Content of GHS Safety Data Sheet - The GHS document (referred to as The Purple Book) addresses how labels & safety data sheets should be used to convey information about these hazards, and how to protect people from these effects.
- Product and company information
- Hazards identification
- Composition information on ingredients
- First Aid Measures
- Fire Fighting measures
- Accidental release
- Handling and storage
- Exposure controls and personal protection
- Physical, chemical properties
- Stability and reactivity
- Toxicological information
- Ecological information
- Disposal considerations
- Transport information
- Regulatory information
- Other information
For more information on GHS, visit :
- U.N. Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods and on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification & Labelling of Chemicals, www.unece.org/trans/danger
- OECD's Program on Harmonization of Classification and Labelling, www.oecd.orglenv/classify
- International Labour Organisation, www.ilo.orgJpublic/englishlprotection/safework/ghs
