TOXMAP
Subtitle: environmental health e-maps
Publisher: National Library of Medicine, Specialized Information Services
Published: 1995
Place of publication: [Bethesda, Md.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Toxicology; Maps; Computer network resources; Hazardous substances; Databases; Hazardous wastes; Hazardous Substances; Data Collection; Environmental Pollution; Statistics & numerical data
Other titles: Environmental health e-maps; Online toxicology maps; Toxics release inventory.; Hazardous substances data bank.; TOXLINE.
Description: TOXMAP (http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov) is a Geographic Information System (GIS) from the Division of Specialized Information Services of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) that uses maps of the United States to help users visually explore data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) (http://www.epa.gov/tri/). Federal law requires certain industrial facilities which manufacture, process, or otherwise use particular toxic chemicals in amounts exceeding specific threshold values, to report annually on their releases of these chemicals to the environment or transferred off-site to be processed as waste. Information about source reduction and recycling is also reported. TOXMAP maps show where these chemicals are released on-site into the air, water, and ground. It also identifies releasing facilities, single year releases, and chemical release trends over time. TOXMAP provides information/links from these resources: Toxics Release Inventory/TRI (EPA) NOTE: At this time, TOXMAP uses reported on-site releases only. Hazardous Substances Data Bank/HSDB (NLM) TOXLINE (NLM) Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry TOXMAP is a resource funded by the U.S. federal government; it does not allow advertising on the site or endorse any company or product. It also cannot respond to questions about individual medical cases, provide second opinions, or make specific recommendations regarding therapy. Those issues should be addressed directly with your healthcare provider. TOXMAP's chemical and environmental health information is taken from NLM's TOXNET and PubMed, and from other authoritative sources.
Notes: Description based on: update; title from home page (viewed Dec. 6, 2005).

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Text (HTML), images and search engine.

Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires Internet browser software.
Table of contents: title: Tour TOXMAP --; title: TOXMAP fact sheet --; title: Getting started with TOXMAP --; title: Creating maps from HSDB and TRI --; title: Viewing population in TOXMAP --; title: About the beta --; title: About TRI location accuracy.