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Environment officer

Manna is an environmental officer for the Environment Agency, she discusses her role in this video.   The team she works in inspects businesses to ensure they are managing their waste properly, working closely with fire service and police as first responders in major disasters such as chemical fires. 

This video can provide a context for quantitative chemistry, amount of substances, concentration of solutions, chemical analysis, instrumental methods, the environmental impact of manufacturing, pollution, disposal of waste products, the effects of changing land use, environmental chemistry

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14-16 Chemical detection: instrumental methods 

14-16 Green chemistry

16-19 Modern analytical techniques

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