Report Finds Workplace Safety Labels Lacking On TSCA Priority Chemicals

A new report from the labor-environmental group BlueGreen Alliance (BGA) finds safety data sheets (SDS) OSHA requires to list chemicals’ toxic or hazardous properties are often erroneous, including several EPA has targeted for regulation -- which the group says undercut industry arguments that OSHA rules will protect workers from exposure. The Dec. 15 report , “Obstructing the Right to Know,” was published by BGA and the environmental data organization Clearya and finds that 30 percent of SDSs contained inaccuracies, such...