Chemical Waste
Management and Lab
Safety Practices
Supplementary Review Session for
Chemical Technician Licensure Exam
Oct 8, 2021
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CTLE Table of Specifications
for Chemical Waste Management and Lab Safety Practices
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GHS Pictograms
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Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
• Provides comprehensive
information about a chemical
substance or mixture
• Source of information about
hazards and to obtain advice
on safety precautions
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Compounds that are highly explosive by themselves or through heat,
shock, or friction:
• Acetylenes and their metal salts (silver or copper)
• Polyacetylenes
• Hydrazoic acids
• Azides and their organic and inorganic salts (except sodium azide)
• Diazonium salts and diazo compounds
• Inorganic nitrates particularly ammonium nitrate
• Polynitro compounds
• Metal salts of nitrophenols
• Peroxides including concentrated hydrogen peroxide solution
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Strong oxidizers that are hazardous when blended:
• Perchloric acid and perchlorates.
• Chromium trioxide, chromates, and dichromates.
• Nitric acid and nitrates.
• Permanganates.
• Concentrated hydrogen peroxide.
• Liquid air and oxygen
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Extremely dangerous when blended with easily oxidizable organic
compounds:
• Alcohols and polyols
• Carbohydrates
• Materials composed of cellulose (example: paper)
• Clothes consist of wool and cotton
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Special hazards on explosion
• Peroxides • Azides
• Ethers • Liquid nitrogen
• Sodium amide and metal • Glass joints in high vacuum
potassium • Glass ampoules
• Alkali metals with chlorinated • Compressed gas containers
solvents
• Experiments under pressure
• Perchloric acid
• Chromic acid/nitric acid
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Fire Safety
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Classes of Fire
• Class A- Ordinary Combustibles • Class D – Combustible Metals
• Papers, wood, textile • Titanium. Magnesium, Sodium
• Class B – Flammable Liquids • Class K – Kitchen fire
• Oil, Grease, Alcohol • Cooking oil or fat
• Class C – Electrical Equipment
• Short Circuited Equipment
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Fire Extinguishing Materials
• Dry Chemical – Monoammonium Phosphate
• For Class ABC
• Aqueous Film Forming Foam
• Water-based. For Class A & B only
• Carbon dioxide
• For Class B
• Water
• For Class AB
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Fire Extinguisher
• Operating lever
• Locking pin
• Pressure gauge
• Discharge nozzle
• Label
• Type of extinguisher
• Instructions
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Fire Extinguisher
• Select correct extinguisher for class of fire
• Pull the locking pin
• Aim at the base of the fire
• Squeeze and hold the discharge lever
• Sweep from side to side
• Monitor area for re-ignition
• Always notify supervisor of extinguisher use so it can be replaced or recharged
and the fire investigated
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Waste classification
• Group I (Halogenated solvents)
• With at least 2% halogen content if mixtures
• Group II (non-halogenated solvents)
• flammable and toxic organic liquids with less than 2% halogen
• alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acid and the derivatives, peroxyacids and the
derivatives, hydrocarbons, carbonitriles, etc.
• Group III (Aqueous solutions)
This group is divided into two:
• Inorganic - Aqueous solutions of heavy metals and bases.
• Organic - Aqueous solutions of dyes, organic fixatives, solvent mixture of water/organic
substance
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Waste classification
• Group IV (Acids)
• Inorganic acids, including dilute and concentrated form (>10% by volume)
• Group V (Oils)
• Oils (includes mineral oils) used from oil baths due to degradation of quality.
• Group VI (Solids)
• includes products from chemical reactions in solid state (inorganic or organic),
which it must not be blended together. They are divided into three:
• Inorganic - Chemicals which heavy metals are constituted
• Organic - Chemicals that are classified as organic or tainted with organic substances.
• Tainted materials with various substances.
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Waste classification
• Group VII (Special Products)
• All reagents (liquid or solid) that are classified here must have exclusive
containers
• expired pure chemicals can be placed here, just do not mix each other
• If possible, they must be kept to their original containers if there is less than
one liter left.
• Oxidizing agent: peroxides.
