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Safety Related Internet Resources
94-11-01

NB. These references are presented in the spirit of Internet
cooperation.  No promotion or recommendation of a particular
reference is intended or implied.  At any point in time, any
particular reference may or may not be useful to you for your
specific purposes: no guarantee of usefulness or suitability is
intended or implied.

All effort has been made to verify addresses, but no guarantee
can be given that they will be "live" by the time you get around
to checking them.  The date in brackets after an entry is the last
time we have accessed that site.  No date means we haven't had
time to check it out.  

You may copy this list for any not-for-profit use as long as you 
include the introductory and concluding information and credits.
If you have corrections or additions to this list, please 
e-mail me at carolla@mrg.sas.ab.ca.
Thanks... and enjoy!

Mailing Lists
AV-ROTOR
	Operated by the Helicopter Association International
	and has some EMS discussions
	send SUBSCRIBE AV-ROTOR John Doe to
		listserv@rotor.com
BIOSAFTY
	Hosted by MIT for the American Biological Safety Assn.
	Note: spell it biosafty not biosafety
	send SUBSCRIBE BIOSAFTY John Doe to
		listserv@mitvma.mit.edu
C+HEALTH
	Health effects of working with/near computers
	send SUBSCRIBE C+HEALTH John Doe to
		listserv@iubvm.ucs.indiana.edu
CMTS-L (94-11-01)
	Chemical management and tracking
	send SUBSCRIBE CMTS-L John Doe to
		listserv@cornell.edu
CURC Recycling Listservers
	College and University Recycling Caucus
	has three listservers:
	RECYC-L - for campus recycling programs
	Recycling in Practice - a general discussion list
	Green Schools - campus-based environmental issues
	to subscribe to RECYC-L, send a message with
	Your Name, Institution, and brief program
	description to
		recyc-l@brownvm.brown.edu
	with the subject: Sub Request
	Note: the addresses for the other two
	lists are:
	Recycling in Practice:  listserv@umab.umd.edu
	Green Schools: listserv@brownvm.brown.edu
DISPATCH
	Police, fire, and EMS telecommunications
	send SUBSCRIBE DISPATCH John Doe to
		majordomo@tcomeng.com
DOSE-NET
	Related to internal dosimetry (Oak Ridge Institute)
	send SUBSCRIBE DOSE_NET John Doe to
		mailserv@orau.gov
ECDM_LIST
	Environmentally Conscious Design and 
	Manufacturing Mailing List
	send SUBSCRIBE Your address  to
		 ECDM_LAB@ie.windsor.ca
	with the subject heading
		 ECDM List
EMERG-L (94-11-01)
	Emergency services
	send SUBSCRIBE EMERG-L John Doe to
		listserv@vm.marist.edu
EMERG-L
	Canadian-based list on emergency medicine
	Request a subscription from Dr. Russell
	D. MacDonald at
		3RDM1.QUCDN.QueensU.CA 
EMERGENCY-PSYCHIATRY
	send JOIN EMERGENCY-PSYCHIATRY John Doe to
		MAILBASE@MAILBASE.AC.UK
EPA-PRESS
	EPA press releases
	send SUBSCRIBE EPA-PRESS John Doe to
		listserv@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov
EPA Federal Register Listservers
	To subscribe to any of the following, send
	SUBSCRIBE listname John Doe to
		listserver@unixmail.rtpnc.epa.gov
	where "listname" is one of the following:
	EPAFR-CONTENTS - table of contents
	EPA-MEETINGS - meeting notices
	EPA-SAB - Science Advisory Board material
	EPA-IMPACT - environmental impact statements
	EPA-SPECIES -  endangered species documents
	EPA-GENERAL - general documents
	EPA-AIR - Office of Air and Radiation
	EPA-PEST -  Office of Pesticide Programs
	EPA-TOX - Office of Pollution Prevention and
		  Toxic Substances
	EPA-TRI - Community-Right-To-Know Toxic
		  Release Inventory documents
	EPA-WASTE - Hazardous and Solid Waste
	EPA-WATER - Office of Water
ERAPPA-L (94-11-01)
	Physical plants
	send SUBSCRIBE ERAPPA-L John Doe to
		listserv@psuvm.psu.edu
FACSER-L (94-11-01)
	Facilities and services
	send SUBSCRIBE FACSER-L John Doe to
		listserv@wvnvm.wvnet.edu
FIRE-LIST
	National Association of Fire Equipment
	Distributors
	send SUBSCRIBE FIRE-LIST to
		majordomo@halcyon.com
FIRENET
	send SUBSCRIBE FIRENET John Doe to
		listserv@life.anu.edu.au
FIRST-AID
	Casual and professional users of first aid
	send SUBSCRIBE FIRST-AID John Doe to
		first-aid-request@rabble.uow.edu.au
FIT-L
	Exercise, diet, and wellness discussions
	send SUBSCRIBE FIT-L John Doe to
		listserv@etsuadmn.etsu.edu
HELPNET (94-11-01)
	Network emergency response planning
	send SUBSCRIBE HELPNET John Doe to
		listserv@vm1.nodak.edu
JANITORS (94-11-01)
	University housekeeping
	send SUBSCRIBE JANITORS John Doe to
		listserv@ukanvm.cc.ukans.edu
LEPC
	Hazardous materials emergencies response
	send SUBSCRIBE LEPC John Doe to
		listproc@moose.uvm.edu
NETS
	Networks in Emergency Management facilitated
	by the California Governor's Office of
	Emergency Services
	send SUBSCRIBE to
		nets-request@oes.ca.gov
OCC-ENV-MED-L
	Occupational and environmental medicine
	send SUBSCRIBE OCC-ENV-MED-L John Doe to
		mailserv@mc.duke.edu
PESTCON
	Pesticides and pest control
	send SUBSCRIBE PESTCON John Doe
		QUIT
	to
		listserv@uiowa.edu
RADSAFE (94-11-01)
	Radiation or radioactive materials/wastes safety
	send SUBSCRIBE RADSAFE John Doe to
		listserv@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
RECYCLE (94-11-01)
	Recycling for educational institutions
	send SUBSCRIBE RECYCLE John Doe to
		listserv@umab.umd.edu
RISKNET (94-11-01)
	Risk and insurance issues
	send SUBSCRIBE RISKNET John Doe to
		listproc@mcfeeley.cc.utexas.edu
RSI-UK (94-11-01)
	Repetitive strain injury in the UK
	send SUBSCRIBE RSI-UK John Doe to
		listserver@tictac.demon.co.uk
SAFETY (94-11-01)
	Safety issues, with a bias towards educational
	institutions
	send SUBSCRIBE SAFETY John Doe to
		listserv@uvmvm.uvm.edu
SSAVETT_NCEMSF
	National Collegiate EMS Foundation
	send SUBSCRIBE SSAVETT_NCEMSF to
		majordomo@indiana.edu
SECURECAMPUS
	For security and safety issues in educational facilities
	send SUBSCRIBE SECURECAMPUS to
		majordomo@pacificu.edu
SOREHAND (94-11-01)
	Repetitive strain injuries
	send SUBSCRIBE SOREHAND John Doe to
		listserv@ucsfvm.ucsf.edu

