Employers should be prepared to address new hazards for chemicals, even for chemicals that have been used in the workplace for years. A key requirement of OSHA's newly revised Hazard Communication ...

Safety Management Services, Inc. (SMS) conducted Department of Transportation (DOT) hazard classification of energetic materials training at the Tooele Army Depot (TEAD) test facility May 10.

If you are using chemicals, you will have Safety Data Sheets (SDS) available. The details of some of the information in the SDS, like the hazard classifications of the Globally Harmonized System of ...

The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) was formally adopted in July 2003 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council and endorsed by the ...

It recommends revised waste management strategies that reflect changes in practices and approaches since then. It sets out a classification system for the management of waste prior to disposal and for ...

Scientists are calling for more stringent pesticide bans to lower deaths caused by deliberately ingesting toxic agricultural chemicals, which account for one fifth of global suicides. A NHMRC funded ...

A proposal to update the hazard classification of two fungicides, in line with changes recently made in the European Union and Australia, is now open for public submissions. The Environmental ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium, January 5, 2011 (ENS) – More than three million notices classifying chemical substances in line with new EU rules have been received, the European Chemicals Agency said today.

The latest draft monograph from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Toxicology Program (NTP) has removed the hazard classification of fluoride. It is the latest development in ...

As climate change continues to reshape the intensity and behavior of hurricanes, meteorologists and researchers are examining ...