Sent: Thursday, 8 August 2002 2:15 PM
I am in the process of disposing of some of my laboratory's more hazardous chemicals. To dispose of these I need to obtain an MSDS, however I have run into difficulties with some of our older chemicals. Many of the suppliers are now non existent. Does anyone know of a good web page that will supply me with a large range of MSDS' for chemicals such as silicon oil and lead sulphate?
Melissa
You could try Agsafe which is at www.agsafe.com.au
Or http://www.msds.com.au/
Gerald Cairns replied
There are several places on the INTERNET which have huge databases filled with MSDS information. Most of these sites are searchable by chemical name, manufacturer name, and/or CAS. Just remember, you are responsible for how you use this information. Some of these links are quite often busy. If you can't connect on the first try, try again later.
If you are interested, follow this link for the history of the MSDS.
These links all functioned as of 6/9/2002 - Barbara Sloan Additional material from Ray. Australian sites first.
Material
Safety Data Sheets
Worksafe
Australia has various MSDS like information.
CSIRO
Australia - Dangerous goods.
USQ
Health and Safety Links
Macquarie
University -- Once connected, you will be asked to enter a search string.
Enter the chemical name or CAS#. You will be presented with a list of all
the files that contain that chemical name or CAS# (sometimes there are
several files). Look through this list and choose the file which is the
chemical in which you are interested. This will give you the MSDS for that
chemical.
Standards
Australia International Ltd - paysite
Agency
for Toxic substances and Disease Registry has hazardous substance fact
sheets.
Asia
Pacific Speciality Group
Bureau
de International des Poids et Measures
ChemFinder
-- is a name, formula, MW, CAS, and substructure searchable chemical database.
The ChemFinder WebServer indexes over 150 chemical information sites.
DrugDB
is a searchable database of pharmaceutical information.
Ecogopher
EPA Fact Sheets -- These are documents which contain similar information
to an MSDS. Once connected you will get a list of chemicals. Choose the
chemical which you are interested in to get the fact sheet or give you
a link to additional information.
ECDIN
is a searchable database of MSDS-like information for chemicals and pharmaceuticals
created by the Joint Research Center of the Commission of European Communities.
EPA
Chemical Fact Sheets.
Good
Laboratory Practice, Switzerland
General Microtechnology
and Photonics
International
Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry
International
Organisation for Standardisation - ISO
National
Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences (NAACLS)
Pesticide
Profiles at Oregon State University.
Virtual
Library: Chemical Engineering
World
Services Standards Network WSSN
Oxford
University -- Is a mirror of the Utah site.
Cornell
University has a good MSDS site, mirrors the SIRI site, and U.S. Government
Department of Defense MSDS database
Stanford
University Portfolio Information System has general chemical hazard
information in this searchable database.
University
of Kentucky has a HUGE list of links to MSDS sources on the internet.
University
of Georgia - chemical, asbestos, radiation, hazardous materials
management, occupational health environmental compliance, environment and
sanitation -- has a limited collection of MSDSs, but they have some unusual
stuff in their collection.
University
of Utah -- Once connected, you will get a list of alphabetical sections.
Choose the section that contains the chemical you are interested in. Once
you choose the section, you will be presented a list of chemicals. Choose
the chemical that you are interested in. This will get you the MSDS for
that chemical.
University
of Akron has a searchable hazardous material database.
University
of Missouri - Rolla has a searchable MSDS database.
Vermont
SIRI -- Once connected, you will be given instructions on how to search
the MSDS archive. This site also has links to other MSDS sites.
Fisher
Scientific has an online catalogue which includes MSDS information.
BC Hydro
is a very versatile MSDS site if you pay them money to use it. You can
search by CAS number (or partial number), product name, manufacturer, etc.
If you don't want to pay them money, you can still connect to this site
and use their demo version which gives some information.
Howard
Hughes Medical Institute has a list of MSDS like informatoin for several
chemicals.
Edgewood
Research has a small military unique MSDS database.
VWR
Scientific has online MSDS in their catalog.
Instant
Chemical Hazards and Safety Data has safety information on a small
number of chemicals plus links to other sites.
Hooper
Welding Supply has an on-line MSDS database for welding gases.
