Especially for Students and Educators

Starting Points

Environmental Health Student Portal
Middle school students and teachers learn how the environment can impact health
Tox Town
Interactive guide to potentially toxic substances and environmental health issues in everyday places
ToxMystery
ToxMystery provides a fun, game-like experience, while teaching important lessons about household chemical hazards. For children from 7-11 years old.
Toxicology Tutorials
The tutorials were developed to provide a working knowledge of basic toxicology principles. They are written at the introductory college student level.
  • Tox Tutor has 3 modules: Basic Principles, Toxicokinetics, and Cellular Toxicology.
  • ToxLearn is an update to and expansion of Tox Tutor.
Household Products Database
Potential health effects of chemicals in common household products
TOXMAP
Maps of EPA Toxics Release Inventory and Superfund data with links to related TOXNET resources

Search TOXNET for:


All TOXNET Databases
TOXLINE
HSDB
Haz-Map
ChemIDplus
Household Products Database
LactMed

 

More Detailed NLM Resources for Students/Educators

Drug Information Portal

Gateway to drug information from the National Library of Medicine and other key government agencies. Covers 24,000+ drugs from entry into clinical trials through entry in the market place.

MedlinePlus

Consumer health resource containing links to authoritative information on over 700 health topics including toxicology and environmental health

TOXNET

Databases on hazardous chemicals, environmental health, and toxic releases

ChemIDplus - Chemical Identification Plus

Dictionary of over 380,000 chemicals (names, synonyms, structures)
  • Includes links to NLM databases and other resources

Enviro-Health Links

Evaluated links to Internet resources on selected toxicology and environmental health issues

MEDLINE/PubMed Toxicology Subset

References from biomedical journals. The subset facilitates searching for articles about toxicology.

K-12 Science and Health Education

Working with teachers and scientific experts to provide FREE reliable resources to help introduce, reinforce, and supplement education programs

Education, Careers, and Outreach in Toxicology and Environmental Health

Resources related to toxicology and environmental health education, its study and teaching, career paths and opportunities, including accreditation, and outreach for the public.

Resources for Teachers (PDF, 140 KB)

PDF documents can be viewed with the free Adobe® Reader

Other NLM Resources for Students/Educators

DIRLINE - Directory of Information Resources Online

Organizations offering information, referral and support for many diseases and conditions

Health Hotlines

Directory of health-related organizations with toll-free telephone numbers, also available in print format
IUPAC Glossary of Terms Used In Toxicology

IUPAC Glossary of Terms Used In Toxicology, 2nd Edition

This glossary contains definitions and explanatory notes for terms frequently used in the field of toxicology.