Safety data sheets Directive

Risk management Safety Data Sheets (Directive 91/155/EEC) EU... 

Safety Data Sheet Directive. Gives provisions on how and in which format to communicate information on dangerous substances and preparations (EU, 1991). 

The contents of a Safety Data Sheet may need to be changed from the current format prescribed by the Safety Data Sheet Directive [8], but the list of sections in Article 30 of the Regulation has the same 16 points. 

EC (2001) Safety Data Sheet Directive (second amendment to 91/155/EEC). Official Journal ofthe European Communities, L212 (7 August 2001), 24-33. 

Guidance on the preparation of SDS s under the requirements of the GHS can be found in Annex 4. It has been developed by the GHS Sub-Committee after consideration of the main internationally-recognized standards which provided guidance in the preparation of an SDS, including the ILO Standard under the Recommendation 177 on Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work, the International Standard 11014 of the International Standard Organization (ISO), the European Union Safety Data Sheet Directive 91/155/EEC and the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) standard Z 400.1. 

Chemicals (Hazardous Information and Packaging for Supply - CHIP) Regulations 2002, which implements Directive 67/548/EEC and its seventh amendment 92/32/ EEC, the Dangerous Preparations Directive (99/45/EC) and its amendments, and the Safety Data Sheet Directive (91/155/EEC)... 

The CHIP Regulations implement the 88/379/EEC Dangerous Preparations Directive (DPD) and subsequent amendments/adaptions plus the 91/155/EEC Safety Data Sheets Directive. 

Under REACH, the safety data sheet (SDS) will become of increasing importance as the key tool for communication in the supply chain. The headings are not changed from those in the requirements of the safety data sheet Directive 91/155/EC [8-6] (for more details see Secion 4.2). However, it is important to realize that the sequence of Sections 2 and 3 has changed and a separate annex may be necessary the following is the required order in REACH Annex II ... 

Extension of the validity of ecological criteria for paints and varnish eco-label Adaptation to Technical Progress of the new Dangerous Substances Directive Amendment to the Safety Data Sheets Directive... 

As an example of this implementation by a Member State, the UK has developed a scheme which is consistent with these Directives and is described in the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations (CHIP 2). These Regulations (which are currently at the Consultative Document stage) implement the above Directives and their Amendments and Adaptations as well as the Safety Data Sheets Directive (93/112/EC). 

Within the EU, the Safety Data Sheets Directive (93/112/EC) requires that data sheets be produced for all substances classified as Dangerous and information must be supplied under the following headings ... 

EEC Council Directive 93/112/EEC (1993) Safety Data Sheets Directive as amended. 

C depending on the reference consulted). Fires may be controlled with carbon dioxide or dry chemical extinguishers. Recommended methods of handlings loadings unloadings and storage can be obtained from Material Safety Data Sheets and inquiries directed to suppHers of acetone. 

Rosin has a low order of toxicity foUowing ingestion or skin contact. Rosin and its numerous derivatives have a number of permitted food packaging and other direct and indirect food contact uses throughout the world. Sanctioned uses appHcable in the United States are outlined in U.S. Food and Dmg Administration (U.S. FDA) Regulations (2). Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) for specific rosins and thein derivatives should be consulted before thein use. 

Caution All alkali metals react violently upon contact with water. Read all Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) very carefully prior to handling of alkali metals and handle these metals only under the direct supervision of trained and qualified personnel. 

A Caution Hydrogen fluoride and fluorine are dangerous materials. Exposure to them will cause severe, painful, and perhaps fatal injury. Exposure may not be evident for several hours. The procedures described here pose the risk of exposure to hydrogen fluoride and to elemental fluorine and should only be carried out by, or under the direct supervision of, qualified professionals. Qualified first aid treatment and professional medical resources must be established prior to working in the area. Prompt treatment is necessary to reduce the severity of damage from exposure and should be sought immediately following exposure or suspected exposure. Material safety data sheets are available from HF and fluorine suppliers. Their recommendations should be followed scrupulously. 

Of these sources, Kirk-Othmer s Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology is particularly recommended for questions on chemistry and on end uses. For information on properties and on toxicity and handling hazards, Patty s Industrial Hygiene, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), and the Aldrich catalog are very nseful. Questions on industrial chemistry should be directed to Ullman s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, and the texts by Chenier, Heaton, and White. Hawley s Condensed Chemical Dictionary is valuable as a source for dehnitions of the terms (language) of chemistry. 

MSDS is a comprehensive database of more than 310 000 Material Safety Data Sheets, obtained directly from 2000 North American manufacturers and supphers. 

Hazard communication to users of dangerous chemical substances and preparations is accomplished by labelling and by means of safety data sheets (SDS), which give more detailed information to industrial users. An SDS has to be provided on request to the public for non-industrial preparations. There is a standard EU 16-heading format (Table 5) specified in the SDS Directive (a. 8). 

The first step to determine whether a dye is hazardous is the appropriate evaluation or testing of the acute toxicity of dyes, as defined by the EU Directive 67/ 548/EEC (with numerous amendments). A comprehensive review on such data including skin and eye irritation of numerous commercial dyes, derived from Safety Data Sheets, showed that the potential for these acute toxic effects ( harmful or toxic ) was very low. Although the review stems from an early date, it can be asumed that the results are still valid today [5],... 

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for dyes and other chemicals are customarily used to provide the necessary information for safety handling to the user. Although in Europe they must only be legally provided for hazardous substances and preparations according to the EU Directive 91/155/EEC, the majority of dye producers provide MSDS for all products, including those which are not classified as hazardous. 

The toxicity associated with SM is quite profound. The Army s Chemical Defense Equipment Process Action Team estimated in 1994 that a 900 mg-min/m SM vapor exposure would be lethal in 2-10 min, based on animal studies (National Research Council Review, 1997). Fortunately, in the battlefield, lethality has been limited. Only 1-3% of exposed soldiers died from SM exposure after WWI, and mortality mostly was not a direct consequence of SM, but rather the indirect effect of secondary respiratory infections. The 1999 Material Safety Data Sheet, put out by the US Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command, USA Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, has estimated the LD50 of a skin exposure to sullur mustard as lOOmg/kg. This roughly translates into as little as 7 ml of neat SM (i.e. 8.9 g) spread over the skin resulting in the death of a 80 kg adult (Department of the Army, MSDS, 1999). The cornea, of course, is more sensitive than the skin. Below we review three chief toxic effects of severe SM exposure to the cornea. 

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