OSHA has updated the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) by adopting the Global Harmonized System (GHS) of classification and labeling of chemicals. GHS replaces the provisions of the MSDS safety data ...
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels held a teleconference March 20 to announce the final rule for the long-awaited ...
On September 30, 2009, OSHA announced that it will be pursuing GHS. GHS -- the Globally Harmonized System of chemical classification and labeling -- is the next step in the march towards greening the ...
The intent of the 1991 GHS UN mandate was to encourage and enhance commercial chemical trade by adopting a standardized approach to hazard classification, labels and safety data by improving the ...
The adoption and implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) into the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Hazard ...
The first seeds of global harmonization were sown in 1991 with the creation of a United Nations mandate. The mandate was intended to encourage and enhance commercial chemical trade by adopting a ...
FORT RUCKER, Ala. (Jan. 9, 2013) -- Soldiers and civilians who handle hazardous chemicals as part of their job will soon begin training for changes coming to the labeling and classification of ...
Acute toxicity data in laboratory animals are required to provide classification and labelling warning of a chemical, including drugs. The drugs are classified into different hazard categories based ...
Carlsbad, Calif., January 23, 2014 - 3E Company, a leading provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, today announced the immediate availability ...