Help ensure safety and compliance when you rely on the Globally Harmonized System "Purple Book.” From their production to their handling, transport and use, chemicals are a real danger for human health and the environment. This new 9th revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) contains comprehensive information on what governments have adopted as a single, globally harmonized system that is able to protect people from the mismanagement of chemicals, classify chemicals according to their hazard and create a labeling system based on pictograms that are universally understandable. An integral tool for anyone working with hazardous materials, this essential reference helps keep employees safe and shipments moving