E-Mail
NCEMSF
	National Collegiate EMS Foundation
	NCEMSF@guvax.georgetown.edu
NIOSH
	pubstaft@niosdt1.em.cdc.gov
OSHA publications office
	gpo.gov
Search and Rescue BBS
	SARINFO@mindlink.bc.ca
US National Library of Medicine
	Office of Public Information
		publicinfo@occshost.nlm.nih.gov
	Anonymous ftp service
		ftpadmin@nimpubs.nlm.nih.gov
	E.T. Net
		TLC@lhc.nlm.nih.gov
	Gopher services
		admin@gopher.nlm.nih.gov
	Grateful Med assistance
		gmhelp@gmedserv.nlm.nih.gov
	History of Medicine Division
		hmdref@nlm.nih.gov
	Interlibrary Loan/DOCLINE
		ill@nlm.nih.gov
	International Programs Office
		hsieh@nlm.nih.gov
	MEDLARS Management Section
		mms@nlm.nih.gov
	MeSH vocabulary suggestions
		meshsugg@nlm.nih.gov
	National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
		info@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
	National Information Center on Health Services
	Research and Health Care Technology
		nichsr@nlm.nih.gov
	Preservation Information
		pres@nlm.nih.gov
	Reference assistance
		ref@nlm.nih.gov
	Toxicology Information Program
		toxmail@tox.nlm.nih.gov


