Chemicals can be confusing and complex. From cleaners for floors, toilets, bleaches, dishwasher tablets or air fresheners, most homes have a lot of different harmful, irritating or possibly corrosive in the cupboards.

This month’s Health & Safety Review sets out their top 10 tips for increased chemical safety awareness.

These include:

  1. Centralised Purchasing
  2. Keep a List
  3. Buyer Beware:
  4. Read the Little Label
  5. Specific Sections of Safety Data Sheets (SDSs)
  6. Realistic Risk Assessments:
  7. Pictures speak a thousand words:
  8. A little and often matter
  9. Training for understanding
  10. Check and Check again

Read the article here: https://www.healthandsafetyreview.ie/article/7296


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