Health and Safety - For On and Off the Job

Consumer-Related Sites

• Urban Legends Reference Pages When its too good to be true it probably isn't - Check Out the Urban Legends Web Site
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• US Food and Drug Administration Lots of Information about food safety, cosmetics, toxicology, AIDS and special health issues.
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Central Notice Information on product recalls and legal notices.
• US Department of Health and Human Services A good source of consumer information on a number of different topics.
• Consumer Information Center at Pueblo, Colorado

Safety-Related Sites

• Homeland Security covers multiple types of disasters including floods, chemical spills, extremes of heat/cold and tornadoes.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• UW System Administration's Office of Safety and Loss Prevention An excellent home page with access to System-wide Environmental Health and Safety programs, contacts at other universities, government agencies, material safety data sheets and professional organizations.
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• ATSDR's Home Page
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• NIOSH Home PageThe National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Home Page.
• ACGIH Home Page American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists

Art Safety

• Art Hazards, Theater Safety
• Theater safety guide from Princeton
• Scene Shop Safety from U of Michigan

• CancerNet
• American Lung Association
• Web Sites for Multiple Chemical Sensitivities
• American Council on Science and Health
• American Public Health Association
• National Institute of Health
• Center for Disease Control Home Page