Useful links

Offers many links to official texts dealing with standards and specifications, toxicology and safety data sheets, independent official organizations as well as laws, by-laws and guidelines. Provides more than 20,000 addresses, including resources in the following categories:

• Medicine
• Women
• Environment
• Trades - Materials
• Environment - Water
• ISO 9000 Quality
• etc.

Is interested in the scientific aspects of biosafety in activities involving the use of pathogenic or genetically modified organisms (for example, in the agrifood, pharmaceutical, medical, veterinary, environmental sectors, etc.) Explains the regulatory context surrounding biosafety in Belgium and the evaluation system used. Addresses the protection of workers exposed to biological agents in the workplace, the voluntary dissemination of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in the environment and their introduction on the European market. Also presents information on biosafety in Europe and in other countries.

The purpose of this site is to enable Canadians to easily and independently locate occupational health and safety information for the purpose of legal compliance, improving workplace health and safety practices and ultimately to facilitate the acquisition of information required for reduction in workplace injuries and illnesses, by providing Canadians with a convenient, single location on the Internet, to access the health and safety information provided by the federal, provincial and territorial governments of Canada

Ckit.co.za is the portal for the bulk materials handling industry, making available non-proprietary information of a technical nature to the widest possible audience, through the convenience of the internet. This valuable web-based tool provides equipment data, design procedures, calculators, equipment selection criteria, catalogues, tables, diagrams and supplier details and much more.

Lists the courses that are available by the council and gives a short description of each, including the following:

• Construction safety update
• Excavation hazard awareness
• Emergency planning and response
• Respirator protection
• Safety management day by day
• etc.

Includes a small resource centre dealing with such things as power line hazards. Provides all the information relating to the annual construction safety conference.

Contains a database that includes situations referring to certain problems and the lessons learned from their analysis. Is also interested in the following aspects:

• Environment (environmental policy, pollution prevention, etc.)
• Health (worker protection policy, occupational health and safety programs, international programs, etc.)
• Planning and administration (policies and procedures, strategic plan, budget and administration, etc.)
• Workers’ claims
• Nuclear activities (nuclear safety, operations support, etc.)
• Performance assessment and quality (quality assurance programs, production experience, and performance analysis, etc.)
• Integrated safety management
• Environmental management system
• etc.

Provides links to more than 60 agencies and research institutes producing statistical information in Finland as well as to many international organizations and other sources of statistics.

Lists the Web sites dealing with specific aspects related to disabled people or those suffering from a disability:

• Arts
• Computers and Internet
• Employment
• Lesbians, gays and bisexuals
• Therapy and rehabilitation
• Children
• Recreation and sports
• Independent living
• Legal issues
• etc.