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Article: WHIS - the first year. (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System)
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- Canadian Chemical News
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- February 1, 1990
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WHMIS -- The First Year
For more than a year now, WHMIS has been the buzzword in Canadian occupational health and safety circles. It stands for Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System. This legislation which came into force October 31, 1988, has affected most Canadian businesses. Manufacturers, importers, distributors, or simply users of controlled hazardous materials in a Canadian workplace have no choice but to comply with this legislation.
Gordon Lloyd, director of the Legislation and Technical Group, Canadian Manufacturers' Association says that according to a survey carried out among its member companies in June of 1989, 6% have never heard ...