OSHA's 2024 HazCom final rule introduces updates to chemical classification, labeling and safety data sheets.

Allergies work by triggering the immune system in response to an allergen. Allergens are substances the body mistakes as dangerous. As a result, the body makes antibodies to fight them. The production ...

The federal government has released a proposed list of more than 30 chemicals and groups of substances Canadians encounter daily that it wants to prioritize for risk assessments. The announcement ...

In Canada, every level of government plays a part in helping to protect against risks from chemical substances: municipalities, the provinces and territories, and the federal government. The ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays might contain potentially harmful chemicals due to slip-ups in recycling ...

The final rule aligns OSHA’s standard with Revision 7 of the UN’s Globally Harmonized Systems of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS ... criteria Updated label provisions ...

(AP) — Heavy smoke was causing low visibility Wednesday along Interstate 20 east of Atlanta as chemicals continued spewing from a beleaguered chlorine facility, and emergency officials warn that smoke ...

Food labels that say “sell by” or “best before” are misleading because they have no universal meaning under current laws. Now California wants to crack down on such practices, bidding to ...

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) proudly presents its landmark report, Towards Planet Positive Chemicals: A Chemical Transformation Roadmap Enabled by the Circular ...

Nairobi, 1 October 2024 – One year after its adoption in Bonn, the Global Framework on Chemicals today launched its first call for projects targeting the safe and sustainable management of chemicals ...

The source of the contamination in the soil isn’t clear. Officials had initially believed the chemicals were left over from oil tanks that used to be left on the property, but also theorize they are ...