reporting from SACRAMENTO — The ubiquitous, state-mandated warning signs about potential chemical hazards in bars, gas stations, parking garages and dozens of other locations may be in for a change.

Various types of chemicals can be harmful to your body through immediate or prolonged exposure, including common items in your home, school, or workplace. You might encounter a variety of chemical ...

(01-16) 15:48 PST SAN FRANCISCO-- For American children with a sweet tooth, chile-flavored candies imported from Mexico can be just the thing to satisfy a craving. But several years ago, many of the ...

Employers should be prepared to address new hazards for chemicals, even for chemicals that have been used in the workplace for years. A key requirement of OSHA's newly revised Hazard Communication ...

Fail-Safe: An experiment that is being monitored by a device to shut down the experiment if, for instance, a loss in water pressure or electricity to the experiment could cause a fire, explosion, or ...

Chemical manufacturers, importers, and distributors are required by regulation to label every hazardous chemical container as described in section 3.2. As long as the original label is affixed and ...

With over 900,000 chemicals that could show up in a workplace, chemical safety and management is one of the most complex challenges employers and employees face at work. To better protect workers from ...

An inventory of hazardous chemicals present must be maintained for each work area that utilizes and stores hazardous chemicals. The identities of the hazardous chemicals on the inventory must ...