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Dangerous substances

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 040-0925/02
Abbreviation NL
Course title Dangerous substances
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator Ing. Barbora Martiníková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Introduction into Management of chemicals (MCHL), Basic principles and tools of MCHL, International organisations and conventions; Stakeholders, Life cycle of chemicals, Hazardous properties of chemicals, Classiffication of dangerous substances and mixtures, Global Harmonised System, Health risk assessment, Environmental risk assessment, Risk management, MCHL in the industry, Transport of dangerous substances (ADR, RID),Dangerous properties of waste. Classification of hazardous waste. Management and transportation of hazardous waste.

Literature

BABRAUSKAS, V. Ignition Handbook: Principles and applications to fire safety engineering, fire investigation, risk management and forensic science. Issquah, WA98027, USA: Fire Science Publishers, A division of Fire Science and Technology. ISBN 0-9728111-3-3
CARSON, P. A., MUMFORD, C. J. Hazardous Chemical Handbook. [online]. Second edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002. ISBN 07506 4888 0 . Available from: http://ccc.chem.pitt.edu/wipf/Web/HCH.pdf
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council
Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council
Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC. Official Journal of the European Union, 2006.
Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP), amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. Official Journal of the European Union, 2008.

Advised literature

UNITED NATIONS. Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. Manual of Tests and Criteria [online]. Sixth Revised Edition. New York and Geneva: United Nations Publication, 2015. eISBN 978-92-1-057567-6 . Available from:
http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trans/danger/publi/manual/Rev.6/1520832_E_ST_SG_AC.10_11_Rev6_WEB_-With_corrections_from_Corr.1.pdf