Safer Science: Goodbye MSDS, Hello SDS

by: Ken Roy

This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses a proposed rule change to the Hazard Communication Standard, a national standard that addresses chemical management and employee safety.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2012Stock # tst12_079_03_8Volume 079Issue 03

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Adah (San Antonio, TX)
Adah (San Antonio, TX)

Labeling Chemical Has Changed

MSDS sheets seem to be gone and in its place are SDS’s. To make safety with chemical more harmonious to international concerns it appears that the MSDS now have images or pictograms that wo... See More

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Pamela A

Safety Data Consistency

If you have ever been frustrated with the inconsistencies among supplier MSDS sheets for s given substance take heart. Movement to a uniform SDS is underway. Learn more here.

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