For many businesses, daily activities necessitate the use of hazardous substances. To use and store them safely, it is critical to recognize the risks they pose and to meet the highest levels of ...

The following describes the appropriate actions to be taken by University staff, faculty and students when spills of hazardous substances occur. In general, hazardous spills regardless of size, will ...

The Health and Safety Executive has taken action against a UK packaging company after poor controls allowed hydrogen sulphide ...

As part of the Clean Air Act's chemical accident prevention provisions, the Environmental Protection Agency established a list of 140 toxic and flammable substances. Facilities with threshold ...

Today, our society is acutely aware of its environment, especially its working environment, and is reacting as a whole to regulate hazardous substances therein. This social reaction has resulted in ...

On July 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) designation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), along with their salts and isomers, as hazardous ...

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated “forever chemicals” that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, clearing the way for quicker ...

Hazardous waste includes substances that are solids, liquids and gases. The EPA definition of hazardous waste includes substances that possess a hazardous characteristic (e.g. toxic, ignitable, ...

Concerns regarding consequences of hazardous chemical accidents and children's environmental health have increased substantially in recent years. The objectives of this paper are to: (a) demonstrate a ...

WorkSafe New Zealand was invited by Sven Thelning, Health and Safety Advisor at Thelning Systems and Phil Wilson, Director of ...