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PbEu (anti-knock agents), radiation and sound shields, in paints, high quality glass. World production 1980 4 0 megatonnes. Lead compounds are toxic and hazardous to health. [Pg.237]

The pharmacist or physician can report any problems experienced with dmg products and medical devices. In cases where the PDA and/or manufacturer finds that a marketed product constitutes an actual or potential threat to the safety and welfare of the pubhc, that product must be withdrawn from the marketplace, ie, recalled. Several classes of recalls exist, depending on the relative danger that the product exhibits. C/ass I dmgs pose a serious health threat and may require withdrawal at the consumer level C/ass II dmgs pose a possible or potential health problem that usually means withdrawal at the pharmacy or wholesaler levels and C/ass III dmgs may present a remote hazard to health and safety. [Pg.225]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under the Safe Drinking Water Act, set the secondary contaminant level for silver ia drinking water at 0.1 mg/L (20). Secondary contaminants are not considered to be hazardous to health and thus the limits are not federally enforceable. [Pg.85]

Flammability = 4, ie, very flammable gas, very volatile, and materials that in the form of dusts or mists form explosive mixtures when dispersed in air Health = 2, ie, hazardous to health, but may be entered freely with self-contained breathing apparatus Reactivity = 0, ie, is normally stable when under fire-exposure conditions and is not reactive with water... [Pg.3]

CARCINOGEN An agent (whetlier ehemieal, physieal or biologieal) eapable of inereasing the ineidenee of malignant neoplasms. Defined in Regulation 2 of the Control of Substanees Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999 as ... [Pg.11]

SUBSTANCE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH As defined in Regulation 2 of tlie Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1999,... [Pg.19]

In Great Britain the COSHH Regulations cover virtually all substances hazardous to health. (Excluded are asbestos, lead, materials dangerous solely due to their radioactive, explosive, or flammable properties, or solely because of high or low temperatures or pressures, or where risk... [Pg.108]

Substanees hazardous to health inelude substanees labelled as dangerous (i.e. very toxie, toxie, harmful, irritant or eoiTosive) under any other statutory requirements, agrieultural pestieides and other ehemieals used on farms, and substanees with oeeupational exposure limits. They inelude harmful miero-organisms and substantial quantities of dust. Indeed any material, mixture or eompound used at work, or arising from work aetivities, whieh ean harm people s health is apparently eovered. [Pg.109]

Table 5.20 Prohibition of certain substances hazardous to health for certain purposes... Table 5.20 Prohibition of certain substances hazardous to health for certain purposes...
Approved Code of Practice. Control of substances hazardous to health in the production of pottery. [Pg.117]

Control of substances hazardous to health regulations. Ionizing Radiations Regulations 1999 Control of lead at Work Regulations 1998 MAFF/HSC Code of Practice for the safe use of pesticides on farms and holdings. [Pg.117]

Simple asphyxiant. Some gases and vapours present at high concentrations act as asphyxiants by reducing the oxygen content of air. Many of these are odourless and colourless. Many also pose a fire or explosion risk, often at values below which asphyxiation can occur. (Although capable of asphyxiation, they are not considered to be substances hazardous to health under COSHH.)... [Pg.176]

A substance known to be so toxic to man as to afford a hazard to health during conveyance or which, in the absence of adequate data on human toxicity, is presumed to be toxic to man. [Pg.454]

Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988. The Control of Lead at Work Regulations 1980 (superseded by COP 60)... [Pg.571]

COSHH m Agriculture. Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 (COSHH) Sheep Dipping COSHH m Eorestry... [Pg.571]

A guide to the integrity, workplace environment and miscellaneous aspects of the Offshore Installations and Wells (Design and Construction, etc) Regulations 1996 Control of substances hazardous to health m fumigation operations... [Pg.580]

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