The use of electronic Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) is beginning to take root, as a new study shows a 77 percent increase over the past two years in the number of MSDS software systems that employ Web technologies.
Additionally, most of the systems (66 percent) will now run on the Internet, while nearly half (44 percent) of the developers offer MSDS software as a Web-based service or ASP (Application Service Provider), according to the study by Donley Technology of Colonial Beach, Va.