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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
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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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