Chapitre 1

To ensure the safety and weel-being of personnel

Long-term health effects like cancer

Working with pathogenic bacteria

Personal Protective Equipment

OSHA

Fines, legal issues, and reputational damage

To reduce the generation of hazardous substances

To reduce water contamination and comply with environmental regulations

By ensuring employee safety and well-being

A company adopting strict safety practices like DuPont’s safety culture

To ensure that hazards of chemicals are communicated clearly to workers and consumers

Hazard pictograms and signals words

Acute toxicity

To create uniform classification and labeling for chemicals worldwilde

Chemical identity hazards, handling instructions, and disposal considerations

Skin sensitizers or irritants

REACH

Substances of Very High Concern

To provide detailed information about chemicals properties, hazards, and safe handling

To check compliance of registration dossiers with regulatory standards

Section 7 : Handling and storage

Replacing SVHCs with safer alternatives whenever possible

It must ensure safety during handling and transport, with features like child-resistant closures for toxic substances

Different countries adapting GHS at varying rates and in diverse ways