Hazardous Materials Regulations Articles
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Get the Lead Out - Standards Aid in RoHS Compliance
RoHS, the seminal European sustainability directive, and others like it challenge manufacturers to eliminate hazardous substances in their products. With RoHS compliance deadlines ongoing through at least the next five years, and more to come from other regions and nations, ASTM Committee F40 is helping companies with testing standards and other resources. The recent introduction of the new ...
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Comparison of hazard area and casualty predictions of a small-scale chemical attack using various toxic load toxicity models
It has been observed that the toxic load model can better account for toxic effects from chemical exposures than Haber’s law. However, the toxic load model has been experimentally validated only for steady exposures. We compare four proposed extensions of the toxic load model to the case of time-varying exposures. We conclude that the choice of the toxic load model can be important in ...
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When it comes to food packaging, what we don’t know could hurt us
Recent analyses raise disturbing questions about the health and environmental effects of the stuff that encases our edibles. It’s almost impossible to imagine life without flexible, transparent and water-resistant food packaging, without plastic sandwich bags, cling film or shelves filled with plastic jars, tubs and tubes, and durable bags and boxes. While storing food in containers ...
By Ensia
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Controlling Methane ar ERD and ISCR Applications
In situ chemical reduction (ISCR) and enhanced reductive dehalogenation (ERD) have demonstrated success in the remediation of numerous recalcitrant and toxic compounds, including chlorinated ethenes and hexavalent chromium. ISCR describes the combined effect of stimulated biological oxygen consumption (via fermentation of an organic carbon source), direct chemical reduction with zero-valent iron ...
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Comparative study of biodegradability prediction of chemicals using decision trees, functional trees, and logistic regression
Biodegradation is the principal environmental dissipation process of chemicals. As such it is a dominant factor determining the persistence and fate of organic chemicals in the environment, and is therefore of critical importance to chemical management and regulation. In this study, we developed in silico methods assessing biodegradability based on a large heterogeneous set of 825 organic ...
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Ultrasonic technology in cooling towers
Ultrasound technology is an effective and environmentally friendly method to minimise chemical consumption and improve the efficiency of a cooling tower, says Ander Paz Blazquez. Low-intensity ultrasound has been used for more than a decade in order to control algae and biofilm growth. Latest innovations have concluded that effective algae control is achieved through the use Ultrasound ...
By LG Sonic
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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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Compliance Corner - Develop and implement
On March 25, 2003, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) issued an emergency revision to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) relating to security training and security planning for transporters and offerors (shippers) of hazardous materials (hazmat). DOT recognised a need to address growing concerns over the significant threat that hazmat can pose when it is used for malicious or ...
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5 Reasons to Perform a Consequence Modeling Analysis for Your Facility
The potential for accidental release of toxic chemicals to the environment is a daily threat for many industrial facilities and plants. These releases can occur very suddenly and unexpectedly, putting employees and the public at risk of injury or death, and the surrounding environment at risk of damage or destruction. A consequence modeling analysis is a powerful tool (and sometimes a regulatory ...
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Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies Enjoys Sparkling and Clear Global SDS Authoring that Flows Smoothly with 3E Company’s MSDgen Authoring Platform
Background Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies (VWS) provides a complete range of solutions and services to design, build, maintain, and upgrade water treatment facilities and systems for public water authorities and industrial clients. Its Hydrex™ line of organic and inorganic water treatment chemicals and additives includes more than 400 formulations that protect against scale ...
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Perstorp Relies on 3E’s Ariel data to Bolster Global Regulatory Compliance Management
Background The Perstorp Group is a world leader in a number of sectors in the specialty chemicals market. The company has a rich performance culture distilled from its long history and extensive knowledge in the chemical industry. That culture and knowledge base enables Perstorp to produce winning formulas for a wide variety of industries and applications. Perstorp’s products are ...
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3E Company Gives Cabot Microelectronics Corporation the Power to Comply with Global Regulations
Background Cabot Microelectronics Corporation (CMC) is a supplier of sophisticated polishing compounds and polishing pads used in the manufacture of advanced semiconductors and rigid disks--critical components that drive today‘s electronic systems from desktop and laptop computers, cellular phones and electronic games, to personal data assistants, telecommunication switchboards and the ...
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KMG Electronic Chemicals Electrified by 3E’s Fast and Reliable MSDS Authoring Service
Background KMG Electronic Chemicals, Inc., supplies acids, solvents, and other chemicals used in the manufacture of semiconductors primarily from its state of the art facility in Pueblo, Colorado. Customers use these products to etch and clean wafers at each production layer. In Europe, its subsidiary, KMG Italia S.r.l., operates from a manufacturing and warehouse facility near Milan, Italy. ...
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3E Company Fuels Shell`s EH&S Compliance Management
Background Shell Oil is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with around 102,000 employees in more than 100 countries and territories. Shell continually places a strong emphasis on environmental regulatory compliance, and the Company is committed to managing its environmental impact as it strives to meet the world’s growing energy needs. Challenges As a large ...
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Brenntag Utilizes 3E’s SAP EHS Solutions to Distribute and Deliver Optimized Global HSE Program
Background Brenntag is the global market leader in full-line chemical distribution in terms of sales (based on 2008 data). Linking chemical manufacturers and chemical users the company provides business-to-business distribution solutions for industrial and specialty chemicals globally. With over 10,000 products and a highly diverse supplier base, Brenntag offers one-stop-shop solutions to ...
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BJ’s Wholesale Club Stocks up on 3E’s Environmental Regulatory Compliance Solutions
Background Headquartered in Westborough, MA, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. is a leading operator of membership warehouse club stores in the Eastern United States. The Company currently operates over 200 clubs in 15 states from Maine to Florida and employs more than 25,000 team members. Challenges As a large retailer, BJ’s faces many unique safety and environmental compliance ...
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Compliance Corner - Record retention
In the course of a dangerous good shipment, a shipper’s declaration is created and needs to be stored as it contains information used to protect the safety of individuals, businesses and the environment. This shipping paper must be maintained for a given period of time depending on the method of shipment. There are also similar record retention requirements for dangerous good training ...
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PLS and KNN algorithms for improved 3D‐QSDAR consensus modeling of acute toxicity
A diverse set of 154 chemicals that included FDA‐regulated compounds tested for their aquatic toxicity in Daphnia magna were modeled by a three‐dimensional quantitative spectral data‐activity relationship (3D‐QSDAR). Two distinct algorithms, namely partial least squares (PLS) and Tanimoto similarity based k‐nearest neighbors (KNN) were used to process bin occupancy descriptor matrices obtained ...
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A disassembly process model for end–of–life activities of manufactured products
The companies have to reuse/recover/recycle their products at the end of product life according to new environmental regulations to achieve sustainability. The disassembly process is one of the most important processes to recover/recycle/maintain products safely, economically and efficiently. A process model for disassembly needs to be developed and integrated with the product information model ...
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Conflict Mineral Regulations: Exploring the Potential Impact on Risk Management
Blood diamonds, first brought to public attention in the 1990s, are diamonds mined in African war zones and sold to fund conflicts and insurgencies. In recent years, they have been replaced by a new hot-button topic: conflict minerals — those minerals essential to the manufacture of products such as consumer electronics, automobiles, apparel, medical devices, tools, and jewelry. As with ...
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