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5 Key Elements of The HazCom Standard

Workplace chemicals present countless hazards which is why OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standards (HazCom) exists. It requires companies producing and/or using hazardous chemicals to provide employees with information and training relevant to the hazardous chemicals, their handling, protective measures, and any other significant safety concerns in accordance with OSHA’s Right-to-Know Standard.…
Alex Milan
07/30/18
Compliance & Regulatory NewsGHS

GHS in Mexico: Deadline Approaching

The Backstory Mexico’s existing regulation governing the content of Safety Data Sheets (SDS), NMX -019-SCFI-2011, is a voluntary guideline—it was not made compulsory under Mexico’s workplace hazardous chemicals regulation, NOM-018-STPS-2000. Hence, existing SDS in Mexico may conform to numerous different formats and presentation of the data, leading to confusion and…
Alex Milan
07/09/18
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GSM Talks Growing Technology Business in Tampa

Julie MacGregor-Peralta CEO of GSM joins founding partner of Synapse Marc Blumenthal on Bay News 9 as they talk entrepreneurship and growing technology companies in Tampa. Learn about the moment she realized the importance of safety data sheets and how she used that knowledge to begin a technology company to solve an important…
Alex Milan
06/19/18
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Hazardous Compliance Explained: Shippers & Offerors

OSHA places the responsibility for communicating hazards with the entity that is responsible for the product – manufacturer, distributor or importer – essentially, whoever is identified on the SDS. The EPA then states that whoever generates the waste is responsible for its proper disposal. And the Department of Transportation is…
Alex Milan
04/25/18
Compliance & Regulatory NewsGHS

ECHA RAC Proposes New Limit Values

The Backstory Historically, many genotoxic carcinogens, such as benzene and nickel compounds, were thought to have linear dose-response curves, meaning that nearly any dosage level—even infinitesimally small doses of the substance—would produce some toxic effect. Although threshold limit values were assigned by certain European Union Members States, and even at…
Alex Milan
04/19/18