Safety Links: Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS) have valuable information concerning
substances used in the workplace. This is a collection of useful MSDS-related links.

You may also be interested in the history of the MSDS.

Official Government Information:

Hazard Communications information from OSHA and the US Department of Labor.
EPA guidance for assessing and managing chemicals.
EPA ChemView is a consolidated, searchable database of EPA chemical data.
The ECHA, or European Chemicals Agency, handles chemical safety in the European Union through the REACH program. For more information, see the Dutch REACH resources.

Other Sites:

ChemBioFinder is an online chemistry and biology reference database available from CambridgeSoft from PerkinElmer.
Interactive Learning Paradigms, Inc. has a variety of MSDS tools, an extensive glossary and a huge list of links to MSDS sources.
Vermont SIRI -- Once connected, you will be given instructions on how to search the MSDS archive. This site also has links to other MSDS sites.
MSDSOnline.Com allows you to search by chemical name and company name. Free registration required; for a fee, you can have access to lots of other options.
MSDS Search is an attempt to produce "one stop shopping" for all your MSDS needs. The site has lots of links to MSDS databases and in the future promises to have a "master" database of MSDS information.
MSDSsolutions has a large database. Free registration is required for access.
Fisher Scientific has an online catalogue with integrated MSDS information, along with a dedicated MSDS Search page.
Sigma-Aldrich has an online MSDS and product search area.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). They offer a Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards and the International Chemical Safety Cards.
EXTOXNET, the EXtension TOXicology NETwork at Oregon State University, provides a variety of information about pesticides.
ChemExper is a searchable MSDS database in Belgium.
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Right to Know Hazardous Substances Fact Sheets.
Agency for Toxic substances and Disease Registry has hazardous substance fact sheets.
VWR Scientific has searchable MSDS information.
Electronic Space Products International has their MSDS data online.
Instant Chemical Hazards and Safety Data has safety information on a small number of chemicals plus links to other sites.
Reade Advanced Materials provides reference and educational material on chemicals and particulates..
Seton, a safety products company, has an extensive library of workplace safety and environmental regulation information.
Emedco has a similarly comprehensive library.
SFS Chemical Safety offers a free, searchable index of safety data sheets.
ReAgent Chemicals in the UK provides Acrobat format MSDS for all of their products online.