Lab safety challenges persist 10 years after Sheri Sangji’s death

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Survey reveals that safety is taken seriously at top US universities but worrying gaps still remain

This year marks a decade since Sheri Sangji, young research assistant at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), died from burns received while carrying out a lab experiment. While this watershed moment has changed lab safety across the US for the better it is clear that there is more work to do.