Aug. 6 – Global: Sub-Committe of Experts on the GHS Publishes New Report on its 19th Session

From: United Nations Secretariat

The Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals held its nineteenth session from 30 June to 2 July 2010, with Ms. Kim Headrick (Canada) as Chairperson and Mr. Thomas Gebel (Germany) and Mrs. Elsie Snyman (South Africa) as vice-chairpersons.

The report highlights updates to the third revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS), including physical, health and environmental hazards. It also discusses attendance at the session, and hazardous communication issues. Finally it discusses the implementation of the GHS, stating current implementation issues and reports on the status of implementation.

Reports such as these are released twice and year and are available at: UNECE

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