Global Classifications of Toxicity
For substances to be regulated and handled appropriately they must be properly classified and labelled. Classification is determined by approved testing measures or calculations and have determined cut off levels set by governments and scientists. While currently many countries have different regulations regarding the types of tests, amounts of tests and cut off levels, the implementation of Global Harmonization will begin unifying these countries as early as 2008.
Global Classification looks at three areas: Physical Hazards (explosions and pyrotechnics), Health Hazards and Environmental Hazards.
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