We Are Teaching HazMat Awareness At School!

Teaching children about the presence of hazardous materials is our new “grass-roots” approach to educating the public on dangerous goods transport. Combining the brain trust of Skolnik and Labelmaster, we have developed a 33 slide presentation that is geared for both elementary and high school children. Questions such as “What are hazardous materials?” and “Why can these be dangerous?” start the students on a brief understanding of everyday products that can be dangerous and the perils of wrongful shipments. The students are asked to step up and become “HazMat Hero’s” and even consider careers as HazMat Professionals. At a recent presentation to children ranging in ages from 10 to 18, they were surprised to learn that “most of the students in my school carry small amounts of hazardous materials” and “this is a topic that needs to be discussed more often.” The goal of the program is to prevent children, and their parents, from accidentally shipping or carrying on-board aircraft, products that can react badly when in a transport mode. The presentation is in the “beta-testing” mode and can be viewed by going to: www.skolnik.com/hazmatawareness. Since this is not yet a final edition, we would welcome your suggestions for additional points and clarification. Also, if you have familiarity with the HazMat profession, we would like to encourage you to present this program in your local community. Contact me at 773.362.1900 or at howard@skolnik.com to receive a copy of the PowerPoint presentation.