Where else is control banding being tried?
The International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS, comprised of the International Labour Association [ILO], the World Health Association [WHO], and the United Nations Environment Programme [UNEP]) has published the International Chemical Control Toolkit on the ILO Web site. A useful feature of the Toolkit is the table showing the correspondence between European risk phrases and the GHS hazard classifications. The IPCS is planning to add GHS hazard classifications to its more than 1,300 chemical safety cards. Control banding approaches are also being developed in Belgium (REGETOX project), the Netherlands (Stoffenmanager), and Norway (KjemiRisk). The World Health Organization is working with its Collaborating Centres to pilot control banding programs in more than a dozen countries.
