2005_09_01_archive

New Version of TOXMAP Available

A new version of TOXMAP was released July 25, 2005.

TOXMAP 2.4 contains the following new features:

* 2003 Toxics Release Inventory Data (TRI)

* Chemical Spell Checker: Chemical names are often hard to spell;

TOXMAP now locates 'near matches'

* TRI chemical list page, with links to National Library of Medicine

chemical information resources

* Updated and expanded FAQs

TOXMAP is an interactive web site from the National Library of

Medicine that shows the amount and location of reported toxic

chemicals released into the environment on maps of the United States.

TOXMAP allows users to visually explore information about releases of

toxic chemicals by industrial facilities around the United States as

reported annually to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It

also integrates the map display with access to relevant bibliographic

references and other data on these chemicals, providing a map-based