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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (15 articles)
Date: Friday, June 16, 2017 at 7:46:07 AM
Author: "Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety" <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Explaining research through storytelling
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 14:18:32 +0000
Author: "Hadden, Susan [JRDUS]"

From: Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Webinar will update efforts to align HazCom regulations in the U.S. and Canada
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2017 09:53:33 -0400
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Oh Canada!     Please don't accept weaker U.S. SDS standards.  Require Section 11 to retain the 10 test blanks and information on whether those tests have ever been done so that people can readily see both what is KNOWN and what is NOT KNOWN about the toxicity of that chemical.  That is only a recommendation, not a requirement in the U.S. and we are seeing the same short Section 11 we saw for years that only list acute data without letting consumers know that there is no chronic data because no testing has been done.  Consumers then incorrectly assume the only possible hazards of that product are the ones listed by the SDS.


These U.S. section 11's seriously mislead consumers by 1) leaving out all references to the lack of chronic testing and 2) with the statement that the chemical is "not listed as a carcinogen by IARC, NTP or OSHA" which consumers don't understand MEANS it has not been tested for cancer effects.

And if the U.S. rules for mixtures no longer require listing of cancer-causing impurities at 0.1% or more, don't give that up either.  And it should be lower than 0.1% if the impurity is one that can be toxic at lower levels.

Harmonizing should not mean "dumbing-down to the least informative of the two SDSs."  



Monona Rossol, M.S., M.F.A., Industrial Hygienist
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Webinar will update efforts to align HazCom regulations in the U.S. and Canada

https://www.osha.gov/dsg/hazcom/2017Webinar-RegulatoryCooperation.html

Webinar will update efforts to align HazCom regulations in the U.S. and Canada

OSHA and Health Canada are continuing joint efforts to align hazard communication regulations for workplace chemicals in the United States and Canada. The agencies will host a webinar June 28, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. ET, to provide stakeholders with an update on current and planned guidance materials. The webinar will also address regulatory activities to align with the most recent version of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals. Details about how to participate are on OSHA's Hazard Communication webpage.

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