The new GHS Tools and Phrases provide easy access to official GHS classifications provided by governments. WebInsight users have access to substance classifications published by Japanese, European and New Zealand authorities, with additional countries to be added regularly. Users can also input Directive 67/548 EEC Annex I Danger Symbols and R-phrases into WebInsight and the system will provide the appropriate GHS translation based on Annex VII of the EU GHS proposal.
The new functionality allows users to derive the substance level GHS health classification for Carcinogenicity, Germ Cell Mutagenicity and Reproductive Toxicity. These classifications are based on a variety of sources, including the US National Toxicology Program (NTP), International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), American Conference of Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), and EU Directive 67/548, to ensure the derivation of the correct GHS classification. These checks are also integrated with Ariel WebInsight's vast Generics database.
The following new features are also included:
- GHS Labels. WebInsight now generates a label with the right pictograms, hazard and precautionary statements, based on a GHS classification. The labeling tool takes into account country variations in the implementation of GHS. The current version generates labels in English, Korean and Japanese.
- Full Text Module. The Full Text module provides single click access to all of the latest news on national GHS implementations. Overviews are written by the Ariel regulatory team to keep the user up to date on all the latest developments and provide an understanding of how countries are adopting GHS in their national regulatory frameworks.
- GHS Phrases. A multilingual phrase module is provided at no additional charge to WebInsight subscribers. The multilingual phrase module allows the user to access (M)SDS header and sub-header phrases, Risk and Safety phrases and now GHS phrases in multiple languages.
"We continue to enhance and expand our award-winning WebInsight regulatory compliance solution to ease the burden of global EH&S regulatory compliance for our customers," said Julia Tsvetkova, Manager of Ariel Product Management, 3E Company. "The new GHS Tools and Phrases will provide additional support for companies faced with the challenge of re-classifying and re-labeling their chemicals for GHS. This is specifically relevant to companies that don't have in-house expertise or sophisticated EHS systems that need to supplement their knowledge base."
About 3E Company
3E Company is the first company to provide a comprehensive suite of services for environmental, health and safety (EH&S) related chemical and hazardous materials information and compliance management that addresses the entire chemical lifecycle. This suite of services includes regulatory research; MSDS authoring, distribution and management; transportation; emergency response; training; regulatory reporting; and hazardous waste management. 3E has the industry leading combination of a 24-7-365 hazmat mission control call center, with an online platform for hazmat compliance information management, all built on a foundation of the world's premier hazardous substance database of global regulatory and compliance information. Its international, multi-lingual professional staff is composed of regulatory specialists, experienced product stewards, industrial hygienists, attorneys, chemists and chemical engineers, MSDS experts and EH&S systems consultants.
3E's services offer a cost effective program for global regulatory compliance management by alleviating the pain, managing risk, increasing the efficiency and enhancing staff productivity and enabling EH&S professionals to focus on more strategic functions. Today more than 7,000 customers have partnered with 3E including Costco Wholesale Corporation, America West, Eastman Chemical, Temple-Inland, Menasha and PacifiCorp. 3E was founded in 1988 and is the recipient of the 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 Commitment to Worker Safety Awards in Online and MSDS Services from Compliance Magazine, which also recognized 3E Online-MSDS in 2005 with an Award of Excellence for its Best of the Web Awards. The privately held company is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA with additional operations in Bethesda, MD, Massillon, OH, Kingsport, TN, Montreal, Quebec and Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information on 3E Company, visit www.3ecompany.com, send e-mail to info@3ecompany.com or call 800-360-3220, 760-602-8700 or, in Europe, +45 70 22 81 70.