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“What does GHS stand for?” This popular question has been in the Canadian lime-light recently, given how phase 1 of the WHMIS 2015 transition has been underway as of February 2015. The literal translation of this popular acronym is ‘Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.’ What does GHS stand for globally? ‘Stand […]
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making efforts to fulfil the requirements set out by the newly reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), otherwise known as the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st century. To help consumers reduce their exposure to bio-accumulative and toxic chemicals, the EPA is working to […]
Did you know that approximately 72 countries have already implemented- or are in the process of implementing, the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals into their existing labor legislations? The idea of a universally compatible classification and communication systems for chemical products was initially brought up in the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and […]
The Canadian Environment Protection Act, 1999 (Cepa), is heading towards an amendment. Canada’s Environment Department has recently proposed to amend nine regulations to help improve both the consistency and clarity of the regulations. The proposal aims to also help improve the new substances notification regulations and improve the consistency between both English and […]
Canada has now recently added 19 substances shared between Part one and Part two of the Domestic Substances List. Part One: 3699-54-5 N 68937-46-2 N 69039-34-5 N 84632-59-7 N 85784-12-9 N 101357-36-2 N 203255-81-6 N 1126942-72-0 N-P 1206450-10-3 N-P Part […]
MSDS/ SDS Preparation Information that you must contain on you (M)SDS. Identification Product Identifier: This is the specific name of your product Any other means of identification. For example, the family that the product belongs to Recommended Use of the Product Restrictions of use […]
The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (Oehha) issued a notice to list Perfluotooctance (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanic Acid (PFOA) under Proposition 65’s development toxicants. Based on the US Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to list the two substances comes after the discovery that each of the substances are a high priority for […]
WHMIS GHS Vs Hazcom GHS – What Makes Them Different? WHMIS GHS, the acronymic title representative of the newly introduced incorporation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals into WHMIS. The GHS alignment allows Canada’s hazard communication system to now meet the international requirements mandated by the United […]
The European Chemicals Agency (Echa), has updated the list of substances that may need compliance checks. These substances are: N,N’-di-sec-butyl-p-phenylenediamine Methyl acetoacetate 2-methylpentane-2,4-diol 2,6-dimethylheptan-4-one Benzyl salicylate Pentane-2,4-dione Bis (2-ethylhexyl) fumarate Subtilisin Hexaboron dizinc undecaoxide […]
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