It is fair to say that the SDS services are of limited usefulness given their availability on the internet but a chemical inventory provides indispensable information for prevention, project planning, and emergency response. Oh yea, I almost forgot, it helps with compliance too.

W.

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From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety On Behalf Of Stuart, Ralph
Sent: Friday, November 23, 2018 7:40 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Inventory Platform - On Site

> >Does anyone on the list use ‰??Environmental Health and Safety Assistant‰?? by On Site Systems, particularly with respect to chemical inventories and SDSs?
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I wonder what the added value of such a service is relative to using manufacturer's web sites on the Internet to find SDS's or PubChem to find GHS information on specific chemicals? With GHS now available, I'm not sure that institution-specific SDS collections are worth the administrative overhead they present.

Thanks for any thoughts on this.

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Environmental Safety Manager
Keene State College
603 358-2859

ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu

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