Lists, books that list chemical additives

My favorites are

NOISH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards U.S Department of Health and Human Services, published by CDC (Centers of Disease Control)

For more specifics about chemicals and their properties I prefer The Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, published by The Chemical Rubber Company This book contains a wealth of information and some unusual non-food recipes.

Phisherman, did you mean NIOSH? :-) Excellent recommendation!

I have meant to get back to thank you. Am late, but I'm sure I will find your references very helpful.

Again, thank you very much,

avril

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How bout the MSDS aka Material Safety Data Sheets. My understanding is every store is required by law to carry these MSDS for each item they sell with chemicals in it. But I bet if you ask for it, maybe only the store manager will know what you are talking about.

Thank you for you help. I will look it up. avril

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I don't believe MSDS will come close to providing the details the OP wants, but here are three sites that explain how to interpret MSDS, and one MSDS data base site.

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Thank you for your help. avril