Driving efficiency in your chemical research

Companies can spend considerable time, money, and resources on sourcing chemical data and information to make more sustainable choices.  

In a recent webinar, Colleen McLoughlin, Director of Toxicology at Enhesa Sustainable Chemistry, and Betsy Murry, Director of Products and Programs at Enhesa Sustainable Chemistry, demonstrated how our in-house toxicology team leverages the powerful Chemical Research with ToxPlanet tool, and how it helps businesses: 

• Source chemicals information and toxicology data faster 

• Quickly locate the necessary information from over 12 million documents in one platform 

• Discover new sources of information 

• Avoid blind spots in research 

• Obtain greater confidence in chemical assessments

What are the challenges?

Performing chemical research isn’t easy! Businesses carry out research for multiple reasons including creating or updating Safety Data Sheets, creating regulatory documents for submission, writing occupational health and safety reports or carrying out their own Chemical Hazard Assessments (CHAs).  

Thorough chemical research takes time and is resource-intensive, requiring businesses to search across multiple sources and keep up to date.  

Looking at CHAs as an example, our recent survey of chemicals management professionals highlighted the amount of time it takes as one of the biggest pain points for companies performing CHAs in-house. The survey found that 66% of respondents conduct CHAs in-house, with 69% of those in-house assessors performing 10 or more CHAs annually, and 59% consulting more than three sources.

Customize and simplify your chemicals research

Instead of spending huge amounts of time and employee resources searching for chemical and toxicological data online, Chemical Research with ToxPlanet presents more than 12 million indexed documents from over 1,300 reliable sources in one platform. Each document is tagged with critical information to allow customizable search results, allowing businesses to quickly obtain all the relevant information they need in a single location.
 

MyEXPERT 

Chemical Research with ToxPlanet offers thousands of sources of information, millions of documents, and hundreds of chemical lists. To prevent overwhelm, businesses can leverage the MyEXPERT feature to streamline this information into an accessible and digestible format by filtering content to what matters most. 

With MyEXPERT, chemical researchers can customize searches to include favorite and most relevant resources. For example, filtering all results for the substance formaldehyde to view only relevant governmental resources. Additionally, chemical results can be filtered for more specific resources such as through the DrugEXPERT or BotanyEXPERT modules.  

MyEXPERT can also organize and define resources for teams, streamlining and standardizing toxicology research to the specific sources, modules, and documents team members need to access.
 

Projects 

Another feature of the Chemical Research with ToxPlanet tool, Projects, makes it even easier for businesses to streamline their chemical research for faster and more efficient results.  

Many businesses work on multiple projects simultaneously. Through the Projects feature, documents and searches can be organized by project to easily access and refer back to previous content.  

Sign up for a free trial

Avoid blind spots in your research

Chemical Research with ToxPlanet’s features and resources provide businesses with a complete, holistic view of any chemical research or toxicology documents relevant for their industry, sector, or topic. It’s crucial that companies looking to understand their chemicals have efficient access to the sources that allow them to make more informed decisions and recommendations. This thorough research reduces the risk of blind spots, allowing companies to achieve their sustainable business objectives more effectively.
 

ChemEXPERT 

One of 12, discipline-specific content sets available in Chemical Research with ToxPlanet, the ChemEXPERT resource searches over 225 sources with millions of documents. Records include: 

• Chemical testing information 

• Data summaries and fact sheets 

• Laboratory chemical safety summaries 

• Monographs 

• Occupational health guidelines 

• Public health statements 

• Risk and hazard assessment reports 

• Scientific literature reviews 

• Study overviews and data 

• Technical reports 

• Toxicity summaries and toxicological profiles 

Businesses can filter their search results by substances, for example, and access a huge library of global documents.  

Discover more content sets available with ChemEXPERT.
 

PubMed 

Additionally, the PubMed module includes citations and abstracts of over 33 million articles from nearly 4,000 journals. Offering fast and seamless access to decision-making literature, PubMed contains millions of Open Access full-text sources only available through ToxPlanet. The coverage includes reports dating back to the early 19th century, ensuring businesses don’t miss any sources that could impact their current practices.

Discover all discipline-focused modules now.

Stay up to date

The chemicals management landscape is constantly transforming with updated research and chemical data. With so much to keep track of, finding methods to follow updates to important and relevant research and authoritative findings in your business or sector is crucial for more informed chemical decisions.
 

Alerts 

Another feature of the Chemical Research with ToxPlanet tool, Alerts allows businesses to track updates to their documents of interest and research areas. The Alerts feature sends notifications when documents of interest are updated. Documents can be added to a Watch list and alerts reviewed in Alert Manager.