Issues with H&S in your laboratory? Ask your question and we will see if it can be answered for you on this blog........
posted by Chris Maxwell at 5:14 pm
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
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Dr. Chris Maxwell is a Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner holding the NEBOSH Diploma and a PhD in Chemistry. He has seven years experience in the pharmaceutical industry; five years as a H&S Manager and two years as a Research Chemist.
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5 Comments:
What are the implications of the imminent REACH legistlation for a small biotech/drug discovery company?
04 October, 2006 13:05
REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of Chemicals) legislation primarily impacts the Chemical Industry. Every chemical produced (in quantities over 1 tonne per year) will have registered with the European Agency. This registration process will require data for health, safety and environmental impacts (detail depending on scale).
Incidentally the requirements extend to importing >1 tonne of a chemical from outside the EU (but unlikely for Biotech).
Therefore effects to the Biotech industry are likely to be secondary - such as increased costs for fine chemicals or on a positive note more detailed SHE information for chemicals.
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Anyone else with other comments?
04 October, 2006 15:41
What are the radioactivity safety implications of Samarium for a small biotech company (containment, usage, disposal etc)
06 October, 2006 14:27
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09 October, 2006 07:58
I don't have any specific experience of handling Sm (a radioisotope of), so to answer generally for radiation work, depending on scale and whether you already work with radioisotopes:
- Application for a licence to store and dispose from the Environment Agency (ca. £2k)
- Appointment of a licensed waste contractor (if generating solid waste)
- Notification to the HSE (not for small scale e.g. Sm141 below 0.1MBq)
- Appointment of Radiation Protection Advisor (not necssary for small scale) and Supervisor
- Carry out a risk assessment for the work, which would determine control measures and containment required depending on quantity/isotope/experiment etc
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Comments from anyone with experience of handling Sm very welcome.....
09 October, 2006 08:06
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