IPCS INTOX Databank is a consolidated source of information on toxic agents and the management of toxic exposures. It is an important source of chemical information and, since July, it is available online for free. Funding for the free, online version of IPCS INTOX Databank has been secured for one year. Users, primarily poison centres, can turn to it to identify a poison and its toxicity, likely clinical effects and appropriate patient management.

IPCS INTOX Databank is the result of the collaboration between the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS). The IPCS, established in 1980, is a joint programme of the International Labour Organization, United Nations Environment Programme and the World Health Organization. Its main roles are to establish the scientific basis for the safe use of chemicals and to strengthen national capabilities and capacities for chemical safety.

The IPCS INTOX Databank has also turned to more than 100 experts to bring their collective knowledge, expertise, and experience to the development of IPCS Poisons Information Monographs (PIMs) and IPCS Treatment Guides. The development of the monographs and guides represents a major undertaking by IPCS INTOX. Collections of documents contained in the databank also include: IPCS/EC Evaluation of Antidote Series; IPCS International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs); IPCS Environmental Health Criteria monographs (EHCs); CCOHS CHEMINFO Database; WHO/FAO Pesticide Data Sheets; UK Poison Information Documents (UK PIDs); International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Summaries.

You may visit the Web site at www.intox.org.