Chemicals & 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)
• Chemical Profiles (27)
• Combustible Dust
• Compressed Gases (2)
• Control Banding
• Converting Occupational Exposure Limits from mg/m³ to ppm
• Corrosive Materials (2)
• Cryogenic Liquids (2)
• Dangerously Reactive Liquids & Solids (2)
• Diesel Exhaust
• Endocrine Disruptors
• First Aid for Chemical Exposures
• Flammable & Combustible Liquids (3)
• Globally Harmonized System (GHS)
• How Do Particulates Enter the Respiratory System?
• How Workplace Chemicals Enter the Body
• How to Work Safely with (11)
• Indoor Air Quality - General
• Lead on Construction Projects
• Metalworking Fluids
• Nanotechnology
• Organic Peroxides (2)
• Oxidizing Liquids & Solids (2)
• 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
• Toxic Materials (2)
• Very Toxic Materials (2)
• 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
• Working with Household (Chlorine) Bleach