Awareness-raising is key to change people behaviours because it pictures chemicals of concern as highly visible issues. When stakeholders are aware of the effects caused by chemicals, they are more inclined to act towards their safe management, to promote actions and to enhance efforts to prevent their impact on health and the environment.
An awareness-raising campaigns on chemicals of concern can target a broad audience, from the general public to make them aware of the health and environmental impact, to government ministries by sharing with them specific types of information needed by decision-makers and professional staff.
We promote organic agriculture and help support farmers transition to organic. We advocate with government to create an enabling environment through policy change that will support organic farmers.
I am Associate Researcher of CONICET at the Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I obtained MSc in Environmental Science and Management from Haramaya University.
My activities envisaged the involvement in a sound management of chemicals at the national level. My professional interests are dedicated to health and environment.
Rebecca is an Environmental and Occupational Health Specialist focusing on children’s environmental health, public health, management of hazardous chemicals in products, exposure assessment, chemical risk assessment and management, risk communicat
Collaboration with the air pollutant monitoring researchers to estimate the levels of environmental pollutants then we study the health impacts on the exposed persons and plan a preventive strategy to minimize the hazardous effects and raising awa
