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The secrets of solvation
Solvate well solvate better! Know why and how you solvate!
Pictographs in the workplace
The new European reglementation CLP (Classification Labelling Packaging) 1272/2008 integrates the GHS system in Europe, and with it, new pictographs representing chemical hazards.
Thioglycolic acid :Understanding the risk of Specific Chemicals of Interest
Understanding the risk of Thioglycolic Acid
Chemical risk at home: Hydro soluble unit-dose laundry pods
A warning on accidental exposure to hydro soluble unit dose laundry pods has been issued by the French Ministry for Health on June 17th 2014 to inform and give recommendations on this matter of public health.
Vinyl acetate: Understanding the risk of specific chemicals of interest
Vinyl acetate finds industrial uses in the production of vinyl acetate polymeric substances.
Occupational doctor: What to do on learning through an employee or the director that new chemical products are being used?
What does an occupational doctor have to do on learning through an employee or the director that new chemicals are being used?
Training of occupational health professionals
More than 75000 corrosives, irritants or sensibilising products for the skin, eye or respiratory tracks are registered by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
Are we prepared?
Are we ready for events involving chemicals that would be capable of decimating a population?
Carcinogens: Different classifications
Three main lists of internationally recognized carcinogens exist: those of IARC, of the ACGIH and of the European Union (CLP). It becomes thus difficult to find one?s way as a novice!
Nitric acid, a danger lurking
Nitric acid is a strong acid, found in the nature in salt forms (nitrates), with the formula HNO3.