Consumer Products

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov

U.S. CPSC, Household Safety Publications 
www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/house.html

U.S. National Library of Medicine, Household Products Databas http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov

U.S. Appliance Energy Data
www.ftc.gov/appliancedata

U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Clothing and Textiles  www.textileaffairs.com/ftcframe1.htm

U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Textile and Wool Publication www.nationaltextile.org/library/ftc/thread.pdf

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Importing Textiles
www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/home.xml

U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Consumer & Governmental Affairs ww.fcc.gov/cgb

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pesticides
www.epa.gov/pesticides/index.htm

U.S. All Terrain Vehicles 
http://www.atvsafety.gov/

Canadian Consumer Product Safety-Health Canada 
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/index-eng.php

EU General Product Safety Directive  http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/safety/prod_legis/index_en.htm

EU Directorate-Health and Consumers http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm

EU Market Surveillance (EMARS) 
http://www.emars.eu/

Baltic Sea Market Surveillance 
http://www.hamburg.de/baltic-sea-network/

U.K. Furniture and Furnishings Regulations
www.firesafe.org.uk/html/Legislation/furnregs.htm

Nederlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
http://www.vwa.nl/portal/page?_pageid=119,1639634&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Australian Consumer Product Safety System
www.consumer.gov.au/html/product_safety/.../product_safety.rtf

Japan Consumer Product Safety
http://www.jiko.nite.go.jp/htdocs/AcSearchE/ASP/index.html

China, Hong Kong, Electrical and Mechanical Services Dept
http://www.emsd.gov.hk/emsd/eng/welcome/index.shtml

Consumer Products White Papers
www.whitepapers.org/topics/consumer-products/

National Paint & Coatings Association 
www.paint.org/index.htm

Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe (PROSAFE)
http://www.prosafe.org/

Consumers International
www.consumersinternational.org

Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute
www.bhsi.org/index.htm

Motorcycle Helmet Safety
http://helmetcheck.org

The Soap and Detergent Association
www.sdahq.org/index.cfm

Consumer Advisory Council
www.consumeradvisorycouncil.org/index.php

Consumer Guide to Toxic Chemicals in Toys
www.healthytoys.org

National Fire Protection Association
www.nfpa.org/index.asp

Electrical Safety Foundation International 
www.esfi.org

NCAA Injury Surveillance System
http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/ed_outreach/health-safety/iss/index.html

National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research
www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi

National Electrical Manufacturers Association
www.nema.org/stds

International Consumer Product Safety Caucus (ICPSC)
http://www.icpsc.org/Home_Page.html

International Consumer Product Health & Safety Organization (ICPHSO)
http://www.icphso.org/

Food and Pharmaceuticals

U.S. Food and Drug Administration
www.fda.gov

U.S. Department of Agriculture
www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

U.S. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition 
www.fda.gov/Food/default.htm

U.S. Dept of Agriculture-National Agricultural Library 
www.nalusda.gov 

U.S. Food Safety Research Information Office 
http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/index.php

European Food Safety Authority
www.efsa.europa.eu/en

Codex Alimentarius (FAO-WHO Food Standards)  www.codexalimentarius.net/web/index_en.jsp

Nederlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority
http://www.vwa.nl/portal/page?_pageid=119,1639634&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 
www.fao.org

International Dairy Foods Association 
www.idfa.org/index.cfm

Gateway to Government Food Safety Information
http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/index.html

Medical Devices & Pharmaceuticals

US Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
www.fda.gov/Drugs/default.htm

US Center for Biologics and Evaluation Research www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/default.htm

U.S. Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)
www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/default.htm

European Medicines Agency
www.emea.europa.eu

US Center for Device and Radiological Health (CDRH)
www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/default.htm

EU Medical Devices Sector
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/medical_devices/index_en.htm

Health and Safety

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
www.dhhs.gov

U.S. National Library of Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov

U.S. National Institutes of Health 
www.nih.gov

U.S. Dept of Energy, Epidemiologic Data Resource 
http://cedr.lbl.gov

U.S. Council on Environmental Quality 
www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/

U.S. National Science and Technology Council 
www.ostp.gov/cs/nstc

U.S. OSHA, Hazardous and Toxic Substances www.osha.gov/SLTC/hazardoustoxicsubstances/standards.html

U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
www.aphis.usda.gov

U.S. National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov

U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
www.niehs.nih.gov

U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
www.ahrq.gov

U.S. National Institutes of Health, Clinical Trials 
www.clinicaltrials.gov

International Agency for Research on Cancer
www.iarc.fr

World Health Organisation
www.who.int/en

U.K. Health & Safety Commission  
www.hse.gov.uk

National Safety Council
www.nsc.org

Poison Prevention 
www.poisonprevention.org/index.htm

National Pesticide Information Center
http://npic.orst.edu/index.html

Lab Safety Supply, Labs and MSDS 
www.labsafety.com/refinfo/ezfacts/default.htm

National Academy of Sciences 
www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer

