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MSDS data sheets are only intended to list the hazards associated with a particular material for an employee of a company using that material. You can't really
by upofadown 7y ago
MSDS data sheets are only intended to list the hazards associated with a particular material for an employee of a company using that material. You can't really use them to determine the relative risks of two materials. Often times a MSDS is simply wrong and no one cares enough to get it corrected. A second MSDS issued by the same manufacturer for the same material can be different than the first.
- mauvehaus 7y agoMinor point of order: They're now SDS, not MSDS. Knowing such things is a well-known hazard of being married to an environmental engineer.
- hprotagonist 7y agosince when? i was about to be a pedant and add the M...
- mauvehaus 7y agoWikipedia says mid-2015: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_data_sheet#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_data_sheet#United_State... In practice, a lot of smaller companies are still distributing MSDS rather than SDS.
- myself248 7y agoYeah, but if I say SDS everyone thinks I'm talking about a hammerdrill. Say MSDS and everyone knows what you mean, even if the name technically changed.