DCHAS-L Archives · Post dated October 12, 2015
From: Rupkey, Steve <srupkey**At_Symbol_Here**ANL.GOV>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Assessing and predicting the health hazards of newly synthesized compounds for the development of SDSs.
Date: Oct 12, 2015 14:58 UTC
Reply-To: DCHAS-L <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU>
In-Reply-To:
Greetings:
What do others do to assess, predict and assign an OSHA 2012 health hazard classification to a newly synthesize compound develop by your home institution when you are required to develop a SDS?
I'm not so concerned about assessing the hazards of mixtures of known chemicals but concerned more about new compounds, where the new compound has no history of a health hazard evaluation and where using the
precursor chemicals is not as reliable predictor of its health hazards/toxicity.
Does anyone use a toxicologist to review the chemical structure of the new compound to predict and present their "best judgment" regarding the health hazard classifications?
Sincerely,
Steve Rupkey, CIH
Argonne National Laboratory
srupkey**At_Symbol_Here**anl.gov