Developed by the Environmental Research Programme of the Commission of the European Communities, ECDIN brings together a wide variety of data about chemicals being produced in amounts that may have environmental significance. ECDIN includes data and regulatory information from the US, Canada, Eastern and Western Europe, and the Pacific Rim.
| Identification | Hazards During Transport & Storage | |
| Chemical synonyms and structures | Hazards and general precautions | |
| CAS Registry Numbers | Emergency measures | |
| EINECS identification | Personal protection | |
| RTECS number | Use | |
| Physical & Chemical Properties | Direct uses (reactants, products) | |
| Molecular Formula | Indirect uses (intermediates) | |
| Melting point & boiling point | ||
| Vapor pressure | Legislation & Rules | |
| log P | International Register of Potentially Toxic | |
| Water solubility | Chemicals (IRPTC File) | |
| Critical temperature & pressure | Chemical classification | |
| Point of sublimation | Packaging | Labeling of dangerous substances |
| Occupational Health & Safety | ||
| Human health effects | Toxicity | |
| Occupational exposure limits | Acute and Chronic | |
| Occupational poisoning reports | Aquatic Toxicity | |
| Occupational disease prevention | Carcinogenicity | |
| Therapeutic treatment | Mutagenicity | |
| Concentrations & Fate in the | Detection Methods | |
| Environment | ||
| Concentrations in environmental matrices | Analytical methods | |
| Concentrations in human and animal media | Odor & Taste Threshold Values | |
| Aquatic bio-accumulation and degradation |
Anyone involved in hazard assessment, environmental research, preparing MSDS's, or occupational health and safety, can use the ECDIN databank to evaluate effectively the real or potential risks and ecological impact of a chemical substance.
The ECDIN databank is available online or in CD-ROM format exclusively through TDS Numerica in North America. ECDIN includes the official EINECS list of 122,392 chemicals and provides extensive data for approximately 25,000 substances.
SAMPLE SEARCH FOR FORMALDEHYDE
Introductory Screen (select CAS # with cursor and RETURN):
ECDIN # CAS # EINECS # RTECS # NAME MOL. FORM
QUIT
ECDIN CHEMICAL MENU
ECDIN CHEMICAL INFORMATION TDS, Inc. 1993
CAS #: EINECS #: # OF SELECTED FILES: LINES:
ECDIN #: RTECS #: MOL. FORM: NAME:
Select the CAS No.:
INPUT CAS NUMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:50000
Search Result:
ALL SPECIFY NONE MENU (CHEMICAL)
ECDIN CATEGORY MENU
ECDIN CHEMICAL INFORMATION TDS, Inc. 1993
CAS #: 50000 EINECS #: 2000018 # SELECTED FILES: 17 LINES:
5886
ECDIN #: 2000018 RTECS #: LP8925000 MOL. FORM: CH2O
NAME: FORMALDEHYDE
YES/NO ECDIN CATEGORIES # OF LINES
Y CAT. A: CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION 8
Y CAT. B: PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES 29
Y CAT. D: LEGISLATION & REGULATIONS 1307
Y CAT. E: CHEMICAL DETECTION METHODS 218
Y CAT. F: TRANSPORT & STORAGE HAZARDS 2933
Y CAT. G: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY 377
Y CAT. H: ACUTE & CHRONIC TOXICITY 941
Y CAT. I: ENVIRONMENTAL CONC. & FATE 73
At this point you could choose the category that you are interested in via the keys
specified in the
Options Section. This search would take just seconds to execute and you would
have access to a
tremendous amount of useful data.
OPTIONS:
UP, DOWN, ENTER = TOGGLE CATEGORY ^F = SELECT SUBCATEGORIES
^R = REPORT DATA, ^V = PRINT DATA ^B = CATEGORY MENU
^W = DISPLAY CATEGORY STRUCTURE ^E = SELECT NEW CHEMICAL OR
QUIT