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Pan-Canadian WHMIS Hazard Communication Symposium
February 8 & 9, 2007
Ottawa, Canada
Resources
1. General MSDS and WHMIS Resources
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System - Official National Site.
Reference Manual for the WHMIS Requirements of the Hazardous Products Act and Controlled Products Regulations
CCOHS: MSDS Publications
To help you understand and properly apply the information on an MSDS:
Understanding a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
MSDS - An Explanation of Common Terms
The MSDS: A Basic Guide for Users - Canadian WHMIS Version
The MSDS: A Basic Guide For Users - International Version
The MSDS (International Format): A Brief Summary Of Canadian Requirements
The MSDS - A Practical Guide to First Aid
Guidance Documents Relating to WHMIS Supplier Requirements
Acts and Regulations
Classification related
Label related
MSDS related
Trade Secret related
Posters
2. WHMIS MSDS Compliance Working Group
WHMIS Compliance
National WHMIS Compliance Policy
Responsible Care®
3. Hazard Communication / MSDS Quality:
The Problem with Material Safety Data Sheets. J. Beach. Occupational Medicine Vol 52 No. 2, pp67-68, 2002
Implementation of the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System in the Federal Jurisdiction - Pilot Study. Health Canada. 2006.
WHMIS Information Bulletin, Issue No. 12 - Guidelines for the Disclosure Of Toxicological Information on a Material Safety Data Sheet. Health Canada. 1997
The Verification of Hazardous Ingredients Disclosures in Selected Material Safety Data Sheets. Welsh MS, et al. Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Volume 15(5): 409–420, 2000
Health Information in Material Safety Data Sheets for a Chemical that Causes Asthma. Frazier LM, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2001 February; 16(2): 89–93.
WHMIS -- Here Today, Where Tomorrow? Bideshi D.A. Canadian Chemical News, 2001 (register to read through library)
4. Primary Prevention of Occupational Chronic Disease:
Prevention of Occupational and Environmental Cancers in Canada: A Best Practices Review and Recommendations - Executive Summary. National Committee on Environmental and Occupational Exposures, Primary Prevention Action Group, Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control. May 2006.
The Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control: A Cancer Plan for Canada. Discussion paper. 2006.
Listing Occupational Carcinogens. Siemiatycki J., et al. Environ Health Perspect 112:1447–1459 (2004)
Physician diagnosed asthma, respiratory symptoms, and associations with workplace tasks among radiographers in Ontario, Canada. Liss GM, et al. Occup Environ Med 2003;60:254–261
Hospitalization among Workers Compensated for Occupational Asthma. Liss GM, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 162. pp 112–118, 2000
Work related asthma. Liss GM, Tarlo SM. Occup Environ Med 2002;59:503–504
Occupational asthma: an approach to diagnosis and management. Tarlo SM and Liss GM. CMAJ; APR. 1, 2003; 168 (7): 867-871.
Practical implications of studies in occupational rhinoconjunctivitis. Tarlo SM and Liss GM. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2003;112:1047-9.
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