The principle purpose of this Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP) is to define work policies and procedures to help ensure that laboratory employees at Calvin Univerysity will work safely with hazardous ...

EHS needs your help in keeping the chemical inventory up-to-date. At the bottom of this page are articles that can provide assistance in helping you get started. If you have any questions, please call ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the 21st century, chemistry research is more varied and expansive than ever before, the rules that keep one lab safe will not adequately address the possible risks in others. Rather than having a ...

The goal of this publication was to provide a protocol for development of standard operating procedures that would serve as a complement to the Chemical Laboratory Safety and Security: A Guide to ...

Following the rapid innovation, creation and distribution of a vaccine for COVID-19, there is no question that the work done in labs is important. Each day, scientists and researchers are making ...

"I got there two hours after the explosion," Kaufman remembers. "The light fixtures had been blown off the ceiling, the windows had been blown out of the room. There had been a lab bench with a ...

Purdue University's Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Policy definitions section states the Chemical and Laboratory Safety Committee was "formed in order to promote safe procurement, handling ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced on September 30 that it is sending investigators to look into the major chemical fire that occurred on September 29 at the ...

Science classrooms with scientific equipment and supplies should not be used for non-science courses or activities unless the science materials can be stored in a secured area. Laboratory activities ...

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released an update into the investigation of the chemical reaction and toxic gas release that caused a massive fire ...