Written by Deryck D. Pattron

...Chemical safety may be defined as all the necessary activities taken from manufacture, synthesis, processing, storage, distribution, transportation, handling, use and disposal to ensure or preserve human health and safety and the environment... Hazardous chemicals constitute a wide range of industrial and commercial activities and have been directly or indirectly linked to occupational diseases through exposure to such substances... The major problem lies when these hazardous chemicals are improperly managed... The health burden of hazardous chemicals on societies is enormous and governments worldwide must take the necessary initiative to protect their most valuable resource-the public's health...