News Home page/ News All types {$cat.news$} Blog 11 Feb 2019 Project Diffuse Bethan Davies, manager of Chemsafe, NCEC, attended a day of training offered as part of Project Diffuse in London. Read more 8 Feb 2019 Hydrogen & Helium To celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, which coincides with the centenary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, we will be providing updates throughout the year on some of these elements. Read more 8 Feb 2019 2019 - International year of the periodic table of chemical elements To celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, which coincides with the centenary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, we will be providing updates throughout the year on some of these elements. Read more 1 Oct 2018 Government releases notice on regulating chemicals if there is a no Brexit deal There is currently much speculation about what will happen should the UK leave the EU without an agreement. The UK government recently published a technical notice on regulating chemicals, which sets out how businesses who produce, register, import or export chemicals would be affected should no deal be reached. Read more 14 Sep 2018 NCEC customer survey 2018 results Welcome to the summary of our 2018 customer survey which take a look into the responses that were provided in May 2018. Read more 29 Aug 2018 Take home messages from the REACH Dossier Compliance Workshop NCEC’s Chris Hughes attended the REACH dossier compliance workshop, hosted by the Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) and co-organised by German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) and European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). Here are some of his reflections. Read more 13 Jul 2018 CEFIC publishes agreed guidelines for chemical emergency response The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has published a new set of guidelines for the supply and transport of hazardous materials to help chemical companies deliver best practice in telephone chemical emergency response. Read more 2 Jul 2018 Hazmat 2018 Roundup 2018’s Hazmat proved once again that it is THE premier event of the year for hazmat professionals. The annual conference brought together professionals from a broad spectrum of fire and rescue services, police and industry to discuss, network and share experiences of working on the front line of hazardous material response. Read more 29 May 2018 Why your sustainability strategy needs a chemist on call When we talk about chemical emergency response we, understandably, focus on the importance of providing immediate advice to prevent harm to people and the environment. What is also undestimated is how emergency response also supports corporate sustainability. Read more 18 May 2018 ECHA releases new tools to overhaul how businesses submit information to poison centres The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published a suite of IT tools for businesses to build systems to notify information on hazardous mixtures to appointed bodies and poison centres. Read more 27 Mar 2018 Programme announced for Hazmat 2018 The programme of workshops and sessions has been announced for Hazmat 2018, the premier event for hazmat professionals. This two-day event is organised by the National Chemical Emergency centre (NCEC) and will be held in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK on 23 and 24 May. Read more 26 Feb 2018 France sets 01 January 2018 as poison centre notification deadline for businesses without RGS** certificate The National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases has announced that, as of the 01 January 2018, it will only accept notifications to poison centres in France submitted by organisations that have been granted a valid RGS** certificate and which notify through the ‘Declaration Synapse’ web-portal. Read more Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Next
11 Feb 2019 Project Diffuse Bethan Davies, manager of Chemsafe, NCEC, attended a day of training offered as part of Project Diffuse in London. Read more
8 Feb 2019 Hydrogen & Helium To celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, which coincides with the centenary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, we will be providing updates throughout the year on some of these elements. Read more
8 Feb 2019 2019 - International year of the periodic table of chemical elements To celebrate the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements, which coincides with the centenary of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, we will be providing updates throughout the year on some of these elements. Read more
1 Oct 2018 Government releases notice on regulating chemicals if there is a no Brexit deal There is currently much speculation about what will happen should the UK leave the EU without an agreement. The UK government recently published a technical notice on regulating chemicals, which sets out how businesses who produce, register, import or export chemicals would be affected should no deal be reached. Read more
14 Sep 2018 NCEC customer survey 2018 results Welcome to the summary of our 2018 customer survey which take a look into the responses that were provided in May 2018. Read more
29 Aug 2018 Take home messages from the REACH Dossier Compliance Workshop NCEC’s Chris Hughes attended the REACH dossier compliance workshop, hosted by the Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR) and co-organised by German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA) and European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). Here are some of his reflections. Read more
13 Jul 2018 CEFIC publishes agreed guidelines for chemical emergency response The European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) has published a new set of guidelines for the supply and transport of hazardous materials to help chemical companies deliver best practice in telephone chemical emergency response. Read more
2 Jul 2018 Hazmat 2018 Roundup 2018’s Hazmat proved once again that it is THE premier event of the year for hazmat professionals. The annual conference brought together professionals from a broad spectrum of fire and rescue services, police and industry to discuss, network and share experiences of working on the front line of hazardous material response. Read more
29 May 2018 Why your sustainability strategy needs a chemist on call When we talk about chemical emergency response we, understandably, focus on the importance of providing immediate advice to prevent harm to people and the environment. What is also undestimated is how emergency response also supports corporate sustainability. Read more
18 May 2018 ECHA releases new tools to overhaul how businesses submit information to poison centres The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published a suite of IT tools for businesses to build systems to notify information on hazardous mixtures to appointed bodies and poison centres. Read more
27 Mar 2018 Programme announced for Hazmat 2018 The programme of workshops and sessions has been announced for Hazmat 2018, the premier event for hazmat professionals. This two-day event is organised by the National Chemical Emergency centre (NCEC) and will be held in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK on 23 and 24 May. Read more
26 Feb 2018 France sets 01 January 2018 as poison centre notification deadline for businesses without RGS** certificate The National Research and Safety Institute for the Prevention of Occupational Accidents and Diseases has announced that, as of the 01 January 2018, it will only accept notifications to poison centres in France submitted by organisations that have been granted a valid RGS** certificate and which notify through the ‘Declaration Synapse’ web-portal. Read more