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Globally harmonised system for chemicals

All over the world there are presently different laws that control how the hazardous properties of chemicals are described and how this information is passed to users. The United Nations brought experts from different countries together to create the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).

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