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16/03/2010
The 'Get Compliant' section of the NCEC website now has a
new page to add to the family.
12/03/2010
The NCEC March 2010 Newsletter is now available online.
Topics include legislation, new Hazchem Posters, chemical
safety training, a look behind the scenes, and more
01/03/2010
The 2010 Hazmat Event promised to be bigger and better than
ever before and thanks to ongoing support from both the
Emergency Services and a large variety of other Hazmat
Professionals, this promise was not broken.
17/02/2010
As an extension to ChemeDox®, NCEC’s comprehensive
chemical safety documentation management system, we have now
added a new SDS Location module. This module is designed to
save you time and money on audits, process reviews and daily
tasks, and will help you comply with legislation associated
wit the provision of chemical safety information to
employees and subcontractors. It allows you to assign your
SDSs to particular locations, then view and search your
documents by, for example, site, store, production line, lab
etc. The module is tailored to your business so you can
search your documents in a way that is relevant to you,
whilst maintaining your audit trail by location.
08/02/2010
Not only have NCEC just launched the new Chemdata customer
portal, but Chemdata has never been better value! The
latest version of Chemdata has an extra 1,000 substances and
4,000 extra synonyms and Trade names. This brings the grand
total of substances to 36,000 with over 116,000 synonyms and
Trade names.
The Customer Portal allows our customers to download the
latest versions of Chemdata and Pocket Chemdata, as well as
get to know more about the Chemdata team here at NCEC. We
would like to thank our customers for the overwhelming
positive feedback, it makes all the hard work worth while.
29/01/2010
Marine incidents involving chemical substances are more
complex to deal with than oil spills (for which several
simulation tools already exist). Dealing with one single
substance dispersed at sea can be difficult enough, but when
two or more are present these may interact in a wholly
different way, forming complex chemical compounds. In
addition, the variables required to assess the exact
conditions of each incident are many, including tidal
currents, weather patterns and proximity to population
centres.
15/01/2010
NCEC's first newsletter of 2010 (covering legislation
changes, Hazmat 2010 and much more) is now available online
11/12/2009
Updates have been made to Annex II of REACH to further
compliment the UN Globally Harmonised System (GHS) regarding
classification, labelling and packaging (implemented via CLP
in the EU). As well as new deadlines, the surrounding
commercial implications of REACH registration numbers and
the inclusion of surface chemistry has also been discussed.
03/12/2009
All too commonly, NCEC are coming across businesses that
have missing or out of date COSHH assessments.
27/11/2009
Note: These Amendment Regulations apply to England only. It
is understood that amendments to the relevant legislation in
Scotland and Wales will come into force in November and
December respectively. The amendments in Scotland and Wales
will be differently titled but will have the same effect.
20/11/2009
Need training for the event of a chemical incident?
NCEC have just released a new date for Hazmat 1st Response
Training - 02/03/2010.
20/11/2009
Earlier in the year, chemicals including acids, solvents and
pharmaceuticals were dumped in several locations across
England. Three men have been arrested as part of an ongoing
investigation by the Environment Agency and Police.
17/11/2009
The U.S Chemical Safety Board (CSB), an independent federal
agency, have launched an investigation into the enormous
explosion on October 23 2009 at Caribbean Petroleum Refining
in Puerto Rico.
04/11/2009
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new and
improved web site. As well as giving the site a design
make-over, we hope the new site enables you to find
information quicker and easier than ever. We see our web
site as an ongoing project to deliver you useful information
as well as resources and tools to help you with chemical
health and safety. NCEC aim to make continuous improvements
to the site but are keen to hear your comments.
03/11/2009
NCEC advised Dorset Fire and Rescue when they attended a
chemical incident at a Bournemouth gym.
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