Guidance on chemicals and health
Guidance on chemicals and health - World Health Organization (WHO)
More than 160 million chemicals are known to humans (1). About 40 000 to 60 000 of them can be found in commerce; 6000 of these account for more than 99% of ...
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - CDC
The NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) informs workers, employers, and occupational health professionals about workplace chemicals and their hazards.
Chemical Hazards and Toxic Substances - Overview - OSHA
OSHA sets enforceable permissible exposure limits (PELs) to protect workers against the health effects of exposure to hazardous substances, including limits on ...
Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards (81-123) - CDC
Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards summarizes information on permissible exposure limits, chemical and physical properties, and health hazards.
Chemical safety - World Health Organization (WHO)
Chemical Safety is achieved by undertaking all activities involving chemicals in such a way as to ensure the safety of human health and the environment.
Regulatory and Guidance Information by Topic: Toxic Substances
Under a broad range of federal statutes, EPA gathers health, safety and exposure data; requires necessary testing; and controls human and ...
3. SAFETY LITERATURE REVIEW AND HAZARD SUMMARY. 1. Hazardous Substances. [List hazardous substances and their associated health and safety hazards. Examples of ...
Guidance For Hazard Determination | Occupational Safety ... - OSHA
This document is designed to help manufacturers and importers of chemicals identify chemical hazards so that employees and downstream users can be informed ...
Chemical Safety Guidelines | Environmental Health ... - CSU Pueblo
Chemical Safety Guidelines ... Law requires all chemical manufacturers to determine the physical, health and other hazards of all chemical products that they ...
Guidelines for the Health Risk Assessment of Chemical Mixtures
1986 procedural guide for evaluating data on the health risks from exposures to chemical mixtures.
9.4 Guidelines for Working with Particularly Hazardous Substances
Laboratory staff should always practice good housekeeping, use engineering controls, wear proper PPE, develop and follow SOPs, and receive appropriate training.
Chemicals and Hazards: Exposures and Health Risks
The following links provide information about exposures and health risks from chemicals and other environmental health hazards. Minnesota ...
Chemical Safety - ORS - Office Of Research Services | NIH
What's New - Chemical Hygiene Plan. Chemical Safety Guide. Safety Data Sheets · Spill in Laboratory ... OSHA also provides guidance on many chemicals at the ...
CHEMM: Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management
First responders in the field · Healthcare providers at the hospitals/poison centers · Mental health professionals · Public information officers · Industrial ...
Chemical Storage - Environment, Health & Safety
General Storage Requirements · All chemicals must be stored in a safe, secure location. · Shelves should be level, stable, and secured to the wall or another ...
Information and resources about hazardous chemicals in the workplace, including how to identify chemical hazards, address chemical safety, and the Worker ...
Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety ...
The purpose of the concise guidance is to support the processes needed to meet the information requirements on intrinsic properties of substances to be ...
Minnesota Guidance - MN Dept. of Health
Other guidance: Chemical specific · Guidance for Evaluating the Cancer Potency of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Mixtures in Environmental ...
Chemical safety and biosafety - OECD
The Chemical Legislation indicator allows you to explore the legal frameworks set up by each country to support the safety of human health and the environment.
OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 4
... to identify and characterise potential hazards of new and existing chemical substances. This group of tests covers health effects.