Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:39:04 -0700
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From: "Russell Vernon, Ph.D." <russell**At_Symbol_Here**UCR.EDU>
Subject: Re: Question about regulations
In-Reply-To: <CE82A091FC41F7488B2C2E8F0FFF6BC804116EF189**At_Symbol_Here**FS2.baylor.edu>
Hi Karen, Can you provide us with an exact quote of the citation? Thanks, -Russ Russell.Vernon **At_Symbol_Here**ucr.edu Sent from my iPhone On Jun 10, 2010, at 2:14 PM, "Humphrey, Karalyn J."wrote: > Hello, > > My name is Karen Humphrey and I'm the safety officer for Baylor's > Chemistry Department. I'm trying to sort out the violations we > received from an EPA audit that was done recently. One of the > violations that we received was for not having the proper > documentation for new chemicals made by our research groups involved > with synthesis. > > Do any of you have experience with the documentation required for > newly synthesized chemicals? All of the chemicals are for research > and development purposes, and all are in small quantities. > According to the regulations, as I understand them, we have to > provide notice of health risks that may be associated with exposure > to these newly synthesized chemicals. But how? Do we need to > generate some kind of MSDS, or is there a labeling system that is > used? > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Karen Humphrey
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