Asbestos-containing products will be banned by 2018, according to Health Canada. New regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Agency (Cepa) outlaw the use, manufacture, import and export of products that contain the substance. Health Canada also plans to: – Prepare new regulations, which will be published in December of 2017. Until then, […]
On December 2nd the Canada Gazette announced that 16 substances have been listed on the DSL. Some of these substances include: 14996-2 N Acrylic copolymer with ethenylbenzene and unsaturated aliphatic isocyanate, tert-Bu ethaneperoxoate-initiated, reaction products with amine and glycol ethers, esters, compounds with dimethylethanolamine […]
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Ministry of Environment, are working together to review the country’s chemicals management legislation, known as the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL). The legislation will set an agenda and make changes to the current risk assessment structure, in hopes […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have selected the first existing ten chemicals for the newly reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The reform of TSCA, known as the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, required that the United States’ EPA to begin evaluating ten workplace chemicals within the six months of the reformed law’s passage. […]
The new WHIMIS 2015 program involves GHS-integrated updates to the previous WHMIS 1988, hazard communications system. As part of the newly amended WHMIS system, updated MSDS sheets are now simply referred to as SDS (Safety Data Sheets) sheets. For WHMIS 2015, updated MSDS sheets (SDSs) use the GHS standardized 16-heading format as opposed to the […]
OSHA SDSs, aka the Occupational Safety and Health Administration mandated safety data sheets. Originally, OSHA SDSs were known as ‘Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)’ as addressed in the 1994 HCS legislation but the 2012 GHS-aligned revision of HCS (HCS 2012) leaves out the ‘Material’ part. It is not simply just removing the M though, rather the OSHA SDS update imparts a change […]
What is GHS? This is a question many Canadians have been asking in light of the GHS based WHMIS 2015 update. The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals serves to provide a unified system that protects workers on a global scale, allowing for a hazard communication system that is recognized universally. As […]
Indonesia is finalizing Bahan Berbahaya dan Beracun (B3) to help with the management of hazardous and toxic substances. Although the exact date of the implementation is unknown, Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment have reviewed the legislation, and has stated it is close to being released. The expected changes to the legislation are: […]
The all familiar cross-hatched border, labelling requirement ceases to exist as per the newly amended WHMIS label requirements for WHMIS 2015. The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals forms the basis to which Canada’s Hazardous Product Regulations is built upon. The HPR, replaces the now repealed Controlled Products Regulations, introducing a more […]