by Paula Steven, MSE, RS/REHS, CIH, CSP | Aug 4, 2022 | BGC Board Members, Directors, Information Sharing
How do you feel about moving your career from a place that is invisible to a place that is irresistible? My name is Paula Steven, and I am here to tell you that remarkable things are happening. I have spent my entire career focused on environmental health,...
by Kelly Fernandes, MSc, CIH | May 16, 2022 | BGC Board Members, CIH, Information Sharing
When I first decided to choose science as my study and career path I, like many good science students, thought I was heading to medical school. Little did I know that taking one course in environmental studies would change all that! You may ask yourself,...
by Paula Steven, MSE, RS/REHS, CIH, CSP | Nov 10, 2021 | BGC Board Members, CIH, Directors, Information Sharing
There I am: Paula Steven, wife, daughter, pet owner, trail rider, lover of the environment and all that lives in it. As a person, I am a daughter. I was adopted by a single male service member who was my very best friend in the world until I met my husband. Now they...
by Eileen O'Neill, PhD, BCES, WEF Fellow | Sep 7, 2021 | BGC Board Members, Directors, Information Sharing
I have the honor of serving as the Public Member on the Board for Global EHS Credentialing. This position, reserved for someone who does not hold one of BGC’s credentials, is intended to bring an external and public perspective to the Board. A trained and experienced...
by Thomas Grumbles, CIH, CPPS, FAIHA | Aug 5, 2021 | BGC Board Members, CIH, CPPS, Information Sharing
In 1974, I received my degree in Biology and went to work in Cincinnati in a USEPA biological research laboratory. I was in a group that ran auto engines with and without catalytic converters and exposed mice and rats to the exhaust in controlled exposure chambers. I...
by Alan Leibowitz, CIH, CSP, FAIHA | Jun 14, 2021 | BGC Board Members, Chair's Report, CIH, Information Sharing
As a consequence of the global pandemic, the value of health professionals and scientists has become clear to the rational majority of the world’s population. We have risen to the greatest health challenge the world has faced in more than a generation. Scientists...