Hay started his career at the chemical pathology department at the
University of Leeds. He became Professor of Environmental Toxicology. He provided assistance to the forming of the
Chemical Weapons Convention in 1993, becoming international law in 1997. He works in the Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine. In 1995 he worked with
Physicians for Human Rights (PHR). In 2004 he helped prepare the
World Health Organization's (WHO) manual:
Public health response to biological and chemical weapons. Hay is an active advocate for promoting ethics to new generations of scientists, and he has headed a group of the
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) for educational materials on chemical warfare, which led to the creation of an online resource on "Multiple Uses of Chemicals". He has also represented the IUPAC for preparation of the
Biological Weapons Convention (also known as the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention).
Publications •
No fire, no thunder: the threat of chemical and biological weapons,
Pluto Press, 1984, •
A Magic Sword or a Big Itch: An Historical Look at the United States Biological Weapons Programme,
Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 1999 •
Simulants, Stimulants and Diseases: The Evolution of the United States Biological Warfare Programme, 1945–60,
Medicine, Conflict and Survival, July 1999
Awards and honours He was awarded the 2015
OPCW-The Hague Award by the
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Hay was appointed
Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the
2003 Birthday Honours for services to
occupational health. ==References==