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Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
Safety leaflet on topical corticosteroids and withdrawal reactions to help patients and their carers to use these medicines safely.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
The U8 exemption allows you to use waste materials (that do not need treating) for a specific purpose to reduce the use of virgin or non-waste materials.
Urgent public health message: UKHSA has been notified about an outbreak of food botulism in France involving a small number of British nationals.
Product recall for Bostik Aluminium Solar Protector presenting a risk of injuries as the tin lid may pop off due to excess gassing created within the tin.
Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.
Work out the toxic equivalency factors of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) to calculate their concentration.
For waste operators and exporters classifying some waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) devices, waste components, and wastes from their treatment.
Explains planning controls relating to the storage of hazardous substances in England and how to handle development proposals around hazardous establishments.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
Find out what online harms are, how to manage them, and where to report them if they occur.
Guide to licensing procedure and other restrictions for export of controlled dual-use items, software and technology, goods for torture and radioactive sources.
The Environment Agency has provided these low risk waste positions (LRWPs) for waste operations that it considers may be suitable for an exemption.
The review of the safety of isotretinoin has concluded.
How to report incidents, including pro-formas for PON1 and PON2 and guidance on completion; listing of environmental alerts for operators in the North Sea.
How to deal with waste, including hazardous waste, and prevent pollution.
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
Information on methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) (also known as 2-butanone) for use in responding to chemical incidents.
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