"This compilation will provide ready reference for potential toxicity of chemicals found in the workplace, and should be useful to occupational health physicians, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, and researchers." Alphabetical arrangement by substances. Entries include such details as molecular weight, Wiswesser Line Notation, synonyms, and reference from which data about toxicity derived. Miscellaneous appendixes, including one titled Aquatic toxicity. Bibliographic references.

Describes the types of data, and their format, in the 1993 edition of RTECS. Includes detailed file description: computer tape, on-line and CD-ROM. The database has expanded to include primary skin and eye irritation, mutagenic effects, reproductive effects, tumorigenic effects, and acute toxicity data. A most important recent addition is other toxic effects data from multiple dose studies.