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Employers’ Obligations To Be Informed About Chemical Health Hazards

Author: Lisa Hallsworth

29 October 2017

As with all the health hazards in the workplace, employers are responsible for protecting employees from the health hazards associated with chemicals. They rely on safety data sheets (SDSs) from suppliers to give the best information about the chemicals being purchased. The supplier’s safety data sheets are a great place to start but can employers …

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‪My #PressForProgress – Responsible Chemical Management

Author: Lisa Hallsworth

12 March 2018

I was honoured to be asked to present at an International Women’s Day event at Loyalist College on March 6th. I spoke about how I grew up on a farm, where I did everything from collecting eggs, to driving the tractor. During those years I learned from my Dad that “a good carpenter never blames …

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Your SDS collection as Your Safety Keystone!

Author: Lisa Hallsworth

27 December 2016

SDS collections are goldmines of information yet we groan when we think about them! Why is that? The average SDS is 10 pages. Thus having 10 hazardous materials in your organization means 100 pages of information! Most of us only need a few nuggets of information at a time and we are overwhelmed by the …

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Quinte West Making Strides in Reducing Chemical Use

Author: Lisa Hallsworth

18 June 2019

The City of Quinte West is now ahead of the curve in terms of dealing with chemicals in the workplace thanks to software developed by Belleville-based Rillea Technologies Inc. Lisa and Rob Hallsworth of Rillea, chemical engineers with more than 60 years of experience in high risk chemical manufacturing, appeared before Quinte West council Monday …

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Are You a Chemical Bystander?

Author: Rob Hallsworth

25 April 2018

The bystander effect is a well documented social phenomenon that explains why, when confronted with an emergency, people do not act. In simple terms it states that the more people there are in the area when an emergency occurs the less likely an individual is to help. Two factors lead to this effect. The first …

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Do I Need to Update my Safety Data Sheets?

Author: Rob Hallsworth

13 March 2019

The first question we are asked about SDSs is around the need to update your safety data sheets. In fact, most organizations and people are more concerned with how to keep SDSs updated then they are about any health and safety issues when using the product. What the Regulations Say WHMIS 1988 stated the following …

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