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Is it hazardous or not ? Chemwatch has it as Hazardous with the GHS warning and corrosive symbols . MSDS from nearly every supplier has it as Not classified as hazardous . I have Calcium carbonate powder and marble chips . Chemwatch seems to also want to lump the two as calcium carbonate . CSIS has ...

Pleased you got it sorted Merilyn .

Just happened to see some chunk about 300 x 200 x1000 lying on the side of the road on the weekend . Wondered how much it would cost to post it too you

Kimmy , I'm hearing you about being over it all . Thanks for posting the Schoolbiz , it looks like what J posted HERE It is so good to Not have to re label existing stock by the end of the year . I had already started though as I figure sooner or later they will end up in the classroom .At our schoo...

Teacher wanted to do the Iron filings magnet thing . Our Diazo paper is dated 1980 . Its all gone off . #-o Interested in the Shopper docket paper Rita . :thumbup: How do you use it ? I belief it is thermal sensitive paper but it does fade in the sun . So I'm wondering should we heat it to make it g...

Thanks Linotas . Hmmm, I think I know the ones you are talking about with the Checker type impression on one side .....I have seen one or two of these at my main school. I will remove them from service .....if in doubt chuck Em out ......but then, that's the theory that Head Teacher applied . :-| I ...

(so please note that people who have relabelled their chemicals already have not wasted their time because we do use chemicals in the labs & preps etc). . Amen Labbie Labbie , did Alan give any clue as to how much before next January the new CSIS will be released ? Thanks J for the schoolbiz li...

This is an old topic but I wonder if any new info has come to light . Last week at my other school , the HT asked me to collect all of the heat mats and dispose of them as she was convinced they were asbestos. They look exactly the same as the ones we use at this school so I bought them here . Head ...

Thanks. You all made sense. Might have to re-evaluate a few things .

A query about Phenolthalien Droppers , as this is basically all alcohol , then should they definitely need to be stored in the Flammables cupboard .

I rung SafeWork NSW yesterday about two issues 1) That I was having problems finding SDS's for older Chemicals we have in our store and how was I to find an appropriate GHS label ? Nice fellow rung back today .He said that they have had a lot of feedback from the community on this and they have real...

Recently I watched a DVD called working in science .( circa 2008) In one segment , the labbie was showing her prep room . She said she had all her chemicals in special storage groups just like she did in her Chem store room. I've been reading back through all the forums here trying to establish if a...

Only thing I can think of is to minimize the risk of infection should a kid cut or stab themselves before they are presented with a tray of gore to cut up....gosh I wonder if the Metal work and woodwork rooms will have to sterilize the saws and chisels next

Personally I don't think the Riskassess labels satisfy the legal requirements according to that document, for original containers anyway. They may be ok for small containers going into the classrooms but the original container must include safety and first aid. It also must have manufacture / suppl...

Testing testing .......I think you have fixed it Mr Burns

Just tried again Mr Burns and getting the same thing .....file was a .jpg 174KB

OK now I can't upload pics from home Either .I just get a yellow explanation triangle to the right of the box where you would normally add text to the pic. Also there is no "place in line " option .....only a delete option .

Any clues

I used to be able to do it from the DET intranet but now I can't ......same thing if trying to use my phone . Works fine from Home PC . Oh and the pics are only 640 x 480 . Does anyone else have this issue ? . I see some are having trouble uploading in the GHS labels thread but that seems like anoth...

I was wondering the same . The riskassess labels look fine for decanted amounts or the class room but not for relabelling stock supplys ( that from time to time do go out into the classroom .

Thanks for the copy of the labels Linotas ....they sure are nice looking .....bold , simple and easy to read .

So just to clarify , these labels are fine for the classroom .

linotas wrote:Manufacturers info is not a minimum requirement on aliquot labels, only on the original containers for the chemicals

Cheers for that linotas. ...and thanks for showing the Label . Curious if the real label has subscripts in Chem formula

RiskAssess GHS labelling much easier to use than Chemwatch; just enter chemical name, choose label size (choice of 4), choose solid or solution; if the latter, enter molarity then download and print. Sounds great xenon. Would love to see some samples of the new labels. Curious though about not bein...