Non-Profit Humanitarian Work

Chemistry & Industrial Hygiene, Inc. provides voluntary professional assistance to nations aspiring to protect the health of their workers and citizens. A variety of unique opportunities to provide this assistance have been realized through relationships with international colleagues. Since 1996 members of our staff have worked through the non-profit organization SHARE International, 501(c)(3) using office space donated by C&IH. A certain percentage of costs and equipment have been provided by granting agencies to SHARE, while related labor is typically donated by C&IH and our partners. The personnel of other companies such as Camp, Dresser & McKee (CDM) and Kaiser Permanente Health Care also donate time to SHARE and participate in such projects as illustrated below.

Examples of C&IH/SHARE Non-Profit Humanitarian Activities

Scientific studies characterizing heavy metal contamination and lead-blood levels in children and infants throughout the nation of Kazakhstan
Identification, characterization, risk assessment, and educational campaigns focused on reducing the blood lead levels of children and infants living in the vicinity of a lead smelter in a city of approximately 700,000
Government committee involvement in Kazakhstan focusing on protecting children and infants from heavy metal poisoning
Presentations at international educational seminars on topics such as risk assessment, toxicology, environmental and industrial hygiene analytical methods, and pollution control strategies

Future Goals

Reduction of blood lead levels of children living in Kazakhstan
Implementation of industrial environmental health and safety management systems
Creation of accredited analytical chemistry laboratories for chemical and biological analyses

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