Source: SPECIALIST PRINTING WORLDWIDE : ISSUE 1/2020
Frank Toma reviews Dangerous Goods Regulations. How do they stand to affect screen printers? There’s a chance you could be at risk, and not even know it…
Talking with screen printing companies, most of them are quite aware that they handle materials which are subjected to chemical legislation and are considered as dangerous substances. However, many of them are not so aware that they are also subject to Dangerous Goods Regulations. In case you are wondering what the difference is: dangerous substances are regulated by REACH [Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals] and CLP [Classification, Labelling and Packaging]; the focus is on handling the chemicals. Dangerous goods are regulated by transport agreements like the ADR [‘Accord Dangereux Routier’ – European agreement concerning international carriage of dangerous goods by road] or the IMDG [International Maritime Dangerous Goods] code and therefore the focus is on the transportation.
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