Webinar: North American Versus European Safety Data Sheets

Webinar Overview

This webinar will discuss some of the key differences between North American and European SDS.

Although the SDS produced on both sides of the Atlantic are based on a common standard, the GHS, there are many variances in the implementation of that standard which can result in SDS that are significantly different between these jurisdictions. These can result in misunderstandings and frustrations on either side if the disparities in the implementing regulations are not well understood.

Join our presenters as they discuss these differences and cast some light on how and why the regulations diverge from the GHS standard.

The webinar will be in the format of a “Fireside chat” with no slides and no recording. If you want to hear the discussion you need to join the live broadcast of the event!

Who should attend?
This webinar is intended to be of interest to a wide audience – especially those involved in, or responsible for, writing safety data sheets or using them in a chemical safety capacity.

Mark Pemberton, started his career at ICI in the Central Toxicology Laboratory. He has been involved in industry groups including the CEFIC Methacrylates Sector Group Methacrylates Toxicology Committee, the US Methacrylate Producers Association (MPA) Science Committee; the US Cyanide Council Toxicology Committee / Counsel and the US Acrylonitrile Association and is responsible for their science and global regulatory programs. Mark sits on several European, US and UK, National regulatory panels and workgroups. Mark was a member of the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) for over 36 years and the Scientific Committee for over 15 years and has worked on, chaired and directed several past and current task forces on chemicals, regulatory issues and use of weight of evidence. Mark is the primary consultant to Plastics Europe Styrenics sector on risk assessment of single and repeated use food contact plastics. In August 2011 Mark established his Consultancy business, enabling him to extend his service to a much wider range of companies and sectors.

Denese Deeds is co-founder of IHSC, LLC, where she is the Director of Chemical Regulatory Services. In that function she prepares SDS, labels and other hazard communication documents and assists companies with overall chemical regulatory compliance. Prior to founding IHSC she worked as an industrial hygienist for General Electric and Westinghouse. Denese is a certified Industrial Hygienist. Denese is active on the AIHA Stewardship and Sustainability Committee and served on the team that developed the SDS and Label Author Registry. She is an AIHA Fellow, a past president of the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC), a Registered Specialist SDS and Label Authoring, the 2014 recipient of the AIHA Alice Hamilton Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award by SCHC in 2016.

Chandra Gioiello is a registered Safety Data Sheet and Label Author and a Certified Industrial Hygienist. She specializes in international hazard communication regulations. Her main areas of focus are SDS and label authoring under old HazCom regulations, international GHS, REACH and CLP regulations, WHMIS, and HazCom 2012. She also specializes in transport classification and training and tariff code classifications. She is on the board of the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH). She is highly active with the Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC) and the American Industrial Hygiene Association. She helped create the SDS and Label Author registry for AIHA and is a member of the subject matter expert team.

Registration
The webinar is free of charge for members of CHCS: please click on the REGISTER button on this web page. 

You will receive an email of confirmation and then an email from GoToWebinar explaining how to join the event on the day.

We are also pleased to offer the webinar free-of-charge to members of BADGP and SCHC (click on the links to see how to register).

If you are interested in attending, but not a member of these organisations, you can JOIN CHCS and then register, free-of-charge. Further webinars on a variety of topics are also being planned.