International Chemical Safety Cards (
ICSCs) are short summaries of health and safety information about chemical compounds designed to be used by workers handling these chemicals. They are produced by the
International Programme on Chemical SafetyThe International Programme on Chemical Safety is a collaboration between three United Nations bodies—the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme...
(IPCS) in collaboration with the
European CommissionThe European Commission acts as an executive of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union.The Commission operates in the method of cabinet government, with 27...
and various national bodies.
An ICSC is designed to complement a
Material Safety Data SheetA material safety data sheet is a form containing data regarding the properties of a particular substance. An important component of product stewardship and workplace safety, it is intended to provide workers and emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with that substance in a...
, and to be used by individual workers rather than safety specialists.
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International Chemical Safety Cards (
ICSCs) are short summaries of health and safety information about chemical compounds designed to be used by workers handling these chemicals. They are produced by the
International Programme on Chemical SafetyThe International Programme on Chemical Safety is a collaboration between three United Nations bodies—the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme...
(IPCS) in collaboration with the
European CommissionThe European Commission acts as an executive of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union.The Commission operates in the method of cabinet government, with 27...
and various national bodies.
An ICSC is designed to complement a
Material Safety Data SheetA material safety data sheet is a form containing data regarding the properties of a particular substance. An important component of product stewardship and workplace safety, it is intended to provide workers and emergency personnel with procedures for handling or working with that substance in a...
, and to be used by individual workers rather than safety specialists. The cards are produced in a standard format, which eases translation between languages. The cards are currently available in
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in sixteen languages, and in paper format in other languages. As of April 2005, 1491 cards are available in
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External links
- Official site at the International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the International Labour Office...
- U.S. site at NIOSH