Chemical safety education and robust laboratory safety practices are critical to advancing academic research while safeguarding the health of students, researchers and staff. This field integrates ...

Contemporary laboratory safety practice and regulatory requirements require that all laboratory workers are knowledgeable of the hazards that they are exposed to, methods that can be used to minimize ...

The American Chemical Society (ACS) has been committed over the past five years to living its strategic value of Safety in the Chemistry Enterprise by holding ACS Presidential Safety Summits. The ...

It is the responsibility of the RIT EH&S Department to help ensure faculty, staff, students, and visitors have a safe and healthy working and learning environment in all RIT owned and operated ...

Many national and international chemical societies have a strong interest in chemical safety and security, and some already have internal committees for safety in place. Those societies in developing ...

Industrial researchers run their labs with much more attention to safety than do academic researchers, or so holds conventional wisdom. Dow Chemical is now tackling that disparity head-on in a pilot ...

Jonathan Witt is the college’s Chemical Hygiene Officer. Please reach out to him if you have any questions. This web based summary of Bates College’s Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) is intended to make ...

The annual University of Arkansas Lab Safety Week came to campus from Feb. 9 through Feb. 13, featuring a variety of safety ...

Fifteen years ago, a string of high-profile laboratory accidents, including the death of Sheri Sangji, rocked the world of chemistry. The events made Robert H. Hill, one of the authors of Laboratory ...

A strong safety culture protects faculty, students, and staff; promotes a sense of confidence among employees and students; and allows everyone on campus to focus on their work. Key aspects of this ...

Miami University is a Large Quantity Generator of "hazardous waste" as defined by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. If you are working with chemicals in any way, you should review all training ...

Like this puzzle, chemical safety has several pieces that together create the whole picture for working with chemicals in a safe manner. At the center of this puzzle is you, the employee or student.