Gophers and FTP Sites
American Chemical Society (94-08-31)
	gopher://acsinfo.acs.org
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
	gopher://gopher.ccohs.ca
Center for Safety in the Arts (94-08-29)
	under Arts Wire
	gopher://gopher.tmn.com
	gopher://tmn.tmn.com
Chemical factsheets (94-07-11)
gopher://ecosys.drdr.Virginia.edu:70/11/library/factsheets/toxics
Consumer Product Safety Commission
	gopher://CPSC.GOV
CRISP
	gopher://gopher.nih.gov/77/gopherlib/indices/crisp/index
Duke Medical Center Occ-Env-Med gopher
	gopher://gopher.mc.duke.edu
Ecogopher (94-07-11)
	gopher://ecosys.drdr.Virginia.edu:70/11/library/
EHS-INFO
	Emergency Health Informatics and Information Systems
	mailing list archive
	ftp://aemrc.arizona.edu
	directories are /pub/EHS/EHS-INFO
Emergency Information Infrastructure (EII) Project
	gopher://oes1.oes.ca.gov:5555/11/eii
Emergency Services (94-09-30)
	gopher://bupkis.mankato.msus.edu/
Emergency Services
	gopher://hoshi.cic.sfu.ca
Emergency Services files (94-08-29)
	ftp://hairball.ecst.csuchico.edu
Environmental Health Center/National Safety Council (94-08-29)
	gopher://envirolink.org/EnviroOrgs
EPIX (Emergency Preparedness Information Exchange (94-09-30)
	gopher://niscc.ce.berkeley.edu:70/1
Fedworld (94-11-01)
	gopher://fedworld.gov
Firenet (94-09-30)
	ftp://life.anu.edu.au
	gopher://life.anu.edu.au:70/11/landscape_ecology/firenet
Gopher Jewels (menus for health, medicine, disability, safety)
	(94-08-31)
	gopher://cwis.usc.edu
Journal of Chemical Education (94-08-31)
	gopher://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu
Kind's list of acronyms
	ftp://ftp.temple.edu/pub/info/help-net/babel94c.txt
LINCS-BBS National Directory for Special Resources
	ftp://ftp.netcom.com
	directory is /pub/LINCS
	file name is phpsetup.exe
Library of Congress (94-11-01)
	gopher://marvel.loc.gov
Michigan State University health and safety (94-08-31)
	gopher://burrow.cl.msu.edu:/70/11/msu
MSDS (Utah) (94-10-15)
	gopher://atlas.chem.utah.edu:70/11/MSDS
	ftp://ftp.chem.utah.edu
MSDS
	gopher://isumvs.iastate.edu/research/information/msds
North Texas Health Science Center (94-07-11)
gopher://gopher.hsc.unt.edu:70/11/AboutUNTHSC/Policy/Safety
Northwestern University (94-08-31)
	gopher://nuinfo.nwu.edu:70/11/service
OASIS (Operational Area Satellite Information System)
	from the California Office of Emergency Services
	gopher://oes1.oes.ca.gov:5555/
Occupational Outlook Handbook (92-93, 94-95)
	gopher://umslvma.umsl.edu:70/1/1/library/govdocs/ooha
OHS Gopher at FIT (94-11-01)
	no longer available at the old address
	being relocated to
	gopher://pulsar.tach.net
Oregon State University (94-08-29)
	MSDS information under OSU Information and Services/
	OSU Academic Departments and Colleges/
	Environmental Health and Safety
	gopher://gaia.ucs.orst.edu
Pictures
	ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu
Pneumonic plague
	gopher://gopher.mahidol.ac.th
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (94-07-11)
	developed by Mike Langdon
	gopher://eshserver.pppl.gov
Risknet (94-07-11)
	gopher://riskgopher.bus.texas.edu:70/11/RISKGOpher
	gopher://riskweb.bus.utexas.edu/11/riskgopher
RSI Newsletter (RSINET Newsletter) (94-08-29)
	ftp://ftp.std.com/pub/rsi
	gopher://sjuvm.stjohns.edu
	ftp://world.std.com
RISKNet, RISKWeb, RMIWeb, RTSWeb (94-08-29)
	ftp://riskweb.bus.utexas.edu
	gopher://riskweb.bus.utexas.edu
Safety Technology Institute (Italy)
	gopher://willow.sti.jrc.it
	ftp://willow.sti.jrc.it
St. Johns Disability and Rehabilitation Resources (94-08-29)
	gopher://sjuvm.stjohns.edu
SUNY, Buffalo (94-08-31)
	Disability gopher
	gopher://val-dor.cc.buffalo.edu
Terry Fotre (misc files)
	ftp://ftp.netcom
	directory is /pub/tfotre
	files are:
	laquake.dos - about the LA quake
	celphone.dos - about using cel phones in emergencies
	listservers.ascii - list of listservers and newsgroups
Typing Injury Archive (information and graphics files) (94-08-29)
	ftp://ftp.csua.berkeley.edu/pub/typing-injury
Typing Injury FAQs (94-08-30)
	ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/typing-injury-faq
University of Calfornia, Sacramento (94-08-31)
	gopher://gopher.csus.edu:70/11/campus/EHS
University of Houston (94-07-11)
	gopher://gopher.UH.EDU:70/11/admin/environ
University of Illinois (Urbana) Division of Environmental
	Health and Safety (94-08-31)
	gopher://romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu:70/1
	ftp://romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
University of Maine (94-08-31)
	Hazmat information under /pub
	ftp://gandalf.umcs.maine.edu
University of Montana, Student Health Services (94-07-11)
	gopher://selway.umt.edu:700/1
University of Nebraska
	gopher://frontier.unl.edu/UNLinf/Guidelines/chemlab
University of North Texas Health Science Center (94-08-29)
	ftp://molly.hsc.unt.edu
University of Vermont (SAFETY archives and related files)
	(94-07-11)
	gopher://siri.uvm.edu
US regulations
	gopher://gopher.counterpoint.com:3010/11/Files/Level1.127
US Dept. of Consumer Protection (94-07-11)
	gopher://cpsc.gov
US Dept of Energy, Office of Occupational Safety &
	Health (94-10-01)
	gopher://dewey.tis.inel.gov:2015/1
US EPA (94-08-31)
	gopher://gopher.epa.gov
	ftp://ftp.epa.gov
US EPA Future Studies
	gopher://futures.wic.epa.gov
US National Institutes of Health (94-07-11)
	gopher://gopher.nih.gov/
US National Library of Medicine (94-07-11)
	ftp://ftp.nlm.nih.gov/
	ftp://nimpubs.nlm.nih.gov
	gopher://gopher.nlm.nih.gov/70
Volunteers in Technical Assistance (94-08-31)
	Disaster Information Center
	gopher://vita.org

