Dr. Lilienblum Consulting Toxicology           LiCoTox

Consultancy for the industry, the public and authorities


Useful links on regulatory and scientific information sources


Chemical safety, REACH, GHS, CLP

European Commission:
- General Directorate Enterprise and Industry
 
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm 

- General Directorate Environment
 
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/environment/index_en.htm
 
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals 

- Joint Research Centre – JRC
- Institute for Health and Consumer Protection – IHCP
 
http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ 

- Ex-European Chemicals Bureau – ECB
 
http://ecb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ 

European Chemicals Agency - ECHA
http://echa.europa.eu 
List of national REACH helpdesks 
http://echa.europa.eu/help/nationalhelp_contact_en.asp 

Federal Ministry for the Environment
http://www.bmu.de/english/health_chemical_safety/doc/41329.php 

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment – BfR
http://bfr.bund.de/cd/569 

Federal Environment Agency – UBA
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/chemikalien-e/index.htm 

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development – OECD
Chemical safety
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_34365_1_1_1_1_1,00.html 

United Nations Commission for Europe - UNECE, GHS
http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs_welcome_e.html 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – EPA
National Center for Environmental Assessment – NCEA
http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/ 

Health and Safety Executive – HSE
http://www.hse.gov.uk/reach/ 

European Chemical Industry Council – CEFIC
http://www.cefic.org 

European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals – ECETOC
http://www.ecetoc.org

Useful links on hazardous substances and exposures in work places 

European Commission:
-
General Directorate Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
  Health and safety at work
 
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=148&langId=en 

- Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits - SCOEL
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=153&langId=en&intPageId=684 

European Agency for Occupational Health at Work – EU-OSHA
http://osha.europa.eu/en
Dangerous substances
http://osha.europa.eu/en/topics/ds/index_html 

Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health – BAuA
http://www.baua.de/cln_135/en/Homepage.html 

International Labour Organization – ILO
http://www.ilo.org/ 

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,2688,en_2649_34365_1_1_1_1_1,00.html 

Health and Safety Executive – HSE
Chemicals at work
http://www.hse.gov.uk/chemicals/

Useful links on plant and technical process safety 

European Commission:
- General Directorate Environment, Seveso II directive
 
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/seveso/index.htm 

- Joint Research Centre – JRC
  Major Accident Hazards Bureau – MAHB
 
http://mahbsrv.jrc.it/
 
http://mahb.jrc.it/index.php?id=1 

Federal Ministry for the Environment
http://www.bmu.de/english/service_downloads/doc/3395.php
 

Federal Environment Agency – UBA
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/nachhaltige-produktion-anlagensicherheit-e/anlagen/index.html 

German Commission on Process Safety – KAS
http://www.kas-bmu.de/publikationen/pub_gb.htm 

Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology – DECHEMA
http://www.dechema.de/en/start_en.html 

Protective Action Criteria (PAC) with AEGLs, ERPGs, & TEELs
http://www.atlintl.com/DOE/teels/teel.html


Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development - OECD
Chemical Accidents
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,3355,en_2649_34369_1_1_1_1_1,00.html 

Health and Safety Executive – HSE
Seveso II directive
http://www.hse.gov.uk/seveso/legislation.htm

Useful links on chemical substances in the environment 

European Commission:
General Directorate Environment
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/environment/index_en.htm
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals 

Further links see section REACH, GHS and CLP Regulation

Useful links on consumer health protection 

European Commission:
Overview of the legislation on consumer safety
http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/consumer_safety/index_en.htm

Useful links on product safety

European Commission
General Directorate Health and Consumer Protection
http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/consumers/consumer_safety/l21253_en.htm 

Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing - BAM
http://www.bam.de/en/index.htm 

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment – BfR
http://bfr.bund.de/cd/template/index_en

Useful links on medical devices

European Commission
General Directorate Enterprise and Industry
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/medical-devices/index_en.htm

Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
http://www.bfarm.de/cln_012/nn_1194250/EN/BfArM/bfarm-node-en.html__nnn=true 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration – FDA
http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/default.htm

Useful links on cosmetics 

EU-Kommission
Generaldirektion Verbraucherfragen
http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/sectors/cosmetics/index_en.htm 

EU-Kommission 
Wissenschaftlicher Ausschuss Konsumgüter - SCCP
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_risk/committees/04_sccp/04_sccp_de.htm 

Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety – BVL
http://www.bvl.bund.de/cln_007/nn_491388/EN/Home/homepage__node.html__nnn=true

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment – BfR
http://bfr.bund.de/cd/570 

European Cosmetics Association – COLIPA
http://www.colipa.eu 

German Cosmetic, Toiletry, Perfumery and Detergent Association - IKW
http://www.ikw.org/pages/main_about_us.php?locale=en 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA
http://www.fda.gov/Cosmetics/default.htm

Useful links on other chemical substances and exposures in every day life

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment – BfR
Textiles
http://bfr.bund.de/cd/531
Other commodities in contact with humans
http://bfr.bund.de/cd/564

Federal Environment Agency – UBA
Ambient Air
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/luft-e/index.htm
Indoor Air
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de/gesundheit-e/innenraumhygiene/index.htm

Useful links on GLP

Federal Institute for Risk Assessment – BfR
GLP Federal Bureau
http://www.bfr.bund.de/cd/1488 

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development – OECD
http://www.oecd.org/department/0,3355,en_2649_34381_1_1_1_1_1,00.html

Authorities 

Germany

Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA)
http://www.baua.de 

Federal Institute of Risk Assessment
http://www.bfr.bund.de 

Federal Environment Agency
http://www.umweltbundesamt.de 

Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL)
http://www.bvl.bund.de 

Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
http://www.bfarm.de/cln_012/nn_424942/EN/BfArM/bfarm-node-en.html__nnn=true 

USA

Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov 

Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov 

Occupational Safety and Health Administration
http://www.osha.gov 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov

Industrial Associations

Federation of German Industries (BDI)
www.bdi-online.de 

Verband der Chemischen Industrie
http://www.vci.de

European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals
http://www.ecetoc.org 

European Chemical Industry Council – CEFIC
http://www.cefic.org

International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA)
http://www.icca-chem.org/

Scientific Societies

German Toxicology Society (GT)
http://www.tox-online.de/ 

Federation of European Toxicologists & European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX)
http://www.eurotox.com 

SOT Society of Toxicology
http://www.toxicology.org

Global Institutions

OECD
http://www.oecd.org
OECD, High Production Volume Programme, Database
http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/ 

UNEC
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)
http://www.unece.org/trans/danger/publi/ghs/ghs_welcome_e.html 

WHO
http://www.who.int 

The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences / CIIT
http://www.thehamner.org/ 

American College of Toxicology
http://www.actox.org/ 

American Board of Toxicology, Inc.
http://www.abtox.org/ 

International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI)
http://www.ilsi.org/

Health and Environmental Sciences Institute (HESI)
http://www.hesiglobal.org/

 

 

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