Resources/Links

These sites are credible resources for research and root principles in product safety, occupational exposure, emergent toxicology and medical issues, and industry standards.

Consumer Products

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: www.cpsc.gov

National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment: www.nocsae.org

NCAA Injury Surveillance System:
http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/ed_outreach/health-safety/iss/index.html

National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research: www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi

National Electrical Manufacturers Association: www.nema.org/stds

Consumers Unions (Consumer Reports): www.consumersunion.org/products

Collective Site of U.S. Government Recall Agencies:www.recalls.gov

Food and Pharmaceuticals

U.S. Food and Drug Administration: www.fda.gov

U.S. Department of Agriculture: www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

European Food Safety Authority: www.efsa.europa.eu/en

European Medicines Agency: www.emea.europa.eu

Health and Safety

Health & Safety Commission, United Kingdom: www.hse.gov.uk

National Institutes of Health, United Kingdom: www.nih.gov

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services: www.dhhs.gov

International Agency for Research on Cancer: www.iarc.fr

World Health Organisation: www.who.int/en

National Safety Council: www.nsc.org

U.S. National Library of Medicine: www.nlm.nih.gov

Industry Standards

American National Standards Institute: www.ansi.org

American Society for Testing and Materials: www.astm.org

Underwriters Laboratories: www.ul.com

National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States: www.nist.gov

Occupational Exposure

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration: www.osha.gov

British Occupational Hygiene Society: www.bohs.org

Society of Occupational Medicine, United Kingdom: www.som.org.uk

Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, United Kingdom: www.iosh.co.uk

Institut National De Recherche Et De SÉCURITÉ, France: http://en.inrs.fr

European Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH):
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach_intro.htm

European Chemicals Bureau  (REACH): http://ecb.jrc.it/reach

European Commission Environment: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/environment/index_en.htm

European Environmental Agency: www.eea.europa.eu

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety: www.ccohs.ca

Environmental Protection Agency, United States: www.epa.gov

The American Society of Safety Engineers: www.asse.org

Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists: www.aioh.org.au

Canadian Society of Safety Engineering: www.csse.org

Mine Safety and Health Administration, United States: www.msha.gov

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists: www.acgih.org

U.S. National Climatic Data Center: www.ncdc.noaa.gov

European Agency for Health and Safety at Work: www.osha.europa.eu/OSHA

U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health: www.cdc.gov/niosh

Toxicology

National Toxicology Program, United States: http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov

U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry: www.atsdr.cdc.gov

European Chemicals Bureau, Toxicology & Chemical Substances: http://ecb.jrc.it

Transportation

U.S. National Transportation Safety Board: www.ntsb.gov

U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: www.nhtsa.gov

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration: www.faa.gov/regulations_policies

Helicopter Association International: www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=599

U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch: www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/home/index.cfm

European Aviation Safety Agency: www.easa.eu.int/home/aboutus_en.html

International Federation of Airworthiness: www.ifairworthy.com/index.php

Transportation Safety Board of Canada: www.tsb.gc.ca/en/index.asp

Australian Transport Safety Bureau: www.atsb.gov.au

International Civil Aviation Organisation: www.icao.int/index.html

U.S. NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System: http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov

Joint Aviation Authorities: www.jaa.nl

Pacific Aviation Safety Office: www.paso.aero

EUROCONTROL—European Organisation for Safety of Air Navigation:
www.eurocontrol.int/corporate/public/standard_page/org_ourorganisation.html

International Register of Civil Aircraft: www.aviation-register.com

International Transportation Safety Association: www.itsasafety.org

U.S. Coast Guard — Boating Safety: www.uscgboating.org