India adopts the International Chemical Safety Cards to protect workers health and safety
In July 2022, the Indian Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Labour Organization (ILO) in order to adapt the International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC) used for information dissemination to Chemical Industry.
The ICSC is developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization in cooperation with the European Commission to promote occupational safety and health on sites and among workers. The ICSC consist of special data sheets intended to provide concise information on chemicals regarding their safety and health impacts. The benefits of the ICSC are that they can be easily used to distribute information on hazardous properties of chemicals in an understandable and precise way. Furthermore, the information on chemicals in the cards is frequently updated to always provide the latest information. The ICSC includes the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling (GHS). Currently, on the website of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals,
1784 ICSC cards are available, https://chemicals.nic.in/international-chemical-safety-cards-database
The Industry of the Association of Chemicals and Petrochemicals in India has been requested, to start the use of the ICSC at working sites.
