ISO 17025 Accredited Analytical Services Laboratory and DENR Accredited Chemical Waste Management System

Institute of Chemistry, UP Diliman
IC established a quality system in its Instrument Room and ana-
lytical services laboratory which gained an ISO 17025 accredita-
tion in 2009. In addition to this IC have established and maintains a
DENR accredited functional chemical waste management system.

IC continues to maintain and upgrade a state of the art, well-
equipped Analytical Instrumentation Laboratory that is able to
support teaching, research and extension services through the
help of various research funding agencies and the university.
Benchmarked from the ISO 17025/DENR.

For more inquiries, please contact either Florian R. del Mundo, Li-
libeth dlc Coo or Irene Rodriguez. 

PACT now Fifty

As part of the year – long celebration of its 50th anniversary,
“Gold! Bounty, Economy, Ecology” was the theme of the
seminar-workshop conducted by the Philippine Association of
Chemistry Teachers, Inc., during this year’s Chemistry Week. More
than 60 chemistry teachers attended this event last 19 February
2011 at the FUSE Learning Center for Teachers, Pearl of the Orient
Bldg., Roxas Blvd., Ermita, Manila.
Engr. Edwin Domingo, Overall Director FAPSO, DENR who enti-
tled his talk “Where is the Gold?” and Engr. Gabriel Pamintuan, Se-
nior Lecturer, Department of Engineering, UP Diliman who talked
on “Protecting the Ecology” were the speakers in the morning ses-
sion. In the afternoon, faculty members from the Centro Escolar
University and the College of the Holy Spirit, Manila, facilitated the
workshop “Laboratory Activities on Metals” involving gold.

The PACT President, Dr. Myrna Rodriguez of UPLB and the Chair
of the Organizing Committee, Prof. Emmanuel V. Garcia of DLSU
led the association in this endeavor. 

51st PACT National Convention

The Philippine Association of Chemistry Teachers (PACT) Inc., in cooperation with the San Beda College of Arts and Sciences, recently held it 51st National Convention last October 25-27 at the San Beda College in Mendiola. Basic and tertiary education teachers representing schools from all over the country, from Tuguegarao to Sultan Kudarat, participated in the event.  With the theme  “ChemS3: Society, Sustainability, Safety”, the gathering featured lectures and fora addressing critical issues such as National Development, the K-12 Initiative, Water Quality, Chemistry and Law Enforcement, and Boons and Banes of Technology in the Classroom.

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Proposed Chemistry Law

The Chemistry Law (R.A. 754) was promulgated on June 18, 1952. Because of the significant changes brought about by the rapid developments in Chemistry, science and technology, the rise of international standards, global competition, as well as concerns for the environment, climate change and sustainable development, there is an urgent need to reformulate the Chemistry Law so that it will be more responsive to these modern developments. Today, for example, sophisticated chemical design, synthesis and analyses are required in a wide variety of applications, such as environment, water, food products, pharmaceuticals, forensics, plastics and polymers, materials, and many others.

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