The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) addresses classification and labelling of chemicals by types of hazards. It provides the basis for worldwide harmonization of rules and regulations on chemicals and aims at enhancing the protection of human health and the environment during their handling, transport and use by ensuring that the information about their physical, health and environmental hazards is available. The sixth revised edition includes, inter alia, a new hazard class for desensitized explosives and a new hazard category for pyrophoric gases; miscellaneous amendments intended to further clarify the criteria for some hazard classes (explosives, specific target organ toxicity following single exposure, aspiration hazard, and hazardous to the aquatic environment) and to complement the information to be included in section 9 of the Safety Data Sheet; revised and further rationalized precautionary statements; and an example of labelling of a small packaging in Annex 7.
| ISBN: | 9789216160074 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2016 |
| Author: | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| Publisher: | United Nations |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 670 pages |
| Genres: |
Scientific nomenclature and classification Pollution control Pollution and threats to the environment Industrial chemistry and manufacturing technologies Nuclear chemistry, photochemistry and radiation Mathematics Technology: general issues Publishing and book trade |