Chemical safety

Chemical safety is the practice of handling chemicals in a safe manner, minimizing the hazard to public and personal health.

## Contents

* 1 Principles
* 2 Occupational safety and health
* 3 See also
* 4 Notes
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Principles

Chemical safety is the practice of minimizing risk of exposure to chemicals in any environment.[1][2]

Despite efforts to design in and maintain safety, accidents happen.[3]

## Occupational safety and health

Main page: Finance:Occupational safety and health

Governments regulate workplace health and safety.

## See also

* Chemical protective clothing
* Chemical safety assessment
* Chemical accident

## Notes

1. ↑ "Defining chemical safety, health, hygiene, and security" (in en-US). 2013-03-27. http://cenblog.org/the-safety-zone/2013/03/defining-chemical-safety-health-hygiene-and-security/.
2. ↑ "Chemical safety". World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/topics/chemical_safety/en/.
3. ↑ Hall & p. 3.

## References

* Mervyn Richardson (11 July 2008). Chemical Safety: International Reference Manual. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-3-527-61602-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=HH8xEtZZC_IC.
* Stephen K. Hall (24 November 1993). Chemical Safety in the Laboratory. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-87371-896-7. https://books.google.com/books?id=DOd1iU7G0FMC.
* Industrial Hygiene and Chemical Safety. I. K. International Pvt Ltd. GGKEY:BH8K85QG0ZJ. https://books.google.com/books?id=Msk_EtMxWrcC.
* D.M. Pugh; J.V. Tarazona (17 April 2013). Regulation for Chemical Safety in Europe: Analysis, Comment and Criticism. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 239–. ISBN 978-94-011-5316-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=LL2LBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT239.

## External links

* http://www.oecd.org/chemicalsafety/
* http://acs.org/safety

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