Center
Functions of the Center for Environmental and Occupational health
- The center for occupational and environmental health shall perform
such functions as are directed and assigned by the Federal Government or the
Board, including;
- Evaluate, perform research, analyse and advise on environmental hazards and occupational safety;
- Develop and provide national guidelines on environmental safety;
- Develop and provide national guidelines on occupational safety including radiological, biological and chemical hazards;
- Assist the Federal and Provincial Governments in formulating laws and policies related to environmental and occupational safety;
- Act in an advisory, investigative and consultative capacity to the Federal or Provincial Governments or the public in specific instances of actual or suspected environmental or occupational hazards
- The Institute shall ensure that its advice, policies, material, research and reports are available to the general public on the web site of the NIH.