Product stewardship, chemical reactivity

Product stewardship, chemical reactivity hazard management, 29-30 Protective systems, documentation, 105 Pyrophorics, screening methods, 43-45... 

If your product can pose a chemical reactivity hazard by itself or in combination with other materials, good product stewardship includes providing safety-related information to customers and users. Other aspects of product stewardship, some of which are also applicable to chemical reactivity hazard management, are outlined in the American Chemistry Council s Product Stewardship Responsible Care Code (ACC 2001). 

Contractors, contract manufacturers, transporters, warehouses, and end users of reactive chemicals should be informed not only of chemical reactivity hazards, but provided information or training on how to control them. This should be done as part of product life-cycle management and Responsible Care/Product Stewardship. Specific issues needing to be addressed may include but probably are not limited to those that are highlighted during the hazard/risk analyses (Section 4.5), including ... 

TS D employees have a product stewardship responsibility for the products Dow manufactures and sells. As part of their stewardship activities they should obtain and communicate pertinent reactive chemicals hazard information to handlers and users of Dow products. They should also make sure that the MSDS sheets for their products reflect the current reactive chemicals test data. 

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