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Experts at a workshop urged the government to
formulate the National Chemical Safety Policy for
Bangladesh |
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Bangladesh Occupational Safety, Health and
Environment Foundation (OSHE) has organized a
workshop on “Chemical Hazards and Management:
Problems and Challenges in Bangladesh” at National
Press Club in March 25, 2009. Experts at a workshop
urged the government to formulate the National
Chemical Safety Policy to control chemical hazards
and ensure its proper management.
They also stressed the need for amending Bangladesh
Labour Act-2006 for inclusion of clear-cut
description on use of personal protective equipments
(PPE) in various chemical hazardous situation.
“Chemical hazards and its management should be
included in the Bangladesh Labour Rules for which a
draft has been made recently,” said an expert. |
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Unregulated chemicals in
workplace create significant risks of
serious injury, ill-health and death to
workers, they said. There are many chemicals
commonly used by workers on a daily basis in
Bangladesh that are being used without
adequate precautions, they observe.
“We cannot work without chemicals at
workplace. So, we need to know proper use of
chemicals to save the life from chemical
hazards.” Saki Rezwana said.
Director of FBCCI M Balayet Hossain said if
any fire incident breaks out in Midford
area, old town of Dhaka, it will not be
possible to bring the blaze under control as
huge amount chemical are kept and used in
the factories there. |
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They also emphasised on the use of mass media to
create awareness about the chemical hazards. A
guideline on chemical safety and management should
be developed and distributed among the stakeholders
concerned, they said. They also urged the government
and other stakeholders to take an integrated
initiative to prevent the chemical hazards.
Prof of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology of
Dhaka University Dr Ahmed Ismail Mustafa presented
the key-note paper on the issue. He stressed the
need for using three types of measure to control the
chemical hazards which are engineering control,
administrative control and personal protective
equipment.
Secretary of Industrial Safety Board of Bangladesh
Eng Taibur Rahman and Executive Director of Teladata
Marine Solutions Ltd Eng Md Hafizur Rahman also
spoke at the workshop. More then sixty five
participants of multy facet such as BKMEA, Aci
farmaciuticals, BRAC, Gtz, Artician ceramics, trade
union members and leaders, journalist etc was
attended the said programme.
Poor management and unsafe use of chemicals in
various industries are creating harms for workers,
children, pregnant women, fertile populations, the
poor and other vulnerable groups, the expert
observe.
Participant of the seminar urged the stakeholders to
produce and use the chemicals in a way that will
minimise the significant adverse effects on human
health and environment. |
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For more information: A.R. Chowdury REPON, OSHE
E-mail: oshe@agni.com
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