Chemical Management Articles on Environmental XPRT

What classifies as water pollution and why is it an issue?

The UN declared 2005-2015 as the International Decade for Action ‘Water for Life’. Yet each day thousands of people still die as a result of contaminated water. This does not even take into account the millions of organisms that perish every year thank to polluted water sources. Water pollution is a huge issue that is made more so by the fact that unfortunately, water is ...

Sep. 13, 2017

By Aquaread Limited

Best Practices for Chemical Management

Introduction The costs of managing chemicals are far more than just the product price, but the life-cycle management of chemicals can be optimized to cut these peripheral costs. By adopting best practices, the chemical management process is more integrated into the business process, becoming a strategic advantage to the organization, raising efficiency on a number of fronts, decreasing legal ...

Jun. 1, 2000

By Chemical Safety Software

Chemical Engineering Magazine Article: Chemical Lifecycle Management

Chemicals in production and laboratory environments alike have three distinct lifecycle phases: the first is procurement and inventory storage; the second is use in a manufacturing process or research program; and the third is post-use, including onsite handling, removal and beneficial reuse, recycle or disposal. A number of considerations including regulations, safety, material utilization ...

Dec. 1, 2010

By Clean Harbors

Leveraging Chemical Data to Manage Risk

Even if chemicals aren’t central to your business, their hazards are likely pervasive across your supply chain. In fact, chemicals are one of the primary drivers of environmental, health and safety risk in virtually every organization. Both EPA and OSHA provide regulatory guidance based on the types and quantities of chemicals present at your facility. The Department of Transportation and ...

Jul. 8, 2011

By Safetec Compliance Systems Inc.

Chemical management the North American way

With so much attention focused on the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations, US domestic manufacturers may be less aware than they should be of regulatory efforts in North America. In August 2007, the United States, Canada, and Mexico entered into a regional agreement for assessing and managing potential chemical risks. The new ...

Apr. 24, 2008

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Integrating MSDS with chemical inventory management

In June 2011, Lab Manager Magazine, along with ChemSW Inc. and 3E Company, hosted a “Product Showcase” webinar on “How to Seamlessly Integrate MSDSs with Chemical Inventory Management.” An expert from each company gave a brief presentation on inventory and data management challenges and best practices for implementing an integrated Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) system. ...

Sep. 26, 2011

By 3E Company

2011 Predictions for U.S. Chemicals Management

The trends established by the Obama administration will continue despite the Congressional midterm elections in November, says Lynn L. Bergeson. The elections’ impact, notably the new Republican majority in the House and the razor thin Democratic majority in the Senate, will nonetheless have an important, but uncertain impact on the US Environmental Protection Agency. Early indications are ...

Feb. 1, 2011

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Environmental data management support for a chemical site

Client: Ford Consulting Ltd Location: Lancashire, UK Services: Groundwater and Environmental Data Management, Geographical Information Systems Issue: Support for data migration and environmental data management system Summary: ESI provided data migration and environmental data management solutions ...

Oct. 7, 2011

By ESI Ltd - Environment Specialists

Environmental Data Management Support for a Chemical Site

Project: Environmental Data Management Support for a Chemical Site Client: Ford Consulting Ltd Location: Lancashire, UK Services: Groundwater and Environmental Data Management, Geographical Information Systems - Support for data migration and environmental data management system Summary: ESI provided data migration ...

Oct. 30, 2013

By EarthSoft, Inc

Webinar - Best Practices in Chemical and MSDS Management

Companies face many hurdles today when it comes to chemical management. This 45-minute webinar will discuss the factors, tools, and techniques to minimize the burden of chemical data management and boost the impact of compliance, safety, and regulatory reporting initiatives. Led by chemical management specialists from SiteHawk and Compliance Optimizers, this webinar will outline a best ...

May 4, 2011

By SiteHawk

Hosted services tapped to manage data on chemicals

An emerging class of hosted services is designed to make it easier for manufacturing companies to manage the material safety data sheets (MSDS) required for each of the chemicals used in their products. Last week, 3E Co., a Carlsbad, Calif.-based provider of Web-based chemical management services, launched Version 2.0 of its 3E Online offering. The upgraded service allows users to more quickly ...

Oct. 3, 2005

By Actio Corporation

Management and risk assessment of a chemical spill: engineering facility

Project: Management and Risk Assessment of a Cleaning Effluent Spill Client: Confidential Services: Spill response, environmental sampling, risk assessment, regulator liaison Summary: Proportionate risk assessment and pollution management to safeguard local surface waters and satisfy regulator requirements ...

Oct. 7, 2011

By ESI Ltd - Environment Specialists

Empowering academic research in chemical risk assessment and management

Mar. 26, 2015

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

SciQuest Partners with Actio for Chemical Management Solution

Untitled Document Actio to add regulatory reporting, increased chemical database capabilities to SciQuest's Chemical Manager ...

Jan. 1, 2005

By Actio Corporation

Management of chemical exposure: the limitations of a risk-based approach

Risk assessment and risk-based management approaches are becoming incorporated into a wide range of disciplines as frameworks for use in critical decision-making pathways. During its rapid expansion, many of the assumptions, subjective judgements and irreducible uncertainties inherent within the risk paradigm are becoming increasingly overlooked. This paper provides a critical review of the ...

Feb. 10, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Shell Chemicals Streamsline Environmental Management with opsEnvironmental

The Company Shell Chemicals, a part of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, is one of the largest petrochemical companies in the world, with a multi-billion dollar annual turnover. Shell Chemicals employees carry out operations in 37 countries and four continents. The company produces the petrochemical building blocks used in everything from cars to computers. The Challenge New certifi ...

Nov. 10, 2005

By IHS

Managing compliance: Understanding the basics of chemical emergency response management

A stellar record of safety and compliance in demanding fields such as chemical emergency response is not easily obtained or managed. Successful programs are strategically developed, well defined, data-driven, process oriented, tactically deployed, implemented at all levels of the organization, well funded, routinely audited and revised and facilitated by experienced and dedicated professionals. ...

Nov. 10, 2011

By 3E Company

Facility safety management - MC Technologies spurs innovation in hazardous chemical management

Hazard Controls for Chemical Use Just MSDSs Are Not Enough to Protect Workers More than 20 years after the Employee Right to Know Act gave new rights to employees who work in facilities that store hazardous chemicals, individuals in the workplace are still being critically injured, still being diagnosed with terminal illness, and still dying from exposure to hazardous chemicals. ...

Aug. 1, 2004

By MAXCOM - a division of Haas Group International, Inc.

Consequence management of chemical intrusion in water distribution networks under inexact scenarios

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Response Protocol Toolbox provides a list of recommendations on actions that may be taken to minimize the potential threats to public health following a contamination threat. This protocol comprises three steps: (1) detection of contaminant presence, (2) source identification and (3) consequence management. This paper intends to explore ...

Jan. 21, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Best Practices for Chemical Management for Cost Savings, Regulatory Compliance, and Environmental Responsibility

If you ask industrial and laboratory operations managers about their biggest challenges, the answers you'll hear most often relate to environmental regulations and the management of chemicals. And the concern permeates the whole organization as well -- according to Accenture and the Conference Board, over one third of 500 top US CEO's named chemical-related Environmental Health ...

Jan. 1, 2006

By Chemical Safety Software

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