All health and safety articles
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PuzzleOn the spot: pocketful of trouble
What would you do if you found a mystery substance in your lab coat pocket?
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News
1% of chemicals end up on benches in undergrad labs
First effort to quantify spillages points way to improving chemical handling
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News
Lab safety challenges persist 10 years after Sheri Sangji’s death
Survey reveals that safety is taken seriously at top US universities but worrying gaps still remain
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News
Big costs, no benefits to UK’s replacement for EU chemical regulation
Industry warns small volume chemicals could no longer be sold in the UK
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News
Accidents at cannabis cultivation facilities worry industry chemists
Incidents at marijuana growing facilities have caught the attention of the American Chemical Society, and its cannabis chemistry subdivision
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DuPont settles with US government over fatal chemical leak
Firm will pay $3.1 million to settle accident prevention violations linked to incident that killed four workers
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Opinion
Health and safety gets mad
Lab horror stories are fine – as long as we remember why we tell them
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News
Former US Chemical Safety Board chairman won’t be prosecuted
Justice Department has dropped a perjury case against Rafael Moure-Eraso
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Research
Fluorescent test strip detects deadly phosgene gas
Portable test checks for industrial gas leaks and chemical attacks
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Review
The radium girls: the dark story of America’s shining women
A reminder of where health and safety came from, and why it is so very important for progress
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Business
Chemical companies urged to update cyber defences
Outdated technology is leaving chemical, energy and petrochemical facilities vulnerable to ransomware attacks
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News
India’s university chemistry facilities in need of overhaul
Academics say outdated lab infrastructure is putting students at risk
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Chemical reaction database sparks discussion
The Chemical Safety Library under development by Pistoia could have legal implications for those who don’t learn from near misses
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Chemical company takes on lax university lab safety
Dow Chemical says academia can learn important lab safety lessons from industry
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News
New database highlights cumulative chemical dangers
Collaborative efforts offers information on hazardous chemical reactions and allows users to add their own incident reports
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News
University of Hawaii fines for lab explosion slashed by 40%
Six of the penalities related to a March lab explosion that critically injured a postdoctoral fellow have been dropped
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Lab explosion leaves University of Hawaii facing $115,000 fine
University cited for 15 safety violations related to a blast that gravely injured a postdoc in March
