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.
Europeans should be aware of REACH. See this list for other 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.
MSDS Xchange can be searched by manufacturer or chemical, and has extensive health and safety links.
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.
Ecogopher EPA Fact Sheets -- These are documents which contain similar information to an MSDS. Once connected you will get a list of chemicals. Choose the chemical which you are interested in to get the fact sheet or give you a link to additional information.
International Chemical Safety Cards.
University System of Georgia -- has a limited collection of MSDSs, but they have some unusual stuff in their collection.
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.
EPA Chemical 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 has a list of links to MSDS sites plus other safety related information.
Seton, a safety products company, has an extensive library of not only MSDS data, but also workplace safety and environmental regulation information.
Emedco has a similarly comprehensive library.