List of hazardous chemicals is extended

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) held its eighth meeting on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents (Convention occupational accidents ), held from 3 to 5 December 2014 in Geneva, and has revised the list of chemical substances to include 13 other categories of hazardous substances and 32 other chemicals harmful to health and the environment. The revised Annex I of the Convention, which contains the lists of substances and categories was adopted to align the Globally Harmonized United Nations System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.