Although the Hazard Communication standard was enacted in the mid-1980s, many organizations are still confused about what is required to comply with the law. This confusion can lead to employee ...

Adoption of the GHS by OSHA will require OSHA to propose changes to the agency's hazard communication standard, according to the agency. The GHS is a system for standardizing and harmonizing the ...

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 14, 2021, the United Nations (UN) published an electronic version of the ninth revised edition (Rev 9) of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) ...

Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) is a standardized, international approach to hazard communication. The standard, which was previously known as the 'Right ...

The Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals is a new worldwide initiative for the standardized classification of hazardous chemicals and a communication system for ...

A concrete step that many nations are taking to implement the new worldwide strategy for managing chemicals is adoption of a global system for labeling and classifying substances. The Globally ...

Prior to 2001, Canada had not yet established harmonized classification criteria for HHHOCs. At the international level, the United Nations (UN) was developing the Globally Harmonized System of ...

"IT'S A SMALL WORLD" is a phrase I often use when marveling at coincidences—learning that acquaintances in the European chemical industry are also expats from Omaha or some such. But for the ...

William & Mary employees have the right to know the properties and potential safety and health hazards of substances to which they may be exposed. This knowledge is essential to reducing the risk of ...