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Time to prepare for upcoming changes to WHMIS

September 30, 2014 by Lab Canada Hamilton, ON – WHMIS – Canada’s Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System that provides workplace standards for the control, handling, storage, and disposal of hazardous materials – will soon be changing as Canada aligns itself with the Globally Harmonized System of…

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Will the chemical sector REACH the 2018 regulatory deadlines?

June 19, 2014 by Lab Canada Helsinki, Finland – Each year since it was established the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has held a Stakeholders’ Day. Andrew Cox describes the latest in the series of these one-day events – which bring together representatives of the chemical industry…

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Health Canada to host WHO scientific experts’ meeting on bisphenol A

December 14, 2009 by Lab Canada Ottawa, ON – Canada will be hosting a World Health Organization (WHO) meeting of scientific experts to discuss bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging. The meeting will take place in October 2010 in Ottawa. The meeting, which is organized by…

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Public comment invited on new toxics requirements in Ontario

October 5, 2009 by Lab Canada Toronto, ON – Ontario’s provincial government has released draft regulations under Ontario’s Toxics Reduction Act, 2009, which was passed in June this year, and is inviting public comment on the draft regulations until October 19. In addition, the government says…