SDS and GHS compliance guides.
Compliance how-tos and chemical profiles: uses, hazards, specifications and what each Safety Data Sheet must say.
- October 10, 2026
OSHA HazCom and SDS Requirements: What US Chemical Suppliers Need to Know
A plain-English summary of OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (29 CFR 1910.1200) for Safety Data Sheets and labels: who must do what, the 16-section format, updates and training.
- October 10, 2026
SDS vs MSDS: What Changed and Why Old MSDS Documents Are Obsolete
The difference between an MSDS and an SDS: the move to the GHS 16-section format, what changed, and why legacy MSDS documents should be replaced.
- October 10, 2026
The 16 Sections of a Safety Data Sheet (SDS) Explained
The 16 sections of a GHS Safety Data Sheet explained in order: identification, hazards, composition, first aid, firefighting, spills, handling, exposure controls, properties, stability, toxicology, ecology, disposal, transport, regulatory and other information.
- June 21, 2026
What actually goes into a Safety Data Sheet (and why so many small traders don't have one)
A compliant SDS has 16 mandatory sections. Most small chemical traders either reuse an old one, buy one per document from a consultant, or skip it. Here's what's actually in it.
- June 3, 2026
GHS mixture classification, explained
Most products aren't a pure compound. Here is how the GHS "Purple Book" actually calculates a mixture's hazard classification from its components — the same math running inside SDS Desk.
- May 12, 2026
Why we don't let an LLM invent hazard classification data
Language models are good at producing plausible-looking text. A Safety Data Sheet needs to be correct, not plausible. Here is the line we draw and why.