Industry Standards

American National Standards Institute
www.ansi.org

American Society for Testing and Materials
www.astm.org

Underwriters Laboratories
www.ul.com

National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States
www.nist.gov

National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment
www.nocsae.org

National Institute of Standards and Technology
www.nist.gov/index.html

International Electrotechnical Commission 
www.iec.ch/

International Organization for Standardization 
www.iso.org/iso.home.htm

Safety Equipment Institute 
www.seinet.org

Standards Australia 
http://www.standards.org.au/default.asp

Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
http://www.apec.org/apec/apec_groups/committee_on_trade/sub-committee_on_standards.html

Korean Agency for Technology and Standards 
http://www.kats.go.kr/english/index.asp

Occupational Exposure

U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration
www.osha.gov

U.S. OSHA, Occupational Epidemiology
www.osha.gov/SLTC/occupationalepidemiology/index.html

US Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission 
www.oshrc.gov/index.html

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, United States
www.epa.gov

U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health
www.cdc.gov/niosh

U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration
www.msha.gov

U.S. Chemical Safety Board 
www.csb.gov

U.S. National Climatic Data Center
www.ncdc.noaa.gov

U.K. British Occupational Hygiene Society
www.bohs.org

U.K. Society of Occupational Medicine
www.som.org.uk

U.K. Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
www.iosh.co.uk

France, Institut National De Recherche Et De SÉCURITÉ, France
http://en.inrs.fr

EU European Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemicals/reach/reach_intro.htm

EU European Chemicals Bureau  (REACH)
http://ecb.jrc.it/reach

EU European Commission Environment
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/environment/index_en.htm

EDU European Environmental Agency
www.eea.europa.eu

EU European Agency for Health and Safety at Work
www.osha.europa.eu/OSHA

EU Enterprise and Industry, Specific Chemicals http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/chemicals/index_en.htm

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety
www.ccohs.ca

American Society of Safety Engineers
www.asse.org

Australian Institute of Occupational Hygienists
www.aioh.org.au

Canadian Society of Safety Engineering
www.csse.org

American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
www.acgih.org

Recalls

U.S. CPSC Consumer Product Recalls 
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html

U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/recallsearch.cfm

U.S. Coast Guard
http://www.uscgboating.org/recalls/defects.htm

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/recalls.htm

U.S. Food & Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm

U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/

Collective U.S. Recall Agencies
www.recalls.gov

Canada Food and Product Recalls 
www.healthycanadians.ca/pr-rp/index_e.php

Canada Consumer Product Recalls 
http://209.217.71.106/PR/home-accueil-e.jsp

EU Product Recalls (RAPEX)  http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/dyna/rapex/rapex_archives_en.cfm

U.K. Trading Standards Institute Product Recalls
http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/advice/advice-recall-list.cfm

Australia Product Safety Recalls
http://www.recalls.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/952401

New Zealand Product Recalls
http://www.consumer.org.nz/recalls

Costa Rica Consumer Product Recalls (PACO)
http://www.consumo.go.cr/informacion/RetiroProductos.html

Toxicology

U.S. National Toxicology Program 
http://ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov

U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
www.atsdr.cdc.gov

EU European Chemicals Bureau, Toxicology & Chemical Substances
http://ecb.jrc.it

American Board of Toxicology
www.abtox.org

Transportation

U.S. National Transportation Safety Board
www.ntsb.gov

U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
www.nhtsa.gov

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
www.faa.gov/regulations_policies

U.S. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Regulations
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/import/fmvss/index.html

U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration 
http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/

U.S. Coast Guard 
www.uscg.mil

U.S. Federal Highway Administration 
www.fhwa.dot.gov/

U.S. Federal Highway Administration, Motorcycles 
www.fhwa.dot.gov/motorcycles/

U.S. NHTSA, Motorcycle Safety
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/motorcycle/motosafety.html

U.S. Department of Transportation
www.dot.gov/new/index.htm

U.S. Dept of Transportation, Hazardous Materials Safety 
www.phmsa.dot.gov

U.S. NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System
http://asrs.arc.nasa.gov

U.S. Coast Guard — Boating Safety
www.uscgboating.org

U.S. CPSC, All Terrain Vehicles 
http://www.atvsafety.gov/

U.S. Vehicle Safety Information
www.safercar.gov

U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/home/index.cfm

EU Aviation Safety Agency
www.easa.eu.int/home/aboutus_en.html

Canadian Transportation Safety Board
www.tsb.gc.ca/en/index.asp

Australian Transport Safety Bureau
www.atsb.gov.au

International Civil Aviation Organisation
www.icao.int/index.html

Joint Aviation Authorities
www.jaa.nl

Pacific Aviation Safety Office
www.paso.aero

International Federation of Airworthiness
www.ifairworthy.com/index.php

EU, EUROCONTROL—European Organisation for Safety of Air Navigation
www.eurocontrol.int/corporate/public/standard_page/org_ourorganisation.html

International Register of Civil Aircraft
www.aviation-register.com

International Transportation Safety Association
www.itsasafety.org

Helicopter Association International
www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=599