BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Hazardous Substance
- a substance that creates a potential danger to people in the workplace. Employers have a duty to assess the risks from hazardous substances to personnel and customers, and to ensure that no one is endangered. Substances classed as hazards could be raw materials used in production, fumes, or other byproducts resulting from workplace activities. They may also be substances linked to seemingly innocuous activities, for example, cleaning fluids and toner for photocopiers. Health and safety policies must cover this area, and risk assessments must be carried out to ascertain the potential dangers.
Additional Resources
- Hazardous Substance Right-to-Know Online Filings Now Available at www.RI.gov
- PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training recently launched a new online service that makes it easier for businesses to register under the Hazardous Substance Right-to-Know Law. All businesses that initially register can file a Right-to-Know hazardous substance form and submit the registration fee online through...
- Research articles 2005-11-10
- SigmaTel First Company Certified on the New Hazardous Substance Process Management Standard; New Certification Further Underscores SigmaTel's Industry Leadership and Commitment to Providing Total Solutions to its Customers
- AUSTIN, Texas -- SigmaTel, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGTL), a leader in mixed-signal multimedia semiconductors, today announced that it is the first company in the world to be granted registration from IECQ/ECCB for the IECQ-Hazardous Substance Process Management HSPM, which is based on the Electrical and Electronic Components and Products Hazardous Substance Free...
- Research articles 2005-10-11
- EPA funds hazmat research.(Hazardous Substance Research Centers)(Brief Article)
- Washington - Federal grants totaling more than $22 million will create five new Hazardous Substance Research Centers spread across the country. Two Environmental Protection Agency units, the Office of Solid Waste Management and Emergency Resp Washington - Federal...
- Research articles 2001-12-10
- NeoPhotonics touts RoHS transceivers.(FIBER OPTICS)(Restriction of Hazardous Substance)(Brief Article)
- NeoPhotonics of San Jose, California, announced at ECOC 2005 the availability of RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substance-compliant optical transceivers for volume shipment before the end of 2005. NeoPhotonics of San Jose, California, announced at ECOC 2005 the availability of RoHS Restriction of Hazardous Substance-compliant...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- HSPM2006, First-Ever International Leadership Symposium for Hazardous Substance Process Management to Be Held on April 3-4, 2006
- RENO, Nev. -- Please replace the release dated Jan. 27, 2006, with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: HSPM2006, FIRST-EVER INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM FOR HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE PROCESS MANAGEMENT, TO BE HELD ON APRIL 3-4, 2006; THIS SYMPOSIUM IS FOR THE LEADERS AND...
- Research articles 2006-02-07
- Universities receive $22 million hazardous substance grants. (STAR Program).(Brief Article)
- More than $22 million in research grants has been awarded for five new Hazardous Substance Research Centers affiliated with 22 universities. EPA Administrator Christie Whitman has appointed the grants for the purpose of conducting research and providing technology transfer and community outreach regarding hazardous substances in...
- Research articles 2002-02-01
- OHIO EPA: 22nd annual Emergency Response and Hazardous Substance Cleanup Conference.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-17 September 1998-OHIO EPA: 22nd annual Emergency Response and Hazardous Substance Cleanup Conference begins next week C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:160998 More than 500 people from across the country are expected to attend the 22nd annual Inland Spills Conference, September...
- Research articles 1998-09-17
- Conference focuses on waste remediation technology.(EPA Office of Science Policy, Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center sponsor conference)(Brief Article)
- The EPA Office of Science Policy OSP and the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center are sponsoring the Application of Waste Remediation Technologies to Agricultural Contamination of Water Resources conference. The event will be held July 30-August 1 at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club...
- Research articles 2002-05-06
- UMC Goes Green (Electronic News)
- Taiwan-based semiconductor foundry UMC today announced that it is set to achieve Hazardous Substance Process Management HSPM certification. HSPM is the standard that the International Electrotechnical Commission IEC Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components IECQ approved for Hazardous Substance Process Management in October 2005. ...
