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College prosecuted for failing to ensure the safety of its employees (09/04/2008)
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Merger - Health and Safety Commission and Health and Safety Executive (03/04/2008)
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"Two companies fined £30,000 plus costs after a worker loses fingertips at recycling plant" (01/04/2008)
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) warns businesses to make sure that workers and contractors are properly trained to carry out risk assessments and operate safe systems of work
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March 2008
Cleaning up after nerve agents (31/03/2008)
A new decontamination agent devised by US chemists can deactivate toxic chemicals such as nerve agents and pesticides - leaving only non-toxic, easily disposable by-products, according to research in the New Journal of Chemistry......
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"Release of the Draft Australian Code for the Transport of Explosives by Road and Rail, third edition, for Public Comment" (26/03/2008)
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Chemicals dumped in Kenya cause hundreds to fall sick...... (13/03/2008)
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Sulfide sponge could clean up nuclear waste (03/03/2008)
A new material that can extract radioactive strontium ions from solutions could help to clean up nuclear waste
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Diacetyl warning...."The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has put out a low key warning about the risk from diacetyl....." (03/03/2008)
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Industry given new Responsibility for Chemical Hazards - 05/10/2006
REACH is a new regulation which will shift responsibility for chemicals onto industry. Businesses will have to gather hazard info, assess risks, classify, and label. REACH will restrict some chemicals. Negotiations on REACH are almost complete, and the regulation is expected to enter force from April 2007.
The 2nd ATP to the Dangerous Preparations Directive has now been published - 05/10/2006
The 2nd Adaptation to Technical Progress (ATP) to Directive 99/45/EC on the Classification, Packaging and Labelling of Dangerous Preparations (DPD) was published on 24th January 2006.
> Our technical note explains …...
CHIP3.1 published - 13/10/2005
The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 were published on 22st September, 2005.
>Read the NCEC's technical note … ...
Carry full Hazmat First Response Advice in your pocket - 26/07/2005
This exciting, new, state-of-the-art version of Chemdata will allow users to carry emergency response and regulatory information on tens of thousands of chemicals, around in their pocket. As PDA’s do not need “booting up”, this vital information is available almost instantly. It’s development is a direct result of market feedback: PDAs are increasingly being used by personnel working outside the confines of the office!
Cefic Tremcards Selector Launched - 05/07/2005
Today, the NCEC launches our Cefic Tremcards Selector. Using your UN number, you can find a list of Cefic Tremcards which can be used.
Cargo via France? - 29/10/2004
Shippers of dangerous goods to, from, within, or through France, by air, must now provide 24-hour competent telephone support.
This new regulation has been issued by the French authorities as a "variation" to the ICAO Technical Instructions and IATA Dangerous Goods Regulation for air transport.
The new Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations - 17/05/2004
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004, SI 2004/568 are expected to be published on 10 th May 2004. The new regulations will come into immediate effect with no transition period, although HSE have said that they will take a pragmatic approach to enforcement initially. The new regulations, which will be known as the Carriage Regulations are a major change from the old CDG package of regulations. The Carriage Regulations provide direct reference to ADR for most of the technical detail related to classification, labelling, documentation, operational requirements etc.....
Security Requirements for Transport by Road - 15/03/2004
The ongoing effects of the September 2001 attacks in the USA have included a review of security for the transport of dangerous goods. The UK has been instrumental in this process, initiating such a review through the UN Sub-committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. As a result, the UN has included new security measures in its Model regulations....
Dangerous Goods Emergency Action Code List 2004 - 15/03/2004
The Dangerous Goods Emergency Action Code List 2004 was published on 2 nd March 2004. The list supersedes Hazchem List No.10, it also contains and updates some of the information previously included in the Approved Carriage List (third edition)...
New Carriage Regulations 2004 - 01/02/2004
The Health and Safety Executive recently announced that the long-awaited new Carriage Regulations are expected to come into force at the end of March/early April. A draft of the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2004 has been submitted to ministers for legal and editorial checks before the final regulations are submitted for signature...
NCEC launches 'Intranet' Tremcards - 23/06/2003
Publish to your despatch departments, consistent, up-to-date, DGSA-approved Tremcards. Despatch staff will easily find the right card in the appropriate language, and can't alter your controlled version.
ADR 2003 and "Instructions in Writing" Update - 24/04/2003
The European ADR Agreement has undergone several amendments and major updates over the last few years.
Read definitive advice on the changes to "Instructions In Writing" - Tremcards.
XML-The future for Safety Data Sheets dissemination ! - 21/02/2003
Managing incoming and outgoing SDSs can be a time consuming business, involving large quantities of paper. This has lead to a desire on the parts of both suppliers and customers to send and receive SDSs more efficiently using technologies such as e-mail and the World Wide Web. On the part of the supplier, this is not always easy; many of the systems they currently use to generate SDSs do not share them easily with other systems ...
More delays on the road.… - 21/02/2003
The UK's Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has issued a statement on the re-working of the UK Carriage of Dangerous Goods Regulations. This Technical Note provides details of the delay and updates the information previously reported in NCEC's September 2002 Technical Note "Carriage Confusion".....
IMDG Code Emergency Schedule Changes - 01/01/2003
Are you aware of the new EmS Guide? The new guide, that is introduced with amendment 31 to the IMDG Code, completely revises the emergency schedules in an effort to make them more concise and user friendly.
Read the NCEC’s IMDG Code Emergency Schedule Changes for more.
CHEMDATA - the multi-use hazard and response database - 09/11/2002
The NCEC's Chemdata system has recently been updated to provide enhanced benefits to an even greater variety of organisations.
Read the NCEC’s Product Briefing for more.
CSE and CSE Lite updated - 03/09/2002 - NOTE: CSE Lite is no longer avaliable
The NCEC has just updated CSE and CSE Lite to keep them in line with the 7th edition of the Approved Supply List, which covers the 28th ATP.
CSE also contains the data from the third edition of the Approved Carriage List and the 2002 EH40 list; it not only combines the three lists on one CD but links them so that you don't have to do the hard work of searching for a chemical under three different names. If you have to write Safety Data Sheets or prepare Dangerous Goods paperwork, CSE will help you do your job quickly and efficiently.
The Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmosphere (DSEAR) Regulations 2002 - 31/07/2002
Latest Information (March 2003): The DSEAR Regulations came into force on 9 December 2002. The full text of the regulations can be found at: http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2002/20022776.htm
The new regulations implement two Directives which deal with flammable and explosive risks in the workplace - the Explosive Atmospheres Directive (ATEX 137) and the safety aspects of the Chemical Agents Directive (CAD)
CHIP 3 - three months to go and counting … - 05-04-2002
Update March 2003: The CHIP3 Regulations came into force on 24 July 2002. For furtherguidance on CHIP3 see the NCEC's legislation pages at:
http://www.the-ncec.com/getcompliant then select the "Supply" button
Read the NCEC's technical note on CHIP3 for more.