• Pyrophoric reagents: magnesium powder
• Highly reactive substances: fuming acids, hydrides, alkali
• metals, unlabeled reaction byproducts, peroxidizable compounds, active halogen
compounds, polymerizable compounds.
• Highly toxic compounds: osmium tetroxide, chromium mixture, cyanides, sulfides, etc.
• Unknown compounds
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Waste classification
• Group VIII (Contaminated glassware)
• glasswares tainted with trace amounts of substances (even closed empty glass
bottles with trace amounts of reagents)
• excluded: glass pipettes or sharp equipments; clean glassware.
• Group IX (biohazardous)
• Cultures of bacteria
• Animal anatomical waste, blood, and blood products in liquid form.
• Needles, scalpel blades, and other sharp objects.
• Small materials or broken glass with contamination.
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Waste classification
• Group X (Cytostatics)
• Solid and liquid carcinogenic, mutagenic, or teratogenic substances
• disposable materials tainted by these substances.
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Waste Disabling / Incapacitation
• Acids and bases
• neutralize by adjusting the pH to pH = 6 – 8.
• Acids can be treated with solution of sodium bicarbonate or sodium hydroxide
• Bases can be eliminated with dilute HCl solution.
• Alkali metals.
• Cut into smaller pieces and place in an inert solvents (toluene or hexane)
• Addition of ethanol slowly will disable them but caution must be taken because of
evolution of hydrogen gas. Do this in fume hood.
• Nitriles and thiols
• Deactivated through oxidation with sodium chlorate and addition of sodium
thiosulfate for destruction of sodium chlorate.
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Waste Disabling / Incapacitation
• Peroxides and other oxidizing wastes
• disabled with aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution.
• Cyanides
• deactivated with hydrogen peroxide solution in pH 10 to 11.
• Hydrides, borohydrides, and amides
• Methanol is added while the vessel is cooled externally and add water slowly.
• LiAlH4
• Suspend in ether and add ethyl acetate dropwise. Then, add water slowly.
• Azides
• Add iodine in presence of Na2S2O3. N2 gas will evolve in this process.
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Waste Disabling / Incapacitation
• Halides and alkyl sulfates
• Cool the vessel, add dropwise of ammonium hydroxide
• Acid halides
• disabled with methanol at acidic condition and then neutralize with base.
• Aldehydes
• neutralized with aqueous solution of sodium bisulfate.
• Organometallic compounds which sensitive to moisture
• Add dropwise of n-butanol, then finish by adding of water
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DENR
- RA 6969
- DAO 29
BFP – RA 9514
Joint AO No. 2009-01
PNP – Firearms &
DAO 2015-09
Explosives Division
PDEA – RA 9165
FPA – PD 1144
FDA – RA 3720
Government Agencies Regulating Chemicals in
the Philippines
• Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
• RA 6969 – The Toxic Substances & Nuclear & Hazardous Waste Control Act of 1992
• DAO 29 – Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 6969
• Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)
• RA 9514 – Revised Fire Code of the Philippines
• Philippine National Police (PNP)
• Different memo circulars and executive orders implemented by the Firearms and
Explosives Division
• Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
• RA 9165 – The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972
• Fertilizers and Pesticides Authority (FPA)
• PD 1144
• Food and Drug Association (FDA)
• RA 3720 – Foods, Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Act
DENR RA 6969 / DAO 29
• Provisions:
• Chemical management (Title II: Toxic Chemical Substances)
• PICCS – existing chemicals
• PCL & CCO
• PMPIN – new chemicals (new product, or existing product but new application)
• Hazardous waste (Title III: Hazardous and Nuclear Waste)
DENR RA 6969 / DAO 29
• Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances
(PICCS)
• all existing chemicals and chemical substances used, imported,
distributed, processed, manufactured, stored, exported, treated or
transported in the Philippines
• serves as a guide for manufacturers and importers of chemicals.