- Research articles 2006-06-19
- Compliance data.(Lead Free Update)(Brief Article)
- Avnet is offering component data that will help OEMs and electronics manufacturing services providers comply with European legislation than bans the use of lead and other hazardous substance beginning in 2006. Under an agreement with i2 Techn Avnet...
- Research articles 2004-12-09
- Fairchild Shipping 100% RoHS Compliant Products (Electronic News)
- Fairchild Semiconductor announced today it is shipping its complete portfolio of basic marked components - totaling more than 34,000 products - in configurations that conform to the European EU Restriction of Hazardous Substance RoHS directive. Fairchild Semiconductor announced today it is shipping its complete portfolio...
- Research articles 2006-03-06
- Compliance products. (Software).
- Dolphin Software offers products and services to meet growing trends toward automating compliance and reducing hazardous substance inventories. The company maintains a master database of more than 1.5 million MSDSs for companies and converts an addit Dolphin Software offers products and services to meet growing ...
- Research articles 2003-04-01
- UMC Becomes First Semiconductor Manufacturer to Achieve QC 080000 IECQ HSPM Qualification for All Fabs; Accomplishment Signifies Foundry's Continuing Commitment to Environmentally Friendly Business Practices
- HSINCHU, Taiwan -- UMC (NYSE:UMC)(TSE:2303), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced it has completed the final system audit for QC 080000 IECQ Hazardous Substance Process Management HSPM qualification to become the first semiconductor manufacturer worldwide to achieve HSPM certification. QC 080000 IECQ HSPM is the standard that the International...
- Research articles 2006-06-13
- Terrorism, natural disasters and environmental reporting
- I. INTRODUCTION A. Terrorism, Natural Disasters and Environmental Reporting B. General Principles Applicable to Environmental Reporting Requirements II. CERCLA "HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE" RELEASE REPORTING A. The Basic Requirement ...
- Research articles 2006-03-22
- Encapsulation Transforms Hazardous Materials.(Terracap additives from Terra Environmental Products)(Brief Article)
- BARTLESVILLE, OKLA. -- Surfactant technology holds the key to a new hazardous waste cleanup method that transforms waste contaminated with oil, fuel or solvents into a harmless substance. With Terracap additives from Terra Environmental Products Co. TEPCO of Bartlesville, hydrocarbons, chemicals and certain heavy...
- Research articles 2000-09-01
- Echelon Clarification Regarding RoHS Compliance for European Union Environmental Regulations
- SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ:ELON) is announcing a clarification to information published in today's Wall Street Journal regarding RoHS compliance of its products. Since early 2005, Echelon has been transitioning its product line to meet the new European Union Reduction of Hazardous Substance ("RoHS") environmental regulations, which require...
- Research articles 2006-06-29
- Arsenic
- Arsenic is an element having an atomic number of 33 and an atomic weight of 74.9216 that is listed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA as a hazardous substance ( Hazardous waste numbers P010, P012) and as a carcinogen . The Merck Index states that the symptoms of acute...
- Research articles 2005-10-25
- Anchorage Daily News, Alaska, Inside Alaska Business Column.
- Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 7--SELAWIK TO RECEIVE EPA GRANT: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will make a $40,000 grant to the Northwest Arctic Borough village of Selawik to train residents in hazardous waste cleanup. The grant comes...
- Research articles 2004-04-07
- HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES: EUROPEAN COMMISSION REPORT ON PCP
- On February 27, the European Commission decided to authorise Denmark to continue to prohibit the use of pentachlorophenol PCP, a substance used mainly for the treatment of wood . On the same day, the Commission adopted a report in which it proposes to create a programme to...
- Research articles 1996-03-19
- US hospitals on lockdown after unknown substance exposure
- WASHINGTON AFP — Two US hospitals were put on emergency lockdown Saturday after several patients arrived at St. Louis, Missouri emergency rooms after being exposed to an unknown substance, hospital officials said. Hazardous materials teams rushed to the hospitals after patients entered complaining of exposure to an mysterious powder,...
- Research articles 2008-08-30
