Today there are more than 100 million known chemicals, and every year this number is increasing by thousands. As the global pollution has become an imminent threat, governments around the world are imposing new requirements in terms of disclosing the risks related to chemical's short and long term exposure, disposal of the chemical, and the use of certain toxic chemicals.<br/><br/>But because of the sheer volume of information, and conflicting information by different manufacturers and agencies, having trustworthy data has become a major challenge. Too many identifiers per chemical from various agencies that do not work together has also added a new level of confusion. Having a tool that provides comprehensive and highly curated information about every chemical (known, proprietary, or even novel molecules), its regulatory implications, and even helps prepare or validate SDS can help R&D and EHS departments make smarter decisions and keep their staff safe.<br/><br/>ViridisChem offers comprehensive information about every chemical, shows it in easy to understand graphical manner, so that chemists and engineers can appreciate the toxicity information about the chemical without sifting through toxicological details. This presentation will cover the challenges in collecting and curating data from hundreds of sources, in providing comprehensive global regulatory information, GHS classification information. It will also describe how EHS departments can use this information to both educate their Staff about the chemicals they are dealing with, and to organize the lab to isolate health and safety hazards.

Challenges in keeping up with health and safety information of millions of chemicals as new chemicals are constantly introduced

ACS Fall 2021

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