Business, Hobbies and Arts
Information for business, hobbies and the arts.
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Information about the safety and use of diggers products displayed as database's
http://www.diggersaust.com.au/datasheets/index.html
APVMA - Information on Registering Products. In most cases, before agricultural and veterinary chemical products can be sold, supplied, distributed or used in Australia, they must be registered by the APVMA in Canberra. The registration process is governed by Commonwealth legislation and undertaken according to accepted scientific principles and through rigorous independent analysis by several government agencies and the APVMA.
http://www.apvma.gov.au/registration/registering.shtml
NICNAS ensures that new industrial chemicals entering Australia are assessed for their health and environmental effects before they are used or released to the environment, and makes recommendations for safe use.
http://www.nicnas.gov.au/obligations/
Product Recall Australia enhances consumer safety by providing current product recall information on pharmaceuticals, food, motor vehicles and veterinary chemicals
http://www.recalls.gov.au/
Environment SA - Guidelines and Information Sheets ranging including air quality, disposal, waste issues.
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/epa/guidelines.html
Small Business Safety Checklist - Checking out your workplace
http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/NR/rdonlyres/6521BEB7-D790-45AC-9CAF-D74FBD61ECAB/0/gen_smallbiz_safetychecklist_1284.pdf
EPA Site - link to information on environment checklist for small business including painters, dry cleaners, smash repairs and more.
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/sustainbus/index.htm
Environment SA - Guidelines and Information Sheets
http://www.epa.sa.gov.au/pub.html
VIC EPA - Information about EPA approvals, licenses and notices; download application forms
http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/envandit/default.asp
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Provides links to MSDS and general Chemical Information
http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/consumer.html
Identifies the safety issues concerned with products from the hairdressing, nail and beauty industry
http://unionsafe.labor.net.au/hazards/106014706721942.html
German site, providing a link service to find MSDS, Chemical suppliers, industry contacts on a global scale.
http://www.buyersguidechem.de/
In the 2000/2001 reporting year the National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) commenced using a new reporting tool. The tool enables companies to discharge NPI reporting responsibilities in a single email transaction. The tool streamlines reporting, providing pre-filled administrative information, NPI data reported in previous years, and automatic validation
http://www.npi.gov.au/handbooks/index.html
Information from NICNAS, the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on keeping cosmetics safe
http://www.nicnas.gov.au/current_issues.asp
NICNAS website contains essential information about the registration of industrial chemicals and the chemicals in our lives
http://www.nicnas.gov.au/chemicals_in_australia.asp
The Department of the Environment and Heritage administers and implements the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 ('the Act'). The Act was developed to enable Australia to comply with specific obligations under the Basel Convention (Basel Convention on the Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their disposal), a Convention set up to control the international movements of hazardous wastes.
http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/chemicals/hazardous-waste/index.html
UK site - Database of MSDS for construction industry (Fiberglass)
http://www.jm.com/msds/internet/MSDSIEnglish.asp
British chemical industries site providing education, public information, safety & health initiatives, etc.
http://www.cia.org.uk/newsite/
Information on Consumer and Employment protection in WA including chemicals and agriculture
http://www.worksafe.wa.gov.au/newsite/worksafe/default.html
Information on the principal chemicals found in scented products, perfumes
http://www.immuneweb.org/articles/perfume.html
Huge searchable links page based in America. Links for Suppliers, Industrial equipment, Services, Laboratory needs, Software, MSDS, Safety
http://www.neis.com/
Health and safety in the Arts - photography techniques / precautions
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/arthazards/photo1.html
Providing information on education for hydrogen and fuel cells science and engineering; and the appropriate industrial development of fuel cell and enabling technologies
http://www.fuelcells.org.au/
Health and safety in the Arts - art mediums, including paints, ceramics, metal and wood
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/arthazards/medium.html
Providing information on education for hydrogen and fuel cells science and engineering; and the appropriate industrial development of fuel cell and enabling technologies
http://www.hydrogen.asn.au/
ACCORD is the recognised national voice of the consumer and specialty products industry - a growing industry generating innovative, safe and sustainable solutions in cleaning, health, personal care and other specialty areas at home and at work.
http://www.accord.asn.au/association
Information on the dangers of exposure from photo processing chemicals whilst pregnant
http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-locale=en_US&pq-path=4230
NT Worksafe - Information Bulletin on Dangerous Goods - Explosives
http://www.nt.gov.au/deet/worksafe/corporate/bulletins04.shtml
