Punjab Industrial Estates Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) Chairman Rizwan Khalid Butt said on Wednesday that industrial units in the industrial estates under PIEDMC ensured sound management of chemicals at workplaces to protect environment. He stated this at a training workshop on Chemical Safety organised by the PIEDMC in collaboration with Centre for Improvement of Working Conditions & Environment (CIWCE), Punjab Labour and Human Resource Department. Around 63 representatives from different industrial units of Sundar Industrial Estate and Quaid-i-Azam Industrial Estate attended the session. Rizwan Khalid said that chemicals were widely used in every sector especially industrial sector with both positive and negative effects on health, well-being, socio-economic aspects and the environment.
Significant but still insufficient progress has been made in international chemicals management and regulations, he mentioned. as serious incidents still occur which have negative impacts on both human health and the environment – he mentioned.
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