Newsgroups
	alt.disasters.planning
	alt.med.ems
	bit.listserv.c+health (computers and health) (94-11-01)
	misc.emerg-services (94-11-01) (linked to EMERG-L)
	sci.med.ems
	sci.med.occupational (94-11-01)
	sci.med.vision (94-11-01)
	uiuc.safety (environmental health and safety forum)

Software
Coffee Break (a program to remind you to take a break -
	for Mac users)
	ftp://thomas_mac.wustl.edu
Timeout program by Stuart Welwood (designed to remind
	you to take a break when working at a computer)
	for Windows only (94-08-29)
	Archived version:
	ftp://ftp.std.com/pub/timeout.zip
	Unarchived version:
	ftp://ftp.std.com/pub/timeout.exe
	Note: do not use TIMEOUT (all caps) versions
EKG software
	ftp://oak.oakland.edu/msdos/biology
	file is pchc.zip
Interactive Anatomy Programs
	ftp://ftp.monash.edu.au/pub/medical

Telnet
(Note: many telnet sites request you to log in as
anonymous and use your e-mail address as the password.
A few sites want guest instead of anonymous.)
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
	(94-08-30) Health and safety information
	Telnet to the OSH Exchange:
	BBS.CCOHS.CA
	Also available is subscription access to a series of health
	and safety databases; telnet to the OSH Exchange or
	send e-mail to custserv@ccohs.ca
FedWorld
	Telnet to fedworld.gov (192.239.92.3)
LOCATOR (National Library of Medicine catalogs)
	Telnet to locator.nlm.nih.gov
	and login as locator
US EPA technology transfer network
	Telnet to TTNBBS.rtpnc.epa.gov


