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Hazardous Compliance Explained: Hazardous Building Codes

We’ve taken a look at the responsibilities associated with hazardous chemicals (OSHA), hazardous materials (DOT) and hazardous substances (EPA), however, it is easy to overlook how the presence of hazards can affect aspects of your workplace. Thus far, the compliance we’ve discussed provides regulation from the perspective of the materials,…
Alex Milan
08/07/18
Compliance & Regulatory NewsGHS

GHS in Mexico: Deadline Approaching

The Backstory Mexico’s existing regulation governing the content of Safety Data Sheets (SDS), NMX -019-SCFI-2011, is a voluntary guideline—it was not made compulsory under Mexico’s workplace hazardous chemicals regulation, NOM-018-STPS-2000. Hence, existing SDS in Mexico may conform to numerous different formats and presentation of the data, leading to confusion and…
Alex Milan
07/09/18
Compliance & Regulatory NewsEnvironmental Health & SafetyHazardous Compliance ExplainedOSHA

Hazardous Compliance Explained: Shippers & Offerors

OSHA places the responsibility for communicating hazards with the entity that is responsible for the product – manufacturer, distributor or importer – essentially, whoever is identified on the SDS. The EPA then states that whoever generates the waste is responsible for its proper disposal. And the Department of Transportation is…
Alex Milan
04/25/18
Compliance & Regulatory NewsGHS

ECHA RAC Proposes New Limit Values

The Backstory Historically, many genotoxic carcinogens, such as benzene and nickel compounds, were thought to have linear dose-response curves, meaning that nearly any dosage level—even infinitesimally small doses of the substance—would produce some toxic effect. Although threshold limit values were assigned by certain European Union Members States, and even at…
Alex Milan
04/19/18