News Home page/ News All types {$cat.news$} Blog 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 7 Mar 2018 Ricardo crisis and emergency response team shares experience in on-scene command Experts from Ricardo and NCEC's crisis and emergency response management business area will share their global experience in delivering rapid incident response and discuss the core skill sets required for effective on-scene command during a free webinar on 17 April 2018 at 14:00 BST. 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 19 Feb 2018 Changes to the 59th edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the latest edition of its Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) which came into force on 1st Janaury 2018. Caroline Raine, NCEC's regulatory expert, outlines some of those changes and also what we can expect from 2019. Read more 25 Jan 2018 Financial Times recognises Ricardo Energy & Environment as leader in sustainability Ricardo Energy & Environment, part of global engineering company Ricardo, has been acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading management consultants for 2018 by the Financial Times. Read more 15 Jan 2018 Dangers of latest internet challenge The internet has long encouraged some strange behaviour with memes, trends and challenges going viral, such as the ice-bucket challenge, the cinnamon challenge, the mannequin challenge and planking. However, the need to surpass previous challenges always had the potential to reach dangerous heights. Read more 10 Jan 2018 ECHA releases update on feasibility study into one-stop poison centre notification portal The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has voted to create an opt-in poison centre notification portal, which could harmonise how some EU Member States accept notifications to poison centres. Read more Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Next
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
7 Mar 2018 Ricardo crisis and emergency response team shares experience in on-scene command Experts from Ricardo and NCEC's crisis and emergency response management business area will share their global experience in delivering rapid incident response and discuss the core skill sets required for effective on-scene command during a free webinar on 17 April 2018 at 14:00 BST. 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
19 Feb 2018 Changes to the 59th edition of the IATA Dangerous Goods Regulations The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the latest edition of its Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) which came into force on 1st Janaury 2018. Caroline Raine, NCEC's regulatory expert, outlines some of those changes and also what we can expect from 2019. Read more
25 Jan 2018 Financial Times recognises Ricardo Energy & Environment as leader in sustainability Ricardo Energy & Environment, part of global engineering company Ricardo, has been acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading management consultants for 2018 by the Financial Times. Read more
15 Jan 2018 Dangers of latest internet challenge The internet has long encouraged some strange behaviour with memes, trends and challenges going viral, such as the ice-bucket challenge, the cinnamon challenge, the mannequin challenge and planking. However, the need to surpass previous challenges always had the potential to reach dangerous heights. Read more
10 Jan 2018 ECHA releases update on feasibility study into one-stop poison centre notification portal The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has voted to create an opt-in poison centre notification portal, which could harmonise how some EU Member States accept notifications to poison centres. Read more