Hazardous Substances

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  LABORATORY SAMPLES AND HAZARDOUS WASTE
The Environment Agency has issued a guide to its regulatory position on the movement of samples of hazardous waste to laboratories. It has issued a “conditional relaxation” to charging laboratories that receive these samples.

May 2012 Volume 35 Number 5
  NANOMATERIALS DUST EXPLOSION RISK
A report in ‘Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research' suggests that nanomaterial dust could explode due to a spark with only 1/30th the energy needed to ignite sugar dust.

April 2012 Volume 35 Number 4
  LATEST FROM THE ECHA
Five SVHCs top product notifications

April 2012 Volume 35 Number 4
  NEW COSHH EXPOSURE LIMITS
The latest version of the HSE’s ‘EH40’ lists airborne exposure limits covered by the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (as amended).

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  GUIDE TO REACH EXPOSURE SCENARIOS
Under the REACH Regulation, end users of substances should expect safety data sheets to contain at least one ‘exposure scenario’ for a supported use of that substance

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  LATEST FROM THE ECHA
ECHA updates its Candidate List
New Substances of Very High Concern for authorisation

February 2012 Volume 35 Number 2
  APPLYING THE WASTE HIERARCHY TO HAZARDOUS WASTE
Guidance from the Government's environment Department (DEFRA) aims to help employers assess their obligations in relation to hazardous waste and the legally based ‘waste hierarchy'*
  NO LINK BETWEEN MOBILE PHONES AND TUMOURS
Research published by the ‘British Medical Journal’ says there is no link between long-term use of mobile phones and tumours of the brain or central nervous system.

December 2011 Volume  34 Number 12
  REVIEW OF PARA-OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDES
The Committee on Toxicity (COT) has reviewed the epidemiological literature on para-occupational exposure to pesticides

December 2011 Volume 34 Number 12
  SKIN IMPACTS OF CHEMICALS
A new publication from the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health looks at the adverse health impacts of chemical exposures on skin.
 
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