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This series brings together all documents relating to Chemicals: risk reduction strategies
What you need to do before you send waste to a landfill site.
Resource for the public and those professionals responding to chemical incidents, including emergency services and public health professionals.
Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
Product Safety Report for Metal Earrings and Necklaces presenting a serious chemical risk.
How the MHRA makes decisions on when a product is a medical device (borderline products), and which risk class should apply to a medical device.
Organisational definitions of terms concerned with risk and risk-related matters.
How to qualify as a dangerous goods driver, choosing what training you need, finding a training provider, getting and keeping your ADR card up to date, replacing a card, staying qualified and adding substance classes to your ADR card.
Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
Guidance for the public and businesses on using, storing and selling explosives precursors and poisons, as well as how to apply for a licence.
Stronger restrictions on poisons and explosive substances came into effect on 1 October 2023.
How to carry out a risk assessment if you are applying for a bespoke permit that includes discharging hazardous chemicals and elements to surface water.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Best practice guidance to help fire and rescue authorities to resolve incidents involving hazardous materials safely and efficiently.
Treating and disposing of non-hazardous farm waste, sending to landfill, burying waste, incinerating fallen stock and recycling waste fuel oil.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) and HazMat (hazardous materials) incidents on which GDS has advised.
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