Chemical Safety: Organizations (ACS, WHO, OECD)

Chemical & Engineering News blog that covers safety issues in academia and industry. Includes roundups of safety news.

Journal of the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety

Links to safety-related materials from ACS, including: Guidelines for Chemical Laboratory Safety in Academic Institutions, Hazard Assessment in Research Laboratories, Identifying and Evaluating Hazards in Research Laboratories, Creating Safety Cultures in Academic Institutions, and Employer’s Safety Awareness Expectations for New Hires.

Link goes to the 2017, 7th revision.

"A system for standardizing and harmonizing the classification and labelling of chemicals. It is a logical and comprehensive approach to: defining health, physical and environmental hazards of chemicals; creating classification processes that use available data on chemicals for comparison with the defined hazard criteria; and communicating hazard information, as well as protective measures, on labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDS)." --OSHA

Website for the World Health Organization's IPCS. Includes the International Chemical Safety Cards, Concise International Chemical Assessment Documents, and Health and Safety Guides.

Chemical safety resources from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, including Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Good Laboratory Practice, and Safety of Manufactured Nanomaterials.