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ID 1170 Materials and Sources Project
The following materials will assist you in developing your product report in ID 1170. Your primary goal for this assignment is to write a report on a particular product to be used in your client's project. You'll identify a product to be used in the design project and evaluate it for hazardous properties. Then, you will find a comparable product that is safer.
You'll locate MSDS sheets for your products and for the subordinate chemicals in those products. You'll then use the resources below to evaluate each of those chemicals then evaluate the product as a whole for safety and sustainability. Your report will explain to the "client" both the risks and the benefits of using these products in their project.
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Reference Works
Internet Sites
- Clean Air Households Product Guide
- Produced by Clean Air Counts, an Illinois regional initiative to reduce ozone-causing emissions. Products include cleaning products, zero &low-VOC paints, low-VOC building materials, and energy efficient lighting, among other items.
http://www.cleanaircounts.org/campaigns/Product%20Guide/house.html
- Green Guard
- Greenguard is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to establish environmental standards for indoor products and building materials.
http://www.greenguard.org/
- Clean Air Households Product Guide
- Department of Energy Sustainable Design Program has a search feature. Use to find articles on VOC, etc.
http://www.pnl.gov/doesustainabledesign/
- Green Seal
- A database of Green Seal-certified products.
http://www.greenseal.org/
- Green Pages Online
- A search-able directory of qualified green companies.
http://www.greenpages.org/
- HazMat Zone
- HazMat Zone includes a collection of independently produced Material Safety Data Sheets, tutorials, and a database of additional information about the chemicals. ONE USER LIMIT: If you cannot access, please try again later.
User Name: codlib
Password: library
http://www.cod.edu/library/resources/databases/msds.htm
- Health Effects Notebook for Hazardous Air Pollutants
- Contains a list of substances with a description of the effects on human health that are defined as hazardous by the 1990 amendments of the Clean Air Act.
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/hapindex.html
- Household Products Database
- A database from the National Institutes of Health of safety information on household products.
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/
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