Technical Notes
NLM's® Household Products Database and HazMap® Updated
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The National Library of Medicine's (NLM) Household Products Database has been updated and now includes 6000 brand name products.
The Household Products Database is a consumer guide that provides information on the potential health effects of chemicals contained in more than 6,000 common household products used inside and around the home. This resource helps scientists and consumers learn about ingredients in brand-name products.
NLM's HazMap has been updated with two new features:
- A new disease category "Infection, Travel" has been added. It includes:
- African Trypanosomiasis
- American Trypanosomiasis
- Cholera
- Cyclospora cayetanensis infection
- Dengue fever
- Entamoeba histolytica infection
- Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection
- Filariasis
- Giardiasis
- Hepatitis E
- Leishmaniasis
- Malaria
- Onchocerciasis
- Poliomyelitis
- Schistosomiasis, hepatic and intestinal
- Schistosomiasis, urinary
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- Shigellosis
- Images of skin lesions and X-rays have been added for some diseases:
- HazMap Skin Lesion Images:
- Plague
- Anthrax
- Chloracne
- Candida paronychia
- Sporotrichosis
- Atypical mycobacterium skin infections
- Herpetic whitlow
- Orf (Contagious ecthyma)
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Chromomycosis
- Leishmaniasis
- Cutaneous larva migrans
- Echinococcosis
- Measles
- Mumps
- Diphtheria
- Smallpox
- Dengue fever
- American Trypanosomiasis
- Filariasis
- Boutonneuse fever
- HazMap X-ray Images:
- Asbestosis
- Lung cancer
- Mesothelioma, pleural
- Asthma, occupational
- Tuberculosis
- Anthrax
- Histoplasmosis
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome
- Dengue fever
Haz-Map is an occupational health database designed for health and safety professionals and for consumers seeking information about the health effects of exposure to chemicals and biologicals at work. Haz-Map links jobs and hazardous tasks with occupational diseases and their symptoms.
