Database offers free access to previously secret chemical data

A new searchable database offers free online access to millions of pages o^[1]f documents on chemical toxicity, including internal corporate and trade association materials relating to new products and chemicals on the market. Dubbed ToxicDocs, the new resource is a project of Columbia University in New York City and the City University of New York (CUNY). The database launched earlier this month with an initial 20 million pages of material focused on asbestos, benzene, lead, polychlorinated biphenyls, polyvinyl chloride and silica.