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Safety Data Sheets


What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?

An SDS (formerly known as MSDS) includes information such as the properties of each chemical; the physical, health, and environmental health hazards; protective measures; and safety precautions for handling, storing, and transporting the chemical.

It provides guidance for each specific chemical on things such as: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), First aid procedures and Spill clean-up procedures


Access SDSs

  1. CampusOptics SDS portal

Other SDS options:

  1. Search the internet using Google, CHROME, MS Edge.
  2. Visit the manufacturer or suppliers website
    1. Fisher Scientific SDS
    2. Sigma, Fluka, Aldrich, Supelco and Riedel-deHaen

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