Chemical hazards are hazards present in hazardous chemicals and hazardous materials. Exposure to certain chemicals can cause acute or long-term adverse...
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electric currents; harsh, toxic or unstable chemicals (acids, poisons, explosives); and radioactivity. The use of hazard symbols is often regulated by law and...
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physical nature (e.g. biological or chemical) or by type of damage (e.g., health hazard or environmental hazard). Examples of natural disasters with...
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Hazard pictograms form part of the international Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). Two sets of pictograms...
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environmental hazards is usually involuntary Environmental hazards can be categorized in many different ways. One of them is — chemical, physical, biological...
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Hazard statements form part of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). They are intended to form a set of standardized...
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The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (USCSB), generally referred to as the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), is an independent U.S. federal...
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European hazard symbols for chemicals are pictograms defined by the European Union for labelling chemical packaging (for storage and workplace) and containers...
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accidents. Process safety is the engineering discipline dealing with chemical accident hazards understanding and management. Process safety's scope extends however...
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occupational hazard is a hazard experienced in the workplace. This encompasses many types of hazards, including chemical hazards, biological hazards (biohazards)...
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classifications and labels for the same hazard. Given the $1.7 trillion per year international trade in chemicals requiring hazard classification, the cost of compliance...
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investigates major chemical incidents. In the US, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is responsible for investigating major chemical accidents...
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Safety data sheet (category Chemical safety)
chemical species including chemical compounds and chemical mixtures. SDS information may include instructions for the safe use and potential hazards associated...
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Hazard analysis and critical control points, or HACCP (/ˈhæsʌp/), is a systematic preventive approach to food safety from biological, chemical, and physical...
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (redirect from NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards)
Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards informs workers, employers, and occupational health professionals about workplace chemicals and their hazards. For respirators...
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technique (SWIFT) – Method of prospective hazards analysis Center for Chemical Process Safety (1992). Guidelines for Hazard Evaluation Procedures, with Worked...
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Toxicity (redirect from Chemical Exposure)
process, or state adversely affecting the environment. These hazards can be physical or chemical, and present in air, water, and/or soil. These conditions...
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Reactive Chemical Hazards is a well-established source of information on chemical safety, often known by its author’s name, and often cited in the chemical and...
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Laboratory safety (section Chemical hazards)
exposure to chemicals and biological agents, laboratory workers can also be exposed to a number of physical hazards. Some of the common physical hazards that...
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Corrosion (redirect from Chemical durability)
oxidation of metalPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Chemical hazard label – Warning symbol on locations or productsPages displaying short...
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CBRN defense (redirect from NBC hazard)
protective measures taken in situations where chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (including terrorism) hazards may be present. CBRN defense consists...
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Waste collector (section Health and safety hazards)
and ranch and farm work. On-the-job hazards include broken glass, medical waste such as syringes, caustic chemicals, objects falling out of overloaded...
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occupational hazard (chemical, biological, and physical), they do not arise from a physical substance, object, or hazardous energy. Psychosocial hazards affect...
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (redirect from Forever chemical)
synthetic organofluorine chemical compounds that have multiple fluorine atoms attached to an alkyl chain; there are 7 million such chemicals according to PubChem...
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Hydrazine (category Chemical hazards)
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, New York: John Wiley, doi:10.1002/0471238961.0825041819030809.a01.pub2, ISBN 9780471238966 "Hydrazine—Chemical Hazard Properties...
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resource for analytical scientists involved in structure identification. Chemical hazard data in the dashboard comes from both traditional laboratory animal...
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Xylene (category Chemical hazards)
to Chemical Hazards (o-Xylene) NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (m-Xylene) NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (p-Xylene) Xylene, Hazard Summary...
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Beryllium (category Chemical hazards)
Guide to Chemical Hazards. "#0054". National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). "CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards - Arsenic...
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indicator that exposure to certain chemicals is occurring, olfactory fatigue can also reduce one's awareness about chemical hazard exposure. Olfactory fatigue...
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hazard assessment. In 1987, member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development decided to investigate existing chemicals....
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