Tall Tales of Hazmat: Dancing in the dark
8 Dec 2023The dictionary definition of ‘flammable’ means a substance is capable of...
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Editor’s letter on canals
5 Dec 2023In March 2021, the containership Ever Given blocked the Suez Canal for six...
30 Years Ago: December 1993
30 Nov 2023Older readers may well remember the MariChem series of exhibitions, which had...
Learning by training: Communication, conversation
17 Nov 2023The ability to communicate, i.e. to exchange information and use it as energy...
Letter from the busy editor
10 Nov 2023September was a busy month for us here on HCB. As markets have settled down...
Not otherwise specified: Bugs be gone
3 Nov 2023It is that time of the year when things outside the home like to get inside...
30 Years Ago: November 1993
1 Nov 2023Thirty years ago, the world was changing. Coming out of a deep recession,...
Categorical letter from the editor
13 Oct 2023Every month when I sit down to plan the next issue of HCB, the first task is to...
Learning by Training: Disinformation
6 Oct 2023European Legislation on cyber-security and disinformation is terrifying. An...
30 Years Ago: October 1993
2 Oct 2023In those far-off pre-Covid days, the October number was always HCB’s bumper...
NOS: a nose for wine
22 Sep 2023Sad news for wine lovers in Washington state, US in August, when a semi-trailer...
Editor’s newly normal letter
4 Sep 2023“We are normal and we dig Bert Weedon,” sang the Bonzo Dog Band back in the...
30 Years Ago: September 1993
31 Aug 2023The September 1993 issue of HCB led with the first part of our annual report by...
NOS: Let’s make the water turn red
24 Aug 2023There are places in this world where the local authorities turn rivers green to...
30 Years Ago: August 1993
1 Aug 2023Thirty years ago, and despite the ongoing recession, HCB was sufficiently well...
Learning by Training: Behaviour-based safety culture
21 Jul 2023In earlier columns I have explained that information is a physical substance...
Ongoing letter from the editor
14 Jul 2023The UN decided in the 1950s that there was a need for consistent regulation of...
30 Years Ago: July 1993
30 Jun 2023Trade, business and economics have been all over the place for the past three...
NOS: Bitte ein Bit!
16 Jun 2023Fire crews, police and rescue services descended on a residential property in...
30 years ago: June 1993
1 Jun 2023Regulatory harmonisation was very much in the air thirty years ago, not least...
Not otherwise specified: It goes ping
26 May 2023We well understand the frustration expressed by practitioners of the dark arts...