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Understanding GHS labels and pictograms

Understanding GHS labels and pictograms

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Understanding GHS labels and pictograms

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- Under GHS, each hazardous chemical is required to have a label that includes very specific information that's meant to be easy to read and interpret. The labels must include all of the following: name, address, and telephone number, a product identifier, one or more pictograms, a single signal word, hazard statements and precautionary statements. So let's look at each of these. The name, address, and phone number are those of the manufacturer, or it could be the company that imported and is distributing the product in your country. The product identifier is some combination of the product name, product ID number, batch number, or some other unique way that the manufacturer chooses to identify this particular product. Now we discuss the pictograms in the last video and the label will include one or more of these pictograms, again, as a quick visual indicator to you of the hazards posed by the product. Next is…

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