Web Sites
Brookhaven National Laborator, Safety & Environmental
	Protection Division (94-08-31)
	http://sun10.sep.bnl.gov/seproot.html
California Office of Emergency Services (94-11-01)
	http://www.oes.ca.gov:8001/html/
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)
	(94-09-30)
	http://www.ccohs.ca
Computer Related RSE Primer (94-09-30)
	At the University of Nebraska - Lincoln
	http://engr-www.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/rsi.html
CRISP
	http://www.os.dhhs.gov/0/os_home/hss_tops.html
Environmental Health Center/National Safety Council (94-08-29)
	(under Envirolibrary, then EnviroOrgs)
	http://envirolink.org
Environmental Research Institute of Michigan (94-08-31)
	http://www.erim.org
Environmental Resource Center (94-08-31)
	http://ftp.clearlake.ibm.com/erc/main.html
FedWorld (94-11-01)
	http//www.fedworld.gov
Firenet (94-09-30)
	http://life.anu.edu.au/firenet/firenet.html
HazDat (Hazardous Substance Release/Health Effects Database)
	http://atsdr1.atsdr.cdc.gov:8080/atsdrhome.html
Indiana University international environmental law (94-08-31)
	http://www.law.indiana.edu/law/intenvlaw.html
INTREMED (94-09-30)
	Information Network for Technological Resources in
	Emergency Medicine Education and Development
	http://biology.mankato.msus.edu/
Library of Congress (94-11-01)
	http://marvel.loc.gov
List of Listserves Page (94-09-30)
	http://www.clark.net/pub/listserv/listserv.html
MIT Health and Computers (94-09-30)
	http://www-penninfo.upenn.edu:1962
		/tiserve.mit.edu/9000/25204.html
National Collegiate EMS Foundation (94-09-30)
	http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~ssavett/home.html
National Performance Review (94-09-30)
	www.npr.gov/NPR/himl_NPR/NetResults.html
National University of Singapore BioMed Web Server (94-09-30)
	Natural toxins database
	http://biomed.nus.sg
OSHA (94-11-01)
	http://www.osha.gov
OSHA Salt Lake Technical Center (94-11-01)
	Federal Register and OSHA regulations
	http://www.osha-slc.gov
Periodic Table (94-11-01)
	http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/Table/index.html
Risk and Insurance Database Search Engine (94-11-01)
	http://riskweb.bus.utexas.edu/rmisearch.html
RISKNet (94-11-01)
	http://riskweb.bus.utexas.edu/riskmsg.html
RISKNet Archive (94-09-30)
	http://www.crimson.com:80/risknet/hyper/
RISKWeb (94-11-01)
	http://riskweb.bus.utexas.edu/riskweb.html
RMIWeb (94-11-01)
	http://riskweb.bus.utexas.edu/rmi/rmiweb.html
Rochester Institute of Technology (94-09-30)
	Emergency services page
	http://dumbo.isc.rit.edu/ems/index.html
RTSWeb (94-11-01)
	http://riskweb.bus.utexas.edu/rts/rtsweb.html
Safety Technology Institute (Italy) (94-09-30)
	http://willow.sti.jrc.it
San Carlos Fire Safety Tips (94-09-01)
	http://www.abag.ca.gov/abag/local_gov/city/san_carlos
		/schome.html
Typing Injury FAQs (94-09-30)
	http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet
		/typing-injury-faq/top.html
Typing Injury Archive WWW Site (94-09-30)
	http://alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/typing-archive.html
US EPA (94-07-11)
	http://www.epa.gov
US EPA Centre for Exposure Assessment Modelling (94-08-31)
	http://ftp.epa.gov/epa_ceam/wwwhtml/ceam_home.html
US Food and Drug Administration (94-07-11)
	http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/index.html
US National Institutes of Health (94-07-11)
	http://www.nih.gov/
US National Library of Medicine (94-07-11)
	http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
US Dept of Environment (94-07-11)
	http://130.20.92.130:8001/esh/home.htm
US Dept of Health and Human Services (94-11-01)
	http://www.os.dhhs.gov
University of Virginia (94-08-31)
	http://ecosys.drdr.virginia.edu
University of Warwick nursing information (94-08-31)
	http://www.warwick.ac.uk
University of Washington radiology server (94-08-29)
	http://www.rad.washington.edu/
Victoria State Emergency Services (VICSES) (94-09-30)
	http://144.110.160.105:9000/~jck/vicses/vicses.html
World Health Organization (94-09-30)
	http://www.who.ch

Electronic Publications
CPU: Working in the Computer Industry
	Occupational hazards in the computer industry;
	run by Computer Professionals for Social
	Responsibility
	send SUBSCRIBE CPSR-CPU John Doe to
		listserv@cpsr.org
Health Info-Com Network Medical Newsletter
	Request a subscription from:
	mednews@stat.com
	FTP from vm1.nodak.edu in the 
	    directory HICNEWS
	also available at:
	http://biomed.hus.sg/MEDNEWS/welcome.html
	http://cancer.med.upenn.edu:3000/
Disaster Research Bulletin
	send SUBSCRIBE HAZARDS John Doe to
		listproc@lists.colorado.edu
RSI Newsletter
	Repetitive strain injuries
	send SUBSCRIBE RSI John Doe to
		majordomo@world.std.com
Urinal of Emergency Medicine newsletter
	For EMS people
	Request a subscription from:
	Jim Sideras at sideras@inst.augie.edu


Other FAQs of note
	EMERG-L FAQ by Berny Nowotny - watch for it
	on EMERG-L (the one at vm.marist.edu)

Compiled by Christie Communications, home of the Safe
Work Series health and safety courses.  Last update 
was on 94-11-01.  If you have questions or changes, contact:
	Carolla Christie
	Christie Communications
	carolla@mrg.sas.ab.ca