Chemical safety & SDS management blog

Stay ahead of the curve with expert insights on Canadian chemical safety and SDS management. We translate complex regulatory changes—from WHMIS 2022 to the latest CEPA amendments—into actionable strategies that protect your people, ensure occupational health and safety (OHS) compliance, and advance your commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals..

Is Chemical Risk Management Important?

Rob Hallsworth
9 September 2020
10:20 am
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Originally Published February 5, 2019 Workplace chemicals pose a risk to people. If they did not, there would be no need to focus on Chemical Risk Management and current WHMIS related activities would be sufficient to maintain a safe and healthy work place. There are three reasons why organizations need to think about more than […]

Chemical Safety & Risk Management – It’s More Than WHMIS

Rob Hallsworth
9 September 2020
10:16 am
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Originally Posted January 29, 2019 I was very fortunate to spend 22 years working in leadership roles with ExxonMobil where I learned a business can improve its overall performance by improving its chemical safety performance. Key Concepts to Improve Safety Performance: Understand people's needs. This is at the heart of an effective safety program. Pay […]

Chemical Smarts: Data-Driven Chemical Management News

Lisa Hallsworth
29 July 2020
12:00 pm
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City of Quinte West Makes Clever Use of SDS RiskAssist During the Pandemic Shutdown "When the pandemic hit our area, the City closed all of its facilities but needed workers to be able to continue to provide a level of service to the area. We looked at our departments to see what we could do […]

Prevent Occupational Disease Using Your Company’s Own Data!

Lisa Hallsworth
28 July 2020
5:30 pm
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Data has long been the basis of good science. Remembering our earliest science experiments, until our hypotheses were confirmed by data, they were really just educated guesses. Workplace Data for Good Today, data is easier to gather than ever before and the challenge is how to effectively present and use it, for the greater good. […]

Properly Equipped, But Still Confused…

Lisa Hallsworth
3 July 2020
12:27 pm
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Full disclosure- I can’t say that my chemical knowledge is very extensive. My prior experience includes disinfecting with whatever product was given to me and trusting that my employer had my best interests in mind. Responsibility How to protect myself when using a chemical to clean spray containers that contained pesticides? I started by reading […]

Dental Hygienist Overwhelmed by WHMIS Information

Lisa Hallsworth
12 June 2020
4:25 pm
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I spend a lot of time looking after myself and my family. Routine exercise, the right types of foods prepared in a healthy manner, and a balance between work and social activities. At work I follow the directions of my association and work with all my colleagues to keep our dental clinic and our patients […]