Hazardous Materials & Dangerous Goods Transport & Supply News

Summer is here—bringing sunshine, cookouts, and the excitement of fireworks. Whether you're celebrating the Fourth of July, attending a local festival, or hosting a backyard gathering, fireworks are a cherished part of the season. While they add sparkle to any event, fireworks also pose significant safety risks if not handled properly.

The safe use of chemicals is a universal concern — but how chemical safety information is communicated varies from country to country. The Safety Data Sheet (SDS) plays a central role in this communication. While the introduction of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) aimed to standardize these documents, significant regional differences remain in how SDSs are formatted, enforced, and localized.

A Success Story in Employee Development with Porter Logistics. In today’s fast-paced industrial landscape, safety is not just a priority, it’s a necessity. For Porter Logistics, an Atlanta 3PL that handles a wide range of freight including hazardous materials, ensuring that employees are properly trained and compliant with federal regulations is critical to operational success.

Keeping your organization compliant with required hazmat training on a large scale can be challenging, but it doesn’t have to be. With CHEMTREC’s revamped Training Business Solutions, you can train smarter, not harder.

While GHS Labels and Consumer Chemical Labels are not unique to the U.S. market, for comparison purposes we will be focusing on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) GHS Label vs U.S. Consumer label. Although both are important in the chemical industry, each serves a different purpose and cannot be used interchangeably. To understand if a product requires a consumer label or not, the manufacturer/supplier must first determine if the product is intended for consumer use.