Dow teams up with universities on lab safety, how’d the UC “Creating Safety...
Following up on a blog post last spring about a new lab safety partnership between Dow Chemical and the University of Minnesota, I’ve got a story in today’s issue of C&EN delving into the details...
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Stony Brook chemistry incorporates lab safety into Research Day celebration
Researchers developed lab safety demonstrations, competed for prizes, and attended a safety equipment expo as part of Stony Brook University chemistry department’s Research Day in January. Research Day...
View ArticleSafety videos, courtesy of a department contest
Last Spring, the University of Minnesota department of chemical engineering and materials science held a lab safety video contest. Department chair Frank Bates thought it would be a nice way to...
View ArticleMentoring for lab safety
From this week’s issue of C&EN: Chemistry Professors Promote Lab Safety When it comes to training students and postdoctoral researchers to work safely in academic laboratories, it is hard to...
View ArticleIn memory of those who died, something to do in lab today
From Derek Lowe, regarding the four DuPont workers who died from a methyl mercaptan leak two weeks ago (I would add, also, the many others who’ve died in laboratory accidents): So in memory of these...
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Safety Madness at UT Austin
March is fast approaching and with it March Madness, also known as the NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament (go Cardinal!). The chemistry department at the University of Texas, Austin, took a page out...
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National Safety Stand-Down May 2-6
University of California, Irvine, EH&S officer Dave Melitz applies whipped cream to a student’s goggles for the student to rinse off in an eyewash station. Credit: UCIWhat safety thing do you know...
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