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Chemical Information Directory

AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION ON CHEMICALS AND PESTICIDES

AERIAL SPRAYING: 'Clearing The Air Aerial Spraying Guide': Spray Drift Kit (TEC)

ADVERSE REACTIONS TO PESTICIDES:
Adverse Experience Reporting Program for Agricultural Chemicals (AERP Ag): https://services.apvma.gov.au/AerpWebApp/

For the reporting of adverse experiences that have occurred after the use of or exposure to pesticides. Reports can be made by anyone - members of the public, farmers, 'bystanders' (people exposed to pesticides by aerial or ground spraying) and health care workers etc.

INFORMATION ON CHEMICALS USED IN AUSTRALIA

Australian Pestidices and Veterinary Medicines Authority : APVMA is the National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals www.apvma.gov.au

Australia's National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme - NICNAS. http://nicnas.gov.au/ NICNAS is the Australian Government regulator for industrial chemicals (including cosmetics) and is located within the Australian Government Health and Ageing portfolio, in the Office of Chemical Safety.

HELP WITH ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Environmental Defender's Office, 02 9262 6989 www.edo.org.au

OVERSEAS CHEMICAL INFORMATION

US EPA is a major source for information on chemicals: www.epa.gov

US FDA is a good source for information on cosmetics and pharmaceutical: www.fda.gov

ATSDR - Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry - U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services

WHERE TO FIND INFORMATION ON CHEMICALS: http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/Tox/ToxMain.html

Pesticide Action Network: www.pan-uk.org

Product or Chemical MSDS's

MSDS Cards or www.cdc.gov/niosh/

International safety cards, poisons and environmental health criteria Monographs

www.inchem.org/pages/icsc.html
www.inchem.org/pages/pims.html
www.inchem.org/pages/ehc.html