hazard communication management Articles
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Issues in identifying climate change adaptation within community hazard mitigation
Increased temperatures from climate change are expected to result in sea level rise which will initially be experienced in the surge events that accompany hazards. Despite uncertainty various scenarios have been proposed that predict more severe droughts, wildfire, floods, tropical cyclones/hurricanes and severe storms. Media focus and raised public awareness of climate change risks presents an ...
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Spartech Chooses 3E for ‘One Stop Shop’ Integrated EH&S and Product Stewardship Solution
Background Spartech Corporation is a leading producer of plastic products including polymeric compounds, concentrates, custom extruded sheet and rollstock products and packaging technologies for a wide spectrum of customers. The company’s three business segments, which operate facilities in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and France, annually process more than 1 billion pounds of ...
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UFI: Everything You Need to Know
The Classification, Labelling, and Packaging (CLP) Regulation ensures that hazardous substances and mixtures are managed, communicated, and labelled consistently and securely. Annex VIII to the CLP Regulation dictates the Unique Formula Identifier (UFI) requirements and your obligations to notify Poison Centres of hazardous mixtures on the market as of 2021. Under this regulation, companies ...
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SDS Authoring Software
When creating an official SDS that will be distributed via SDS software, it is critical that those who are responsible for SDS services follow the standardized document format. This format ensures that all information deemed essential to understanding a chemical and the potential hazard it presents is provided on one easily referenced sheet. SDSs must be generated to include sixteen specific ...
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GIGABASE uses UL The Wercs to set higher sustainability standards - Case study
The Situation GIGABASE is a Chinese-based platform that ranks construction materials based on their ecological and health impact. Their mission is to create market incentives for manufacturers to incrementally produce cleaner, healthier materials and explain their potential impact on human health and the environment. Clients look to GIGABASE for full-disclosure results and transparency with ...
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Allergan uses GreenWERCS to evaluate current products and promote greener alternatives - Case study
The Situation Allergan, a global multi-specialty healthcare company, was interested in implementing a method for demonstrating and comparing the safety and effectiveness of their products. Interest came about as a result of Allergan’s exposure to Walmart’s “Green Score,” an automated tool designed to quickly review products by category, providing meaningful information ...
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Halliburton increases focus on finding greener materials - Case study
The Situation As formulators of specialized products for the energy industry, Halliburton wanted to develop a scoring approach for evaluating the impact of formulated products on human health and the environment. They also wanted to compare products to each other in a relative fashion. The ideal method would allow for the quick scoring and reviewing of raw materials purchased by Halliburton ...
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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 ...
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Cytec seamlessly migrates 60 years of critical data; enhances product stewardship - Case study
The Situation Cytec Industries is one of the world’s leading specialty chemicals and materials companies with sales, laboratory and manufacturing locations in over 35 countries worldwide. Cytec has made safety and environment two of its top core values. The company strives to be an industry leader in setting the pace in procedures, programs, and most importantly, performance relating to ...
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