Many government agencies have jurisdiction or interest in laboratory safety, and their websites often contain useful information.

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration
  (OSHA: worker safety and health)
• Environmental Protection Agency
  (EPA: public health and the environment)
• Maryland Occupational Safety and Health
  (MOSH: Maryland’s representative for OSHA)
• Maryland Department of the Environment
  (MDE: public health & the environment; independent of EPA)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  (CDC: biosafety)
• Food and Drug Administration
  (FDA: pharmaceuticals, lasers, and medical devices)
• Drug Enforcement Administration
  (DEA: drugs of abuse and their precursors)
• Department of Homeland Security
  (DHS: chemical/biological weapons and their precursors)
• National Institutes of Health
  (NIH: research safety, particularly recombinant/synthetic DNA)
• National Institute of Occupational Safety & Health
  (NIOSH: worker safety and health; part of CDC, not of NIH)
• Department of Transportation
  (DOT: transportation of hazardous materials–biological, chemical, or radioactive)