~ New Decision Support Tool Provides High-Level Chemical Legislation and Regulation Information to Executives ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — May 10, 2011 — Chemical Controls Watch™, a monitoring tool for corporate toxicologists and executives responsible for chemical handling, is now available from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO). Chemical Controls Watch is a comprehensive resource for executives tasked with managing toxic chemicals at their organization.

Chemical Controls Watch helps executives maintain awareness of chemical-related regulations and legislation that may impact business operations, imports and exports—a necessity in today’s increasingly interconnected global economy. The resource includes more than 80 reports tracking chemical-related laws and regulations related to international trading blocs and the top 75 economies throughout the world. Each report contains the following information, when available:

• MSDS requirements
• Import/export controls
• Chemical inventory
• Occupational/biological exposure limits
• Transportation controls
• Hazard classification criteria
• Product registration requirements
• Product labeling requirements
• Marketing and use restrictions
• Direct and indirect food contact regulations

Chemical Controls Watch utilizes EBSCO’s well established evidence-based methodology that is designed to focus on areas of interest to corporate executives. The evidence-based approach identifies, selects and systematically evaluates pertinent information and creates a synthesis of the best available evidence. EBSCO’s experience with evidence-based content includes the point-of-care resources it provides to hospitals and other medical institutions including the clinical decision support resource DynaMed™. Other EBSCO products that have adapted the evidence-based methodology include Sustainability Watch™, Corporate Learning Watch™, Competency Center™ and Food Industry Watch™.
Chemical Controls Watch may be integrated into corporate portals and Intranets. The EBSCOhost® Integration Toolkit allows EBSCO’s content to be incorporated into an organization’s workflow—providing seamless access to premium content.

About EBSCO Publishing
EBSCO Publishing is the world’s premier database aggregator serving the content needs of corporations, associations and organizations of all types. EBSCO offers a suite of more than 300 full-text and secondary research databases providing content from tens of thousands of full-text journals, magazines, books, monographs, reports and various other publication types from renowned publishers. Databases provide information for areas ranging from research & development and corporate learning to departmental and industry-specific topics. EBSCO’s product lines include proprietary databases such as Business Source® Corporate, Business Book Summaries™, Learning Centers™, Business Basics™, Academic Search® R&D, Nonprofit Organization Reference Center™, and Health Library™ as well as dozens of leading licensed databases. Databases are powered by EBSCOhost®, the most-used for-fee electronic resource in libraries around the world, and may be integrated into corporate intranets, portals and learning management systems. For more information, visit the EBSCO Publishing Web site at: www.ebscohost.com, or contact: information@ebscohost.com.

EBSCO Publishing is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.
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For more information, please contact:
Kathleen McEvoy
Public Relations Manager
(800) 653-2726 ext. 2594
kmcevoy@ebscohost.com