Various types of chemicals can be harmful to your body through immediate or prolonged exposure, including common items in your home, school, or workplace. You might encounter a variety of chemical ...

Fail-Safe: An experiment that is being monitored by a device to shut down the experiment if, for instance, a loss in water pressure or electricity to the experiment could cause a fire, explosion, or ...

In some occupations, working with toxic substances and chemicals is required, so what can be done to keep employees and the worksite safe? It’s estimated that the U.S. uses more than 86,000 types of ...

There is not a one size fits all solution when it comes to managing chemical hazards, according to PepsiCo. Alex Mendes, vice president of global food safety and microbiology at PepsiCo, spoke ...

Like this puzzle, chemical safety has several pieces that together create the whole picture for working with chemicals in a safe manner. At the center of this puzzle is you, the employee or student.

If you have just ONE employee with the potential to be exposed to ONE non-exempt hazardous chemical, you must train that employee under paragraph (h) of 1910.1200. That’s OSHA’s Hazard Communication ...

IN preparation for New Year’s Eve, toxics watchdog BAN Toxics reminded the public to be “extra cautious” in purchasing ...

All baby food manufacturers must consider toxic chemicals when they test their baby food for potential hazards, the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday. “We appreciate your attention to your ...

The objective of this guide is to provide laboratory employees with a framework for spill response planning. This planning must be done in advance, not after a spill occurs. All spills are different; ...

Thermal hazards in chemical processes present a significant challenge to industrial safety, as uncontrolled exothermic reactions can lead to runaway events, fires and explosions. Advances in ...

File - Flames and smoke emerge from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex in Philadelphia, June 21, 2019. Hydrogen fluoride, which can travel for miles, was released, but most was ...