UN Releases Version 10 of GHS

Written By: Atanu Das on Thursday, July 27, 2023

The revised version addresses:

• the classification procedure for desensitized explosives (chapter 2.17); 

• the use of non-animal testing methods for classification of health hazards, in particular: skin corrosion/irritation (chapter 3.2), serious eye damage/irritation (chapter 3.3) and respiratory or skin sensitization (chapter 3.4);

• further rationalization of precautionary statements to improve users’ comprehensibility while taking into account usability for labelling practitioners; and

• the review of annexes 9 and 10 to ensure alignment of the classification strategy, guidance and tools on metals and metal compounds with the provisions for long-term aquatic classification toxicity in chapter 4.1.

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