chemical hazard communication News
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Lynn L. Bergeson Will Speak at the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication 2011 Fall Meeting
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on October 4, 2011, Lynn L. Bergeson will speak in Arlington, Virginia at the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication 2011 Fall Meeting on key issues relating to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) draft on Green ...
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Sheryl Lindros Dolan Presents “Protecting Trade Secrets Around the World Part 1: Comparing CBI Requirements under New TSCA and OSHA HCS 2012” at the SCHC Spring Meeting
On March 28, 2017, Sheryl Lindros Dolan, Senior Regulatory Consultant at Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), presented “Protecting Trade Secrets Around the World Part 1: Comparing CBI Requirements under New TSCA and OSHA HCS 2012” at the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC) Spring Meeting. Ms. Dolan’s presentation reviewed the requirements for confidential ...
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Lynn L. Bergeson will speak at the society for chemical hazard communication 2011 fall meeting
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on October 4, 2011, Lynn L. Bergeson will speak in Arlington, Virginia at the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication 2011 Fall Meeting on key issues relating to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) draft on Green ...
By Acta Group
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VelocityEHS Simplifies Complex Chemical Hazard Communication Compliance with its Expanded Regulatory Consulting Services
VelocityEHS, the leading cloud environment, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability software provider, today announced it is expanding its MSDSonline Regulatory Consulting Services to help EHS professionals better understand, and more effectively meet, their global hazard communication and chemical safety regulatory requirements. Intended for businesses that lack sufficient resources or ...
By VelocityEHS
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Riaz Zaman to Speak at the American Coatings Association Seminar
The American Coatings Association will be hosting a seminar on Managing Hazard Communication and Chemicals Regulation in the North American and European Marketplace on November 9-10, 2015 in New Orleans. Designed to assist professionals in the coatings industry comply with increasingly complex product stewardship requirements, this seminar will assist industry professionals comply with ...
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Core Competencies in the Practice of Industrial & Occupational Hygiene Discussed in New Document
Recently, it was announced that a joint effort document from the Academy of Industrial Hygiene, American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA), American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), and the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) had been released. The document, “Core Competencies for the Practice of Industrial/Occupational Hygiene,” discusses 17 core ...
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Oil Workers State Safety Issues are a Primary Concern at Labor Talks
Last week, the Los Angeles Times reported that too much pressure in a piece of equipment at a refinery in Torrance was the cause of an explosion that injured four contractors and jolted many people in the surrounding neighborhood. The explosion also released materials that settled on homes and cars in the area. This most recent refinery incident was quickly sited by a large union that ...
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Certified Industrial Hygienists Help Prevent Workplace Hazards
Last month, the Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was interviewed for an article with NBC News. The article, “OSHA Chief: Inequality in America is About Workplace Hazards, Too” discusses workplace challenges that concern more than just what a worker earns. In the article, David Michaels, Ph.D., M.P.H., states, ...
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Implementing OSHA’s New Regional Emphasis Program to Reduce Worker Exposure to Ammonia Compounds
In late September, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced it had launched a new program to address hazards from exposure to fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate and agricultural anhydrous ammonium. The Regional Emphasis Program (REP) is effective in the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. The program targets workers employed ...
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Reach for WASPS
As many will know, the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals Regulations (REACH) are coming into force next year. These require all manufacturers and suppliers who deal with chemicals to share all important safety information with their customers and chemical users right down the supply chain to the user. Environmental Science has started a new initiative to assist in this ...
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Fly with WASPS to REACH GHS
REACH is in force now and GHS (the Globally Harmonised System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals) is expected this year, WASPS will be ready…. Will you??As you will know the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals Regulation (REACH) is in force. This requires all manufacturers and suppliers who deal with chemicals to share all important safety information with their ...
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I2P2, hazardous chemicals, high-risk construction among top OSHA prioritied for 2011
OSHA Secretary of Labour Dr. David Michaels gave a sneak peak of some of OSHA’s top priorities for 2011 in a recent online chat facilitated by the Department of Labour (DOL). Here’s a list of some of the highlights from the 2011 Agenda that Michaels touched on in his talk: Injury and Illness Prevention Program In the works for some time, OSHA’s Injury and Illness Prevention ...
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Roanoke chemical distributor to pay $44,000 penalty for safety violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that a chemical distributor in Roanoke, Va. has agreed to pay a $43,967 penalty and complete more than $200,000 in safety improvements to settle alleged violations of federal environmental laws designed to protect and inform the public about hazardous chemicals. The company, Chemicals and Solvents, Inc. (doing business as Chemsolv, Inc.) ...
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WERCS ETL EARNS SAP INTEGRATION CERTIFICATION
Albany, NY (September 8, 2010) – The Wercs, Ltd. announced that its WERCS® ETL (Extract/Transform/Load) 6.1 solution has achieved certified integration with SAP® applications. The WERCS ETL solution allows customers to take information from the SAP ERP application for use in The WERCS complete chemical management and hazard communications solution. The WERCS specializes in ...
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3E Company and Logical Data Solutions Announce Strategic Alliance to Enable Customers to Manage EH&S and Compliance Obligations more Effectively
3E Company, a leading provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, and Logical Data Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of environmental compliance and task management systems, today announced a strategic alliance to deliver integrated solutions designed to enable customers to comply more effectively and efficiently with EH&S, chemical ...
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Informex Sustainability Winners Offered Viable Chemical Projects
2/19/2010 Informex Show Management announced the first five 'Profiles in Sustainability' winners at an award ceremony designed to honor companies that demonstrated their commitment to improving sustainability. The five companies honored were DSM, IoLiTec, Lonza, Segetis, and The Wercs. One of the most important factors in their success, according to the judges, was that all the projects were ...
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Global harmonization: What you need to know and do to prepare for the upcoming changes
On October 25, 2011, OSHA sent the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) its final rule to adopt the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) as its hazard communication standard (HCS). OMB now has up to 90 days to review and finalize the rule before it is published in the Federal Register. GHS introduces a set of criteria for ...
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U.S. EPA requires Cupertino cement company to report toxic chemicals, commit to environmental projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Lehigh Southwest Cement Company for failing to properly report releases of toxic chemicals at its Cupertino, Calif. plant. The company is required to pay a $47,600 penalty and spend $144,250 to fund projects that support local emergency response and limit future releases from the plant. Under the federal Emergency Planning and ...
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Sears Holdings and The Wercs announce collaboration
The Wercs, Ltd., a global leader in chemical compliance, assessment, and hazard communication software and services announces that Sears Holdings has selected to implement the WERCSmart program. The WERCSmart program ensures that retailers have the critical information about chemical-containing products they merchandise before products are available for sale to consumers on store shelves.A ...
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Sphera Identified as a Chemicals Management Market Leader in Independent Research Report
Sphera has been named a market leader for chemicals management by Verdantix, an independent research and consulting firm, in its recently released “EHS Software Benchmark” report. Verdantix gave Sphera the highest marks for having “the most comprehensive functionality to facilitate chemicals compliance foundations.” For the benchmark report, Verdantix applied seven ...
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