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Persons who handle dangerous goods will often wear protective equipment... who handle or potentially come into contact with dangerous goods as part of their work are also often subject to monitoring or health surveillance to... has developed the IMO Dangerous Goods Regulations for transportation on the high seas... Many individual nations have also structured their dangerous goods transportation regulations to harmonize with the UN Model in organization as well as in specific... Dangerous goods are divided into classes on the basis of the specific chemical characteristics producing the risk... graphics and text in this article representing the dangerous goods safety marks are derived from the United Nations... Refer to the Dangerous Goods Transportation Regulations of the country of interest... The statement above applies equally to all the Dangerous Goods classes discussed in this article... Explosive Dangerous Goods have compatibility group letters assigned to facilitate segregation during transport... check the Dangerous Goods Transportation Regulations of the country of interest... government acting centrally created the federal transportation of dangerous goods act and regulations... s dangerous goods transportation act can be viewed at... s dangerous goods transportation regulations can can be viewed at... s Transport Dangerous Goods website is located at... European law distinguishes clearly between the law of dangerous goods and the law of hazardous materials... Dangerous Goods in Intermodal Equipment... based global discussion group for dangerous goods and hazardous materials storage and handling issues...

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