MSDS – Material Safety Data Sheets

photo credit: six million dollar dan

We have often cited Material Safety Data Sheets or MSDS in our analysis of cleaning and construction products. What are they?

They are documents used to describe a products ingredients, what they are, are they hazardous, how to store them, toxicity, health affects, what should be done if there is an accident, regulatory issues, etc. Vendors have to undertake manufacturing, distribution, use and disposal of hazardous materials and chemicals to complete these documents.  There are even MSDS docs for things like Mustard gas, VX Nerve gas!

OSHA and the EPA setup regulations that require MSDS docs to be products.

Often vendors have links to MSDS documents on their website or require you to email them asking for them.  This site has links to many MSDS docs.  NIH has a database of Household Products.

When checking out the greeness of a product, be sure to look for its MSDS document.

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Posted on June 16th, 2009
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