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Jamaica Gleaner Eye on Science
published: Thursday | February 9, 2006

HAZARD to your health - Solutions to Jamaica's hazardous materials and waste management challenges
JAMAICA CONTINUES to struggle to effectively manage hazardous materials and waste and to learn suitable behaviour and attitudes for safe use, handling and disposal of such materials.

UWI offers new enviro programmes
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS in legislation, global trade and rapidly changing technology, have placed new expectations and demands of occupational and environmental safety and health Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health (OESH) on governments...


Decode the meaning
DO YOU know what the symbol above means? You have probably seen it displayed on trucks, storage tanks or bottles of chemicals and chemical formulations. This symbol is actually a Hazard Identification Signal formulated by the National Fire Protection Agen


PROFILE
UNDER THE stewardship of Professor Ishenkumba Kahwa, the UWI Chemistry Department's Hazardous Materials Team has made great strides on the local environmental scene. Also known as the Hazmat Team...






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