Efficiency in risk assessments
GBU rethought: The basic idea Risk assessments for a specific activity can often be used for another activity in a slightly modified form. This applies...
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Generalisierung von Gefährdungsbeurteilungen
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Generalization of risk assessments
Repetitions: For and against Everyone knows the repetition effect of advertising: by repeating the core message and the brand, the message eventually...
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Illustration eines Laptops mit PDF-Symbol und Download-Pfeil – symbolisiert das Einlesen eines Sicherheitsdatenblatts.
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Reading Safety Data Sheets
Background and motivation When compiling a hazardous substances index, you generally take the data obtained for this purpose from the associated safety...
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Gefahrensymbol für ätzende Stoffe vor blauem Hintergrund – steht für schwere Hautverätzungen (Skin Corr. 1) oder schwere Augenschäden (Eye Dam. 1).
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Curious classification: Skin Corr. 1 or Eye Dam. 1
Why is a mixture classified as “Skin Corr. 1” (Corrosivity to the skin, category 1) despite the fact that no individual component shares this classification? An...
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Laborhand mit Schutzhandschuh hält Erlenmeyerkolben mit orangefarbener Flüssigkeit – Symbolbild für akute Toxizität chemischer Stoffe.
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Curious classification: acute toxicity
How is the “acute toxicity” classification determined? The reason for this blog entry was a question from a user of the SDBcheck® online...
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Stethoskop auf zweifarbigem Hintergrund (blau und orange) – Symbolbild für die Verbindung von Gefahrstoffmanagement und Arbeitsmedizin.
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Hazardous substances management and occupational medicine
Support your company doctor! Is your company doctor familiar with the hazardous substances used in your company? Even more important from the perspective...
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Mehrere Erlenmeyerkolben mit bunten Flüssigkeiten, jeweils mit Gefahrstoffsymbolen nach GHS gekennzeichnet. Symbolbild für "Was macht einen Stoff zu einem Gefahrstoff".
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What determines if a substance is a hazardous substance?
A substance becomes a hazardous substance if … … it is dangerous? In other words, a substance is a hazardous substance when it has been classified...
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