The Qualitative Exposure Assessment (QEA) tool helps facilities fill in information where workplace chemical exposure data is not available. It identifies potential risk of worker exposure to harmful process chemicals within a facility.
The QEA:
Chemistry knowledge is essential in addressing solutions to complex global challenges such as achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. However, current teaching methods in chemistry often lack connections to global issues; without explicit practice and assessment, students cannot be expected to make these connections. Systems thinking (ST) has been proposed as part of an approach that aims to examine complex phenomena from a holistic perspective to prepare future scientists for the work needed to address these emerging global issues.