From: JIM.DIXON@f240.n353.z1.fidonet.org (JIM DIXON)
Newsgroups: k12.ed.science
Subject: WHIMIS or something like
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 92 12:54:00 PDT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:353/240 - The Polish Connecti, Westbank BC

 Jim Dixon is responding to James Aitchison's bytes to Jim Dixon
 about WHIMIS or something like

 JA> Answering a msg of <20 Dec 92>, from JIM DIXON to OLIVIA SCHAUBLE:
 JA> Jim, do you have access to all the data sheets available for any
 JA> chemical?  I am coordinating the record keeping for all chemical goods

Yes.  The IRPTC is a registry of all potentially toxic chemicals.  It may
include metals, gases etc.  Depending on the various databanks, specific
forms are used.  Each contains the CAS and RTECS registry numbers as
reference.

 JA> at our school and am looking for a standardized print-out for our lab
 JA> chemicals as well as shop and janitorial chemicals.  Is there a
 JA> database available to download specific information for chemicals
 JA> which do not have company supplied spec sheets? 

Excellent.  You must have a very large Hdrive for the 10 millionth chemical
was recently registered  :-)
The forms used by the IRPTC are a United Nations standard format.  However,
if your database is to simply provide the various common, synonym, registry
numbers, molecular formula etc., then a UNEP standard format is supplied.
Following is an example extracted from the IRPTC IDENTIFIERS databank;

 ISN=40
 CHEMICAL NAME:  GLYCINE, N-(PHOSPHONOMETHYL)
 COMMON NAME:  GLYPHOSATE
 RTECS NUMBER: MC1075000 WISWESSER:QV1M1PQQO
 CAS NUMBER: 1071-83-6
 MOLECULAR WEIGHT: 169.1
 MOLECULAR FORMULA:  C3H8NO5P
 SYNONYMS: MON 0573 N-(PHOSPHONOMETHYL) GLYCINE
 MELTING PT: 200-230C               BOILING PT:
 FLASH PT:                          FLAM LIMIT:
 DENSITY: 1.74G/ML
 RVDN:
 VP: NEGLIGIBLE                     N-OCTOH:AQ:
 AQSOL: 12G/L(25C)                       STATE:   SOLID
 COLOUR: WHITE                           ODOUR:   ODOURLESS
 SURF TEN:                               TASTE:
 FAT.SOL:
 INSOLUBLE IN MOST ORGANIC SOLVENTS
  COMMENTS: CORROSIVE TO IRON AND GALVANIZED STEEL. SPRAYER PARTS CAN BE
RELEASED BY FLUSHING WITH WATER. THE ISOPROPYLAMINE SALT IS MOST USED
(CAS RN: 38641-94-0). ROUNDUP IS A FORMULATED PRODUCT WITH THE
MONO ISOPROPYLAMINE SALT OF GLYPHOSATE AS THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT.
============================================================================

Other areas, such as LEGALS, Special Toxicity, Chemobiokinetics,
Environmental Fate and Pathways, Waste, etc., use a standard format.

As for accessing the database yourself, last I heard it was limited to
access via iNet (at $120.00 registration fee, plus prime/non-prime time
access plus $10.00 per hour access.)  The IRPTC/UNEP system uses the
MINISIS query system operating on 8 seperate yet inter-addressable frames.
I have free access [with the blessings of the IRPTC/Health & Welfare
Canada] which is why I offer to assist anyone in researching chemicals and
related studies.  I understand that they may be offering public access and
will dig through my piles to see how this might be accomplished.

If you'll respond to this (so I don't lose you), I should have the
information by then and will post it back to you.


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