Defense Force staff members in East Timor, New Zealand are going to be the first to raise worries in relation to the chemical exposure and other environmental hazards that have been placed in records on health files.

The foremost hazard that will be electronically recorded is in relation to possible exposure to asbestos presence in the environment in East Timor.

Director of Defense Health, Dr. Alison Drewry said that almost all conventional battlefield environments had levels of risks due the presence of an array of chemicals and environmental dangers and the Defense Force was going to be able to keep a track on the exposure level of chemicals with the help of their electronic health records.

Dr. Drewry said that this could mean it would be an easier and improved method for trackers to relate any future health troubles and the services that they offer.

She said that the activities taken up by Defense in such environmental settings, such as cleaning up debris, or maybe also sleeping in not-used constructions sites might possibly have exposed them to particles in the environment that contained asbestos.

The system that has been brought in is taken as a precautionary move and will be utilized to recognize, manage and help personnel in being informed about the level of exposure to unhealthy particles while they served in the nation’s Defense Force.