hazardous chemical Articles
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Risk–based land use planning around hazardous chemical installations
This paper presents a framework for supporting land use planning decisions around hazardous chemical facilities taking risk into consideration. The proposed methodology contains all the steps that a planner needs to fully define the problem based on multi–criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and incorporating the needs of major local stakeholders. The decision is supported by the generation of the ...
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Assessment and management of environmental risks from industries at Trans-Thane Creek, Bombay
This paper gives an overview of the risk assessment study carried out as part of the Inter-Agency Project on Assessment and Management of risks from industries in the Trans-Thane Creek area near Bombay. The scope of the study includes identification of hazardous chemicals in the industrial area, reviewing the possible sources of release of the chemicals, evaluating probable reasons for such ...
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The applicability of chemical alternatives assessment for engineered nanomaterials
The use of alternatives assessment to substitute hazardous chemicals with inherently safer options is gaining momentum worldwide as a legislative and corporate strategy to minimize consumer, occupational, and environmental risks. Engineered nanomaterials represent an interesting case for alternatives assessment approaches as they can be considered both emerging “chemicals” of concern, as well ...
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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 ...
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What is Process Hazard Analysis (PHA)?
High risk industries, like the chemical and manufacturing industries, are highly regulated to help prevent Major Accident Hazards like explosions, fires and toxic chemical releases-but it wasn’t always that way. Most process safety regulations around the world were put into place after major safety incidents occurred. In Europe, for example, several process safety incidents in the 1970s ...
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Chemical risk management
The most severe industrial accidents are those involving dangerous chemicals, as they represent a significant threat to health and the environment. Furthermore, such accidents cause huge economic losses and disrupt sustainable growth. However, the use of large amounts of hazardous chemicals is inevitable in some industrial sectors that are essential to a modern industrialized society. To minimize ...
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Sustainable environmental management in the aluminum industry - Case Study
According to the German Aluminum Industry Trade Association (GDA: Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie), more than 600 companies and 74,000 employees are active in the German aluminum industry. As manufacturers of high-quality aluminum profiles, system components and slugs, Aluminium-Werke Wutöschingen is committed to the careful use of resources. The company uses Quentic, the web-based ...
By Quentic GmbH
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Control sustainability centrally: Efficient environmental and resource management - Case Study
Efficient environmental and resource management at all global sites: the technology company Voith, based in Heidenheim, Germany, is making this a reality. They started using the EHS and CSR software Quentic in 2011 to help them on their road to sustainability. Quentic allows all those responsible to carry out their tasks simultaneously within a single system. About Voith Voith, a family-owned ...
By Quentic GmbH
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Major Changes to the Risk Management Program Regulations
On July 31, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) published potential revisions to the Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations, which are codified at 40 CFR Part 68. U.S. EPA issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit and obtain information on specific regulatory elements regarding RMP and its closely-related standard regulated under the Occupational Safety and ...
By All4 Inc.
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Important environmental issues at aviation facilities, Part II
Many people think of risk management as having adequate insurance to cover potential disasters. A better approach is preventing or minimizing disaster in the first place. The dictionary definition of risk management is the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc. In the last issue, we ...
By DES, Inc.
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Ask Enhesa Vol. 9
Featuring contributions from Sarah Toussaint, Tjeerd Hendel-Blackford, Jill Bernstein, Dusan Sevic You asked and we answered! Enhesa’s team of multilingual regulatory analysts are committed to providing quality insight and analysis around the latest EHS news and developments via our Enhesa Flash, webinar series, and blog posts. In response, our team often receives a variety of questions ...
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ClorTec® An Operational Profile of a Pennsylvania Water Treatment Plant’s On-site Hypochlorite Generating System
For more than 30 years, on-site generation of sodium hypochlorite has been a key process in water treatment for municipal and industrial applications. The benefits of the on-site generation process over chlorine gas and bulk hypochlorite have been well documented and include: Eliminate bulk storage of hazardous chemicals Reduce risk to plant personnel because of drastically eliminate ...
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Transparent and secure processes: Well-organized data management in the chemical industry - Case Study
According to the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI), Germany is finding it increasingly difficult to stay globally competitive as a chemical location. The industry is facing the enormous challenge of securing its long-term competitiveness. After implementing Quentic, the online software for Health & Safety, Environmental management (HSE) and Sustainability, ISP Marl GmbH is now in ...
By Quentic GmbH
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Approaches to the risk assessment and control of major industrial chemical and related hazards in the United Kingdom
This paper outlines the role and use in the UK of hazard and risk assessment in the control and management of risks from major chemical industrial and other related hazards.Keywords: hazard analysis, major hazards, risk assessment, transportation, United Kingdom, UK, chemical ...
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Certified safety all round: Mobile use of the software for audits and inspections. - Case Study
The automotive industry is characterized by stringent legal requirements and supplier audits. Certifications such as ISO 14001/EMAS, for environmental protection, or OHSAS 18001, for Health & Safety, can be included in the supplier evaluation – a considerable endeavor for the supply industry. Since the end of 2011, the tire manufacturer Pirelli has been using Quentic, the online ...
By Quentic GmbH
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Korea K-REACH to Come into Force in January 2015
From 1 January, 2015, all new substances and priority substances that are manufactured or imported in a quantity of more than 1 ton/year are required to be registered with the MOE. The hazard evaluation is mandatory for all registered substances and risk assessment is also required for substances over 100 ton/year. This Act aims to protect human health and the environment. K-REACH is a ...
By SGS
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Using PRTR database for the assessment of surface water risk and improvement of monitoring in Japan
In April 2003, the first PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) was published in Japan. It is shown how the PRTR can be used to improve environmental risk assessment with the objective of reducing risk to ecosystem integrity and human health. By examining the superposition of all chemical releases into rivers, high levels of several contaminants are uncovered. Most of these chemicals have ...
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Toxic Chemicals in Toys and Children’s products: Limitations of Current Responses and Recommendations for Government and Industry
The company World Environmental Regulatory Compliance Solutions (The WERCS) has developed a tool called the GreenWERCS Chemical Screening Tool that evaluates chemical products such as paints and cleaning products for human and environmental health risks and scores products on this basis. The WERCS keeps formulation data confidential but provides retailers with information on chemical hazards. In ...
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Application of a risk management framework to a drinking water supply augmented by stormwater recharge
The Blue Lake is an important water resource for the city of Mount Gambier and the surrounding region, primarily as the drinking water supply source, but also as a tourist attraction. Mount Gambier’s stormwater is discharged directly via drainage wells into the unconfined, karstic Gambier Limestone aquifer, which in turn provides the majority of recharge to Blue Lake. Discharge of urban runoff to ...
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Increasing Environmental Commitment in Supply Chain Performance Management
In 2015, China reinforced its environmental policies and laws, strengthening air and water pollution controls. Trend toward Environmental Commitment Almost immediately, polluters found themselves subject to litigation, for example, a group of chemical companies subjected to compensation demands for about US$26 million (1). China is supporting victims of air and water pollution by actively ...
By SGS
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