The chemical industry is increasingly characterized by complex supplier/partner relationships and multi-layered supply chain models. Michelle Baker, CHMM Product Stewardship Manager Zeon Chemicals LP, will join Loftware to discuss these relationships and the emergence of global data and labeling standards like OSHA, REACH and GHS. Uncover the current status of Global Regulatory Standards and Hazardous...
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Sep 16, 2011 • Comments Closed
A recent news story provided by the Myanmar Times is interesting on several fronts. It shows the continuing worldwide adoption of chemical industry standards, including labeling procedures; it confirms the industry’s preference for the United National Global Harmonization System (GHS); and, it shows once again that the industry itself is generally for rather than against industry...
A company that is all about color printers recently posted an item on its blog in which the connection is made between colored labels and pictograms and emerging Global Harmonization Standards (GHS) taking shape worldwide. There is much good information in the piece about how and why color and pictograms are required on chemical labels...
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Jun 14, 2011 • Comments Closed
Thanks to a recent article in Afrique en ligne we learn of The Gambia’s commitment to GHS. The piece intrigued me because there are less than two million people in The Gambia and it is only about twice the size of Delaware, according to a government site run by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Here’s my...