• Exemptions:
• Non-chemical sustances
• Naturally occurring substances
• Mixtures
• Radioactive substances, pesticides, drugs, foodstuffs, and consumer products
that are regulated by other laws in the Philippines
• By-products (Wastes)
DENR RA 6969 / DAO 29
• Priority Chemical Listing (PCL)
• a list of existing and new chemicals that DENR-EMB has determined to
a potentially pose unreasonable risk to public health, workplace, and
the environment; assessed in terms of the chemicals’ PTB potential
• Users/importers/manufacturers/distributors of chemicals included in the
PCL are required to register their hazardous wastes & chemical
substances & submit biannual report
DENR RA 6969 / DAO 29
• Chemical Control Order (CCO)
• Prohibits, limit, or regulate the use, manufacture, import, export,
transport, processing, storage, possession, and wholesale of those
priority chemicals that DENR determined to be regulated, phased-out,
or banned due to the serious risks they pose to public health,
workplace & environment
• Required to register with DENR, secure Import Clearance and submit
annual report (production & management information)
DENR RA 6969 / DAO 29
• Pre-Manufacture and Pre-Importation Notification (PMPIN)
• For new chemical substances not present in PICCS
• Aims to screen harmful substances before entering the Philippine
commerce (conduct of toxicological studies / risk assessment)
DENR RA 6969 / DAO 29
GHS in the Philippines
• Joint DTI-DENR-DA-DOF-DOH-DILG-DOLE-DOTC Administrative Order No. 01 Series of
2009 - The Adoption and Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System of
Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)
• Agencies involved:
• DTI (thru BOI, BPS, and PEZA)
• DENR (thru EMB) - for industrial chemicals
• DENR AO 2015-09: Implementing Rules & Regulations for GHS Implementation in Preparation of Safety Data
Sheet (SDS) and Labelling Requirements of Toxic Chemical Substances
• DA (thru FPA) - for agriculture
• DOLE (thru OSHC and BWC) - for industrial workplace
• DO 136-14: Guidelines for the Implementation of GHS in Chemical Safety Program in the Workplace
• DOTC - for transport
• DOH (thru FDA) - for household hazardous chemicals and consumer chemicals
• DILG (thru Bureau of Fire Protection)
• DOF (thru Bureau Of Customs)
GHS in the Philippines
• DAO 2015-09 Implementation timelines:
Chemicals Effectivity
Single substance covered under CCO & PCL 2016
Chemicals initially listed
High volume toxic chemicals 2017
Toxic chemicals under the IATA & IMDG list of DG’s 2018
Mixtures 2019
• DOLE DO 136-14 implementation: March 2015
GHS Building Blocks Implemented in PH
Hazard Class Categories / Divisions / Hazard Class Categories / Divisions /
Types Types
Pyrophorics:
Explosives Unstable, Div. 1.1 to Div 1.6 Liquids
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Solids
Flammable Gases Cat. 1 & 2 Self-heating substances Cat. 1 to 2
Substances and mixtures, which in
Cat. A & B
Chemically unstable gases contact with wáter, emit flammable Cat. 1 to 3
(Split from Cat. 1)
gases
Aerosols Cat. 1 to 3 Oxidizing liquids Cat. 1 to 3
Oxidizing gases 1 Oxidizing solids Cat. 1 to 3
Gases under pressure:
Compressed gas
Liquefied gas 1 Organic peroxides Type A to G
Refrigerated liquefied gas
Dissolved gas
Flammable:
Liquids Cat. 1 to 3 (no Cat. 4) Corrosive metals Cat. 1
Solids Cat. 1 to 2
Self-reactve substances Type A to G Desensitized explosives No cat.
DAO 2015-09
DAO 2015-09
• SDS • SDS
• 16 sections:
1. Identification of the substance or mixture and • English as the primary language
of the supplier
2. Hazards identification
3. Composition/information on ingredients • Updated or revised, and submitted to DENR
4. First aid measures
every five (5) years or whenever there are
any changes in the product composition
5. Firefighting measures
6. Accidental release measures
7. Handling and storage
8. Exposure controls/personal protection
9. Physical and chemical properties
10. Stability and reactivity
11. Toxicological information
12. Ecological information
13. Disposal considerations
14. Transport information
15. Regulatory information
16. Other information including information on
preparation and revision of the SDS
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