HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL SOURCES AND EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT

ABSTRACT: This study was carried out on hazardous chemical sources and effect on the environment using SAIDI Nigeria Limited as case study. To achieve this 2 research hypothesis were formulated.  The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. The population size comprise of the entire Staff of SAIDI Nigeria Limited, Abuja. In determining the sample size, the researcher purposively selected 40 respondents while 30 respondents were validated. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency tables and percentage. While the hypothesis were tested using Chi-square statistical too. SPSS v23. The result of the findings reveals that; the use of hazardous chemicals does have a negative effect on the workplace environments; environmental change as a result of the use of hazardous chemicals does affects workers. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended that the basic requirements in the work health and safety legislation should be sufficiently provided by the organization; The administrative personnel and suppliers of chemicals (through the use of global harmonized system) should scrupulously determine the nature of any kind of chemical I.e. whether or not a chemical is hazardous; Hazard chemicals should contain relevant hazard statements, precautions and pictograms on the label and safety data sheet.