Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the 94th United States Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, [1] including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals.
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified meaning a collective entry to which substances, mixtures, solutions or articles may be assigned if a) they are not mentioned by name in 3.2 Dangerous Goods List AND b) they exhibit chemical, physical and/or dangerous properties corresponding to the Class, classification code, packing group and the name and description of the n.o.s. entry [4]
"Dangerous goods" (also known as "hazardous materials" or "HAZMAT" in the United States) may be a pure chemical substance (e.g. TNT, nitroglycerin), mixtures (e.g. dynamite, gunpowder) or manufactured articles (e.g. ammunition, fireworks). The transport hazards that they pose are grouped into nine classes, which may be subdivided into divisions ...
Proper Shipping Name UN 3201? (UN number no longer in use) UN 3202? (UN number no longer in use) UN 3203 (4.2) (UN number no longer in use) Pyrophoric organometallic compound, water-reactive, n.o.s. (UN number no longer in use) [1] UN 3204? (UN number no longer in use) UN 3205: 4.2: Alkaline earth metal alcoholates, n.o.s. UN 3206: 4.2
UN Number Class Proper Shipping Name UN 3301: 8: Corrosive liquid, self-heating, n.o.s. UN 3302: 6.1: 2-Dimethylaminoethyl acrylate: UN 3303: 2.3: Compressed gas ...
The inventory was first proposed in a 1985 New York Times op-ed piece written by David Sarokin and Warren Muir, researchers for an environmental group, Inform, Inc. [2] Congress established TRI under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), and later expanded it in the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA).
The original edition, known as the Toxic Substances List was published on June 28, 1971, and included toxicological data for approximately 5,000 chemicals. The name changed later to its current name Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances. In January 2001 the database contained 152,970 chemicals.
Articles containing a substance which emits flammable gas in contact with water, not otherwise specified UN 3544: 5.1: Articles containing oxidizing substance, not otherwise specified UN 3545: 5.2: Articles containing organic peroxide, not otherwise specified UN 3546: 6.1: Articles containing toxic substance, not otherwise specified UN 3547: 8