Helpful Search Sites  
 
Data sources:
TOXNET http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
Pesticide Action Network Database http://www.pesticideinfo.org/
Toxicology Data Review Summaries. CA EPA Dept. of Pesticide Regulation http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/toxsums/toxsumlist.htm
UK Pesticides Safety Directorate - Evaluations of fully or provisionally approved pesticides http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/psd_evaluation_all.asp
EU: Existing active substances decisions and review reports
(As of March 2005)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/plant/protection/evaluation/exist_subs_rep_en.htm
IRIS. US EPA database of human health effects. http://cfpub.epa.gov/iris/index.cfm

PubMed:

Good site. However it has made a political decision to not index the journal Fluoride.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi

Science Direct

This is free with links to some full text articles

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/publications/journal/chemistry

High Wire Press

This is free and links to some full text articles

http://highwire.stanford.edu/

Scirus

This is free and links to some full text articles

http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
US National Pesticide Information Retrival System http://ppis.ceris.purdue.edu/htbin/epachem.com
Compendium of Pesticide Common Names
(Good for new pesticide listings)
http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides/
Environmental Health Criteria Monographs by the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) http://www.inchem.org/pages/ehc.html
List of Chemicals Evaluated for Carcinogenic Potential Science. US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs. March 15, 2002 http://www.biomuncie.org/chemicals_evaluated_for_carcinog.htm
World Health Organization WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard and Guidelines to Classification 2000-2002.
New Jersey Hazardous Substances Fact Sheets http://www.state.nj.us/health/eoh/rtkweb/rtkhsfs.htm
IARC search site (International Agency for Research on Cancer) http://monographs.iarc.fr/htdig/search.html
United States:
US EPA Office of Pesticide Programs http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/
US EPA search site for pesticide residue limits on food

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The best site to use is the Code of Federal Regulations at:

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_04/40cfr180_04.html
- Scroll down to find the name of the pesticide you are searching for.

As of February 2005- This excellent site has been changed and is not as useful as it once was: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/food/viewtols.htm

US EPA Food and Feed Commodity Vocabulary. All pesticide tolerances issued under 40 CFR part 180 will use these terms. FAN has consolidated the terms for easy reference.

By Group
By Subgroup

NEW: Pesticide Tolerance Nomenclature Changes. FINAL RULE. September 18, 2007.
NOTE: The new changes have not yet been incorporated into the Groups and Subgroups listed above.

US Federal Register - Pesticides

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-PEST/index.html
CA EPA - Search for Pesticide Products by Chemical Name http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/label/chemcode.htm
California pesticide use data and maps http://docs.pesticideinfo.org/documentation4/whatsnewV4.0.html
CA EPA, Dept of Pesticide Regulation - search for chemical by name or CAS No. http://www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/epa/epachem.htm
Scorecard: US Environmental Defence Fund http://www.scorecard.org/
October 2001. US FDA's references to the Code of Federal Regulations Glossary of Pesticide Chemicals
Also at: http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~acrobat/pestglos.pdf
MAPS. Listing of US pesticide use maps. http://ca.water.usgs.gov/pnsp/use92/
US EPA Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) documents http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm
US EPA's Current List of Inerts (updated) http://www.epa.gov/opprd001/inerts/lists.html
US EPA 2000 Toxic Release Inventory. Released on May 23, 2002. Only a limited number of pesticides are included in TRI. http://www.epa.gov/triexplorer/
US EPA IRIS profiles (Integrated Risk Information Service) http://www.epa.gov/iris/subst/index.html
US EPA Index of Cleared Reviews for pesticides http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/foia/reviews/t.htm
New York State:
List of registered pesticides for use in the state
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshmdata/pesticid/pestprod.pdf
New -  40 CFR 180.950. Tolerance exemptions for minimal risk active and inert ingredients. http://www.fluorideaction.org/pesticides/cfr.180.950.html
US National Pesticide Information Retrival System http://ppis.ceris.purdue.edu/htbin/epachem.com
Australia: 
Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority http://www.apvma.gov.au/
Aopril 7, 2003- Current List of approved active constitutents for chemical products. http://www.apvma.gov.au/tgac/aa.pdf
December 2001 - Residue defination of MRL names
April 5, 2001 - Active constituents excluded from approval requirement
August 5, 2001 - ADI List Acceptable Daily Intakes for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals
Also at http://www.health.gov.au/tga/docs/pdf/adi.pdf
Canada: 
Maximum Residue Limits http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pmra-arla/english/legis/maxres-e.html
Pest Management Regulatory Agency http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/pmra-arla/english/index-e.html
EUROPA:
European Food Safey Authority - new http://www.efsa.eu.int/
Existing active substances decisions and review reports
(As of March 2005)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/plant/protection/evaluation/exist_subs_rep_en.htm
Annex 6 - Classification & Labelling of dangerous substances

http://ecb.jrc.it/classification-labelling/
Click on Annex VI

also see http://www.labscan.ie/medical.html

Plant Health - Plant Protection http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/plant/protection/evaluation/exist_subs_en.htm
Japan:
List of Maximum Residue Levels for individual pesticides http://www.ffcr.or.jp/zaidan/psl.nsf/psl_all_e?OpenView&Start=1&Count=300
Pesticide MRL Database http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/plant/subject/horticulture/residues/japweb.pdf
Various other lists http://www.ffcr.or.jp/zaidan/FFCRHOME.nsf/pages/e-lists
New Zealand:
Maximum Residue Limits http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/acvm/registers-lists/nz-mrl/index.htm
Database of currently registered pesticides http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/acvm/registers-lists/pesticides/index.htm
NZ Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Group http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/acvm/
New Zealand Food Standards http://www.anzfa.gov.au/
New Zealand Food Safety Authority http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/acvm/about/index.htm
Taiwan
Pesticide Residue Limits in Food

A-B - C-D - E-F - G-I - K-N - O-P - Q-T - V-X

http://www.doh.gov.tw/english/ch10.html

U.K.
Pesticides Register of UK Approved Products https://secure.pesticides.gov.uk/pestreg/
Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/home.asp
MAPS:
What's in your backyard?

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/maps/

Anglian | Midlands | North East | North West | South West | Southern | Thames | Wales

Pesticide Action Network UK http://www.pan-uk.org/
Vietnam:

June 29, 2000. Produced by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, Global Agriculture Information Network. (GAIN Report # VM0008).

Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards, Country Report 2000.
Also at: http://www.fas.usda.gov/GainFiles/200006/25698116.pdf
 
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