emergency-response
nel for less than $1,000. While still not here yet, it will only be a matter of time before hand-held, cost effective Mass Spectrometry Gas and Liquid Chromatography is a reality. It’s both exciting and curious to imagine what the next twenty years will bring. (With any luck I will be living on a large sail-boat down south enjoying my $12 pint of Guiness.) Evolving technologies and research will inevitably have made further headway in terms of education and safety of emergency response, preparedness and prevention. There are many developing countries building heavy industry manufacturing bases that have begun to recognize the need for effective hazardous materials emergency response and environmental protection. It’s encouraging to see workshops and trade shows such as Lee Baker’s India Industrial Emergency Expo, slated for Hyderabad in March of 2010, developing in areas outside of North America. Clearly, these societies see the need to develop
and enhance their capabilities. Managed properly, they will not need to re-invent the wheel. The lessons learned in Europe, Australia and North America over the last twenty years will save them many growing pains. I wish to extend my congratulations to HazMat Management magazine on its 20th anniversary. 1989 was also the year I opened my first training and hazardous materials emergency response company. The then named “Hazardous Materials Management” magazine was the publication in which we bought our first advertising space. Many years later, when my partner related this to Guy Crittenden and his erstwhile colleagues, it became apparent that we were their first ad sale! The beginning of a great relationship! HMM
John Hosty is Director, Environmental Preparedness for Environmental Solutions® based in Mississauga, Ontario. Contact John at jhosty@esrs.info
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