The Material Safety Data Sheet, often shortened to MSDS (Safety Data Sheet or SDS in Europe) is an important tool for a number of people and entities that are involved with Safariland products. These documents address hazards associated with products containing chemicals. Most governments require an MSDS as a notification of the risks posed by a product to workers, as well as providing information about exposure limits and risk reduction. We feel strongly about providing you with the complete information needed to handle, store, and deploy our products with the least risk to all personnel. Therefore, Safariland has updated the MSDS documents on its products; this better protects our customers and meets the changing regulatory requirements seen in business. Our MSDS are written conservatively with respect to user safety. Therefore, these documents are written to reflect multiple or chronic exposures as would be seen with daily or heavy use; infrequent exposure to most chemical products at low levels poses much less risk. Given the global economy, it is also important that an MSDS sheet meet multiple regulatory requirements in order to be acceptable across the world.  In recent years, governments have increased the scope of what topics an MSDS should address, including the dictation of exact wording regarding risk or safety phrases.  The result of this legislation is often a document that is based on lifetime exposures seen with daily use; it should be noted that common deployment situations for our products involve infrequent and often indirect exposures, and the hazards are often greatly reduced from risks seen with chronic exposure. As each deployment situation is different, the results of product exposure will differ; our documents reflect all reasonable outcomes with respect to health effects from single or multiple exposures. The result of our efforts is a complete, conservative document that meets our corporate ethic for responsibility as well as our legal obligations to local, state, and national. We strive to keep our customers updated with the latest regulatory information as it becomes available. To ensure continued compliance, we engage the help of experts in both scientific fields and regulatory affairs. We welcome comments and questions from our customers. If you have any concerns or require any further information from us, please call our Customer Care Center at 800-347-1200 so we can assist you. To obtain a copy of a MSDS sheet, please click on the Chemtel Web site link shown below. Click Here: http://bae.chemtel.net/main_index.php Chemtel is the Controlled Content Manager for BAE Systems.