المجلة الدولية للعلوم والتقنية

The relationship between the work environment and the general environment is a reciprocal relationship, as the elements of the work environment constitute a vital part of the general environment in terms of various emissions, which are a major source of environmental pollution, and on the contrary, the pollution of the general environment can spread to the work environment and produce similar effects. Chemical risks are considered one of the most important types of work environment risks, as almost no economic activity is devoid of the use of chemicals, and around 100,000 chemicals are used at the global level, from which 400 million tons are produced annually. This study presents the types of hazards of chemicals in the work environment, whether they have an intrinsic or health hazard, the reasons for the presence of these hazards (personal reasons related to the user, physical causes related to the workplace) and the stages of presence of these hazards in the transportation, storage and use of chemicals in places, and the study also reviews Occupational safety methods used to reduce the damages of chemical hazards to the work environment, workers and the general environment. Through the study of many references and research that dealt with this topic, it was found that there is a real problem at the global level in the dangers of chemicals in the work environment and their damage to the surrounding environment, given that the largest source of this pollution is the industrial establishments, which caused a number of health and economic problems. It calls for concerted efforts from the relevant international organizations to limit these damages