Chemicals and Materials

This section describes the properties as well as health and safety hazards of workplace chemicals. It also has information about chemical families, and programs such as WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System). How to work safely with different kinds of chemicals is covered in the section "Prevention and Control of Hazards".

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• Asbestos (4)
• Bleach (Household chlorine) - Working Safely
• Chemical Profiles (27)
• Combustible Dust
• Compressed Gases (1)
• Consumer Chemical Products in the Workplace
• Control Banding
• Converting Occupational Exposure Limits from mg/m³ to ppm
• Corrosive Materials (1)
• Cryogenic Liquids (1)
• Dangerously Reactive Liquids and Solids (1)
• Diesel Exhaust
• Endocrine Disruptors
• First Aid for Chemical Exposures
• Flammable and Combustible Liquids (1)
• Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
• Hazardous Waste Management
• How Do Particulates Enter the Respiratory System?
• How Workplace Chemicals Enter the Body
• How to Work Safely with (11)
• How to work safely with - Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
• Indoor Air Quality – Legislation
• Indoor Air Quality - General
• Lead on Construction Projects
• Metalworking Fluids
• Nanotechnology - Controls for Health Hazards
• Nanotechnology - General
• Organic Peroxides (1)
• Oxidizing Liquids and Solids (1)
• Pesticides (6)
• Risk Phrases Used in the Countries of European Union
• Safety Phrases Used in the Countries of European Union
• Substitution of Chemicals - Considerations for Selection
• Swimming Pool Products
• Synergism and related terms
• Toxic Materials (1)
• Very Toxic Materials (1)
• WHMIS 1988 (7)
• WHMIS 2015 (11)
• Waste Anesthetic Gases, Hazards of
• What Makes Chemicals Poisonous
• What are the Effects of Dust on the Lungs?
• What is a LD₅₀ and LC₅₀?
• Wood Dust - Health Effects