An IPCS Health and Safety Guide is a monograph prepared by the International Programme on Chemical Safety

International Programme on Chemical Safety

The International Programme on Chemical Safety was formed in 1980 and is a collaboration between three United Nations bodies—the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme to establish the scientific basis for safe use of...

 (IPCS) and published by the World Health Organization

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...

 (WHO). They aim to provide "concise information in non-technical language, for decision-makers on risks from exposure to chemicals, with practical advice on medical and administrative issues." Just over 100 HSGs have been published.

An HSG usually accompanies an Environmental Health Criteria

Environmental Health Criteria

Environmental Health Criteria is a series of monographs prepared by the International Programme on Chemical Safety and published by the World Health Organization...

(EHC) monograph. The two documents cover similar material, but the HSG is much shorter and unreferenced (citations to the original sources can be found in the corresponding EHC).

External links

• INCHEM.org, List of IPCS Health and Safety Guides
• INCHEM.org, Users' manual for the IPCS Health and Safety Guides