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OSU Chemistry Department's Safety Website

Basic Guidelines For Safe Practices :
Minimize risk by safe laboratory practices, including use of personal protective equipment (goggles, gloves ...).

We should always be thinking of the unexpected beforehand. Let's ask ourselves
" What would I do if ..." before we start an experiment.  Most of all, let's give respect to all chemicals.
                            
OSU's Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) website is an excellent source of information on chemical disposal, hazard communication program, chemical inventory list and other important information.

Reference Texts

  1. Safety in Academic Chemistry Laboratories
    published by the American Chemical Society
  2. Improving Safety in Chemical Laboratories
    edited by Jay A. Young.
 
ANNOUNCEMENT

April 16, 2008

The third quarterly training is posted in a memo form. It deals with the proper use of fume hoods.

The last safety training (concerns those that did not attend the August 2007 or Jan 2008  meetings) will be scheduled in June 2008.

 
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