Hazards & Controls
Chemical Safety
International Chemicals

List of dangerous substances with an EU-wide harmonised classification and labelling

Seeks to put an end to the export and dumping of hazardous wastes

Control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal

Series of online safety training modules on the basics of chemical safety from ILO-CIS

CEFIC Emergency Response Intervention Cards database

Various United Nations Environment Programme databases on toxic chemicals

ILO programme's and resources related to chemical hazards

Within the UK, the Seveso II Directive is implemented as the COMAH Regulations = Control of Major Accident Hazards

Directive 67/548/EEC informational materials

European Database Export Import of Dangerous Chemicals

European Chemical Substances Information System

European Commission organization focused on EC regulations related to chemicals

Guidance on relevant European Commission regulations related to chemicals, such as REACH

White Paper on the Strategy for a future Chemicals policy and more

Graphics of international symbols used to denote chemical hazards

Comparison of EPA requirements and the GHS Globally Harmonized System for chemical hazard classification and labeling

A guide to the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of classification and labeling of chemicals

A Guide to the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals

ILO Coordinating Group for the Harmonization of Chemical Classification Systems (CG/HCCS)

How the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is implementing the Globally Harmonized System (GHS)

Download pictograms used in chemical labelling with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS)

Full text of the ILO code for international chemical safety

International Programe on Chemical Safety's chemical safety cards (ICSCs)

International organization dedicated to chemical safety

IUCLID5 is a software tool for chemical industry to fulfil data submission obligations under REACH

Information on uses and releases of industrial chemicals for exposure/risk assessors by country

Requires companies to provide data showing that their products are safe

The official legislative text of Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH)

A proposal for a new Directive that would repeal and replace the current Directive) by 1 June 2015

Chemical Accidents (Seveso II) - Prevention, Preparedness and Response

DOT's overview of United Nations recommendations relating to hazardous goods transport

The text of the model regulations

Information on the United Nation's Environmental Program on Chemicals