This page is a collection of links to resources that you may find useful in dealing with issues surrounding the use and regulation of toxic substances.
Chemical and toxicological properties of toxic substances
- EPA's ChemExpo Knowledge Base allows you to search a database for chemical names as well as products. (It is currently in a beta version)
- The related EPA CompTox Chemicals Dashboard contains chemical, toxicological, and exposure information for over a million different chemicals.
Regulation of toxic substances
- The Superfund Home Page with information and links on the Superfund program
Maps and databases on environmental toxicants
- The US Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Environmental Contaminants Mapper
- See if your water system has detected PFAS in this summary of the EPAs PFAS testing records.
Alternatives to toxic substances
- The EPA has produced a Safer Chemical Ingredients List to help encourage use of safer chemical alternatives .