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Safety Resources and Hotlines
Document Number: 160
This list gives you fast access to several government, private, and non-profit
organizations dealing with a variety of environmental and safety issues.
Hotlines
Association of American Railroads,
Bureau of Explosives: (719) 585-1881
Auto Safety Hotline-National Highway
Transportation Safety Administration, Washington, DC: (800) 424-9393
Cancer Information Services:
(800) 422-6237
American
Chemistry Council: (703) 741-5000 (Lending library of audiovisual
training programs)
CHEM-TEL (24-Hour Emergency
Information Services): (800) 255-3924
CHEMTREC: (800) 262-8200
(Non-emergency chemical information)
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Hotline: (800) 638-2772 or (800-638-CPSC)
Department of Transportation (DOT):
(202) 366-4488 (Information on CFR 49 Federal Regulations)
Emission Control
Technology Center: (919) 541-0800
EPA Hotline: (800)
621-8431
EPA RCRA, Superfund, Hazardous
Waste Hotline, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response: (800)
424-9346
Inspector General's
Whistleblower Hotline: (800) 424-4000
National Academy
of Sciences: (202) 334-2000
National
Animal Poison Control Center (24-Hour Hotline Operated at the University
of Illinois): (888) 426-4435
National Clearing House for Alcohol
and Drug Information: (800) 729-6686
National Cocaine Hotline: (800) 262-2463 or (1-800-COCAINE)
National Council on Alcoholism &
Drug Dependence Hopeline: (800) 475-4673 or (800-475-HOPE)
National Institute of Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) Technical Information Source: (800) 356-4674
National Pesticide Information Center:
(800) 858-7378 (8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central Time)
National Radon Answering
Service: (800) 438-4318
National Response Center/Coast
Guard Command: (800) 424-8802 (Report spills, chemical releases,
radiological incidents)
Natural Resources Defense Council:
(212) 727-2700
INFOLINE on Household Chemicals - Substance Identification: (800)
848-6538
Office of Air Quality Planning
and Standards: (919) 541-5616
OSHA Hotline: (800) 321-6742
(24-hour access line to report unsafe work practices.)
Safe Drinking
Water Hotline: (800) 426-4791
Small Business Hotline:
(800) 827-5722
Toxic Substances
Control Act Hotline (TSCA): (202) 554-1404
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
(202) 761-0001
Professional Societies & Services
American Chemical
Society (ACS)
1155 Sixteenth St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 872-4600
(800) 227-5558
American Conference of Governmental
Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH)
1330 Kemper Meadow Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45240
(513) 742-2020
American Industrial Hygiene Association
(AIHA)
2700 Prosperity Ave.
Suite 250
Fairfax, VA 22031
(703) 849-8888
FAX: (703) 207-3561
American Medical Association
(AMA)
515 N. State St.
Chicago, IL 60610
(312) 464-5000
American Petroleum Institute (API)
1220 L St. NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202) 682-8000
American Red Cross
2025 E St. NW
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 737-8300
ASTM International
100 Barr Harbor Drive
West Conshohocken, PA 19428
(610) 832-9500
American Society of Safety Engineers
(ASSE)
1800 E. Oakton St.
Des Plaines, IL 60018
(847) 699-2929
American
Chemistry Council
1300 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 741-5000
Compressed Gas Association (CGA)
4221 Walney Road, 5th Floor
Chantilly, VA 20151
(703) 788-2700
The Joint Commission
1 Renaissance Blvd.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
(630) 792-5000
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Referral
& Resources
618 Wyndhurst Avenue #2,
Baltimore, MD 21210
(410) 889-6666
National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA)
1 Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02169
(617) 770-3000
National Safety Council (NSC)
1121 Spring Lake Dr.
Itasca, IL 60143-3201
(800) 621-7615
Private Agencies
American National Standards Institute
(ANSI): (212) 642-4900
Chemical Abstracts Services: (800)
848-6538
FM Global: (401)
275-3000
Safety Equipment Institute (SEI):
(703) 442-5732
Underwriters Laboratories (UL): (847)
272-8800
Government Agencies
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC)
1600 Clifton Rd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404) 639-3311
Consumer Information Center (CIC)
PO Box 100
Pueblo, CO 81009
(202) 501-1794
Department of Energy (DOE)
1000 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, D.C. 20585
(202) 586-5000
Department of Health And Human Services
(HHS)
200 Independence Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 619-0257
Department of Transportation (DOT)
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20590
(202) 366-4000
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1200 Pennsylvania NW
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 260-2090
Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
5600 Fishers Ln.
Rockville, MD 20857
(888) 463-6332
Mine Safety & Health Administration
(MSHA) - Department of Labor
1100 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22209
(202) 693-9400
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH)
HHH Building
200 Independence Ave. NW
Washington DC 20201
(202) 401-3747
NIOSH Information Line: (800) 356-4674
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
(NRC)
Regulatory Questions: (301)
492-7000
Occupational Safety & Health Administration
(OSHA)
200 Constitution Ave. NW
Room 3647
Washington, DC 20210
(800) 321-6472
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office
732 N. Capital Street NW
Washington, DC 20401
(202) 512-2168
U.S. Coast Guard, 1st District
408 Atlantic Ave.
Boston, MA 02110-2209
(617) 223-8480
U.S. Department
of Agriculture Information Center (USDA)
1400 Independence SW
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 720-2791
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
4330 Eastwest Hwy.
Washington, DC 20207
(301) 504-0424
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