~ Content in The Teratogen Information System (TERIS) and Shepard’s Catalog of Teratogenic Agents Helps Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) Professionals Manage Reproductive Risks in the Workplace ~

IPSWICH, Mass. — December 20, 2011 — Expert Publishing (ExPub), a division of EBSCO Publishing is expanding its collection of chemical hazard data with the addition of The Teratogen Information System (TERIS) and Shepard’s Catalog of Teratogenic Agents. ExPub is the premier provider of up-to-date, decision-support chemical information for the global environmental health & safety (EH&S) community. ExPub databases provide access to millions of documents containing comprehensive human and/or environmental hazard data needed to manage the impact of chemicals in the workplace or on the environment.

The Teratogen Information System (TERIS)
Designed to assist physicians or other health and safety professionals, TERIS helps assess the risks of possible teratogenic exposures in pregnant women. The database consists of a series of agent summaries, each of which is based on a thorough review of published clinical and experimental literature. Each summary includes a risk assessment derived by consensus of an Advisory Board comprising nationally-recognized authorities in clinical teratology.

Shepard’s Catalog of Teratogenic Agents
Shepard’s Catalog of Teratogenic Agents is an essential database for geneticists, teratologists, pharmacologists, and other health and safety professionals. It presents information on more than 3,200 teratogenic agents, covering pharmaceuticals, chemicals, environmental pollutants, food additives, household products, viruses, genes, and maternal conditions.
These two collections are being added to ExPub’s ReproEXPERT™ and Chemical Hazard Information Library™ (CHIL) databases. ReproEXPERT provides human reproductive risk data for EH&S professionals responsible for managing reproductive hazards in the workplace. CHIL on EBSCOhost is the premier academic resource for up-to-date toxicology and chemical hazard information.
Matt Timberlake, Director of Product Management for ExPub says the need for reproductive toxicology content is increasingly in demand. “Regulations in the United States, Europe and other countries are now requiring more reproductive hazard information. The need for this type of information is definitely increasing and as databases like these become available, EH&S professionals can make even better decisions.”

The content from TERIS and Shepard’s Catalog of Teratogenic Agents, teamed with the ReproEXPERT content, which includes REPROTOX®, means that ExPub now has the three most highly regarded reproductive toxicology databases in one place.

For additional information on ExPub databases go to: http://www.ebscohost.com/corporate-research/expub.

About EBSCO Publishing
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