Excerpt from the Book.

“People who fail come in all shapes and sizes. In my years in business, I’ve seen them all. Some rose through the ranks quickly, only to stall and drop for good like punctured balloons.

Some were geniuses who were perennially underappreciated and under rewarded. But most were simply hard-working people with good ideas and instincts–like you, perhaps–who got stuck in permanent ruts and never quite scrambled out to enjoy the light of day.

I’ve also seen a handful of people who–regardless of education, intelligence,manners,appearance or other obvious factors–have had the knack of rising steadily through the ranks and the staying on top through both fat and lean times.

They were people who, either consciously or instinctively, knew the art of political survival. Early in my career I began to watch people, and I can tell you with certainty what makes them different: The ability to question and discard some, if not all, of the rules that snare and finally drown the people they leave in their wake.”…

Description

ISBN-0815509650

Presents, for the first time in one volume, a concise treatment of labeling in the chemical industry.

This handbook has been designed to provide an in-depth review of, and to act as a source for, the major elements of a hazardous label communication program—to serve the needs of labor, industry, and the public.

Part I. Label Communication

• Labels, Perception and Psychometrics
• Information Sources and Systems for Labeling
• Transportation Labels and Placards: Technology

Part II. Science and Labels

• Hazard Assessment and Classification for Labeling
• Labels and Medicine
• Acute Toxicity
• Chronic Toxicity