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DG / HazMat Industry Acronyms Have you ever spoken with a seasoned Hazmat professional who is seemingly talking in gibberish??...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 04, 2023

Needs Assessment According to Wikipedia, “a needs assessment is a systematic process for determining and addressing needs or “gaps,” between current...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP May 02, 2023

This post was originally published in April 2018 and has been updated in April 2023 for accuracy. As an avid...

ICC Regulatory Expert April 30, 2023

Don’t Let a State Variation Change Cause a Delay If you have shipped your dangerous goods by air lately and...

Michael Zendano April 25, 2023

Fall Protection During the Superbowl LVII halftime show, while watching Rihanna, I was thinking about how everyone was staying safe...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP April 18, 2023

A Deeper Dive into WHMIS While we wait for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to release the updated...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP April 13, 2023

Annonce d’une modification importante du Règlement sur les produits dangereux du Canada (SIMDUT) Le Système d’information sur les matières dangereuses utilisées...

Barbara Foster January 16, 2023

Sensibilisation au SIMDUT Santé Canada, qui supervise la Loi sur les produits dangereux (LPD) et le Règlement sur les produits...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP January 12, 2023

WHMIS Outreach Health Canada who oversees the Hazardous Products Act (HPA) and the associated Hazardous Product Regulations (HPR) which oversees...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP January 12, 2023

Transport Canada Completes Study on e-Documents – What Next?  Let’s face it – many parts of the current systems in...

Barbara Foster January 10, 2023

Can I reuse UN Standard Packaging? The short answer is NO. In recent discussions with clients, I uncovered some “not...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP January 05, 2023

DOT Posts Final Rule for Enhanced Safety in Lithium Battery Air Transport The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has just...

Barbara Foster January 03, 2023

IATA 2023 Lithium Battery Guidance Document More than ever, lithium batteries power things around us. Whether it be in our...

Karrie Ishmael, CDGP March 16, 2023

U.S. CPSC to Require Safety Devices on Consumer Containers for Flammable Liquids Every year, thousands of people in the United...

Barbara Foster March 14, 2023

A Comparison of Lithium Batteries and Lithium Polymer Batteries Let’s say you might be wanting to ship a product containing...

Elton Woodfine March 07, 2023

This post was originally published in May 2021 and has been updated in February 2023 for accuracy. When it comes...

February 25, 2023

The Black American Who Invented the Smoke Hood The history of chemical safety has some tragedies, twists, villains and heroes...

Barbara Foster February 15, 2023

PHMSA Increasing Civic Penalty Amounts for 2023 It’s that time of year once again. I’m not referring to the New...

Michael Zendano February 07, 2023

DG / HazMat Industry Acronyms Have you ever spoken with a seasoned Hazmat professional who is seemingly talking in gibberish??...