Risk assessment in laboratories requires ready access to health and safety (H&S) information for many different chemicals used in laboratory work.  Because chemical H&S data in the public domain are scattered across many websites, it is essential to create a centralized data repository that collects, organizes, and disseminates these data.  An example is PubChem (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov), developed and maintained by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.<br/>        PubChem contains a substantial corpus of H&S information of chemicals collected from authoritative government agencies and international organizations.  PubChem’s H&S data include flammability, toxicity, exposure limits, exposure symptoms, first aid, handling, clean-up procedure, GHS symbols, and more.  In addition, for 100,000+ compounds, PubChem provides a tailored data view called the Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary (LCSS), which presents pertinent H&S data for a given compound.  The complete list of chemicals with an LCSS can be accessed through the PubChem LCSS project webpage (https://pubchemdocs.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/lcss/) or the PubChem Classification Browser (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/classification/#hid=72).  If desired, LCSS data can be downloaded from the LCSS page for each compound, or in bulk from the PubChem LCSS project webpage, enabling local annotation of the data to support specific procedures in place at an institution.  The LCSS page can be readily accessed from a mobile device using a chemical QR code.<br/>

Chemical health and safety information in PubChem

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