures and perform similarity and substructure searches. | Aspirin |
Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology / Environmental Teratology Information Center | DART/ETIC | Bibliographic database that covers teratology and other aspects of developmental and reproductive toxicology. | Accutane |
Dietary Supplements Labels Database | Dietary Supplements Labels Database | Database of information on the ingredients in common brands of dietary supplements sold in the U.S. | Chondroitin Sulfate |
Directory of Information Resources | DIRLINE | Online database containing location and descriptive information about a wide variety of information resources including organizations, research resources, projects, and databases concerned with health and biomedicine. | Alcoholics Anonymous |
Drug Information Portal | Drug Information Portal | Information on drugs from entry into clinical trials through entry in the market place | Zovirax |
GENE-TOX | GENE-TOX | Peer-reviewed genetic toxicology (mutagenicity) test data from the Environmental Protection Agency | Aniline hydrochloride |
Haz-Map | Haz-Map | A database of information on the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work and home | Occupational Asthma |
Household Products Database | Household Products Database | Potential health effects of chemicals in common household products | Drano Max Liquid |
Hazardous Substances Data Bank | HSDB | Broad scope in human and animal toxicity, safety and handling, environmental fate, and more. Scientifically peer-reviewed. | Permethrin |
Integrated Risk Information System | IRIS | Focuses on the human health effects that may result from exposure to various substances with data on hazard identification and dose-response assessments for chemicals. | Toluene |
International Toxicity Estimates for Risk | ITER | Provides a comparison of international risk assessment information for chemicals in a side-by-side format and explains differences in risk values derived by different organizations. | Asbestos |
LactMed | LactMed | A database of drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant | Phenobarbital |
Toxicology Literature Online | TOXLINE | Journal literautre covering the biochemical, pharmacological, physiological, and toxicological effects of drugs and other chemicals. | Environmental polychlorinated biphenyls |
TOXMAP | TOXMAP | Geographic Information System (GIS) that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the EPA’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and Superfund programs | Benzene |
Toxics Release Inventory | TRI | Detailed information on chemicals and chemical categories which U.S. industrial and federal facilities manage through disposal or other releases, recycling, energy recovery, or treatment. | Creosote |