Globally Harmonized System of Hazard Communication
Quantum Joins Industry to Advocate for a Safer Alternative The proposed revisions to the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) that are designed to achieve alignment with the 7th Revision to [...]
Meeting the challenge of tracking thousands of SDS Compliance becomes more complex a task when companies are selling or transporting chemicals across-regional borders. The reason for this is that there are often [...]
Update: July 16, 2021 I like to say that GHS (the Globally Harmonized System) is certainly global, but far from ‘harmonized’. Some ‘flavor’ of GHS has been adopted or is being evaluated in over 70 [...]
Add Your Voice To Revert OSHA HCS Section 1910.1200(d)(1) wording There is an important change that all those responsible to comply with OSHA regulations must be aware of. The proposed [...]
Background The UN publishes a new version of the Global Harmonized Standard (GHS) for chemical product Safety Data Sheets and labeling every 2 years. The most recent revision was GHS version 8, published in [...]
OSHA has proposed that the US GHS Standards be upgraded to align with the GHS version 7 (which was adopted in the EU at the beginning of the year). In addition, updates to the [...]
Are You Handling Chemicals Internationally? Do you know that one SDS (Safety Data Sheets) is not usually compliant in multiple countries? Different GHS (Globally Harmonized System) revisions, “building blocks” and languages are adopted [...]
The EU has adopted the 14th adaptation to the CLP (Classification, Labeling and Packaging) regulation. This will become effective in October of 2021. ATP 14 (Adaptation to Technical Progress) contains the new or updated harmonized [...]
