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In 1989, the Australian government enacted the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 (ICNA Act), [3] which led to the establishment of NICNAS in 1990. Since then, the Australian government has continued to improve the assessment, regulation and management of industrial chemicals for the protection of human health and safety.
However, the sixth edition of Australian Dangerous Goods Code still applies as a substitute to the 7th edition for a period still not decided by governments. The structure of ADG6 which was established in 1998 differs from the current ADG7. [9] Australia is establishing a separate dangerous goods regulation for road and rail transport. [2] [10]
Reflecting the wave of occupational health and safety regulation reform that swept through Australia from the mid-1970s, following the British Robens Report, the Australian States and Territories enacted legislation that replaced the traditional style legislation with performance-based legislation imposing broad general duties, with regulations ...
an identification of the product; one or more hazard pictograms (where necessary) a signal word – either Danger or Warning – where necessary; hazard statements, indicating the nature and degree of the risks posed by the product; the identity of the supplier (who might be a manufacturer or importer)
The pictogram for harmful substances of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.. The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is an internationally agreed-upon standard managed by the United Nations that was set up to replace the assortment of hazardous material classification and labelling schemes previously used around ...
Hazard statements form part of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). They are intended to form a set of standardized phrases about the hazards of chemical substances and mixtures that can be translated into different languages.
Hazard pictograms are one of the key elements for the labelling of containers under the GHS, along with: [2] an identification of the product; a signal word – either Danger or Warning – where necessary; hazard statements, indicating the nature and degree of the risks posed by the product
A United States placard showing the UN number 1814, indicating potassium hydroxide solution, on a railroad tank car.. A UN number (United Nations number) is a four-digit number that identifies hazardous materials, and articles (such as explosives, flammable liquids, oxidizers, toxic liquids, etc.) in the framework of international trade and transport.