Hazardous Materials Guides

The Department of Environmental Health and Radiation Safety created a single list (Hazardous Material Guide [PDF]) of chemicals that exhibit the following characteristics:

• Acutely Hazardous
• Hazardous
• Toxic and Reactive
• Highly Flammable
• Peroxide Forming
• Shock Sensitive
• Reproductive, Teratogenic, and Mutagenic
• Infectious Agents that are Reproductive Hazards
• Female Reproductive Hazards
• Male Reproductive Hazards
• Potential Teratogenic Hazards

The list is not comprehensive but should be referenced by researchers developing standard operating procedures or cleaning up spills.

Other hazardous material resources:

• OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits
• NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards
• Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health (IDLH) Values
• Prudent Practices - Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries
• PubCHEM
• Haz-Map