Safety – Page 4
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News
Rebooted chemical safety database now hosted by CAS
ACS data division partnership gives crowd-sourced reaction hazard library a more accessible and scalable platform
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News
Lack of standardised testing makes comparing nano skin tests hard
Study reemphasises that nanoparticles don’t penetrate the skin
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Business
How Covid-19 is changing drug manufacturing
Catalent is adapting, focusing on employee safety and supply chain security
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Podcast
Chlorine dioxide
Katrina Krämer investigates how industrial-strength bleach became promoted as ‘miracle mineral supplement’ – a supposed ‘cure’ for autism, cancer and even Covid-19.
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Article
Bitrex turns bitterness into better chemistry
Children’s curious nature makes keeping them safe an onerous task, but intuitive chemical solutions can help to avoid accidental poisoning
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Opinion
Visiting chemical plants
Seeing how other chemists do their work can be an eye-opening experience, in more ways than one
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News
Gruesome accident prompts call to find alternative to needles in chemistry labs
Injection injury involving trace amounts of dichloromethane caused serious tissue damage to student’s finger
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Opinion
The hunt for a killer stalking vapers
Vaping deaths in the US became a whodunnit as chemistry was called upon to track down the culprit
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Business
Two dead at US industrial tank cleaning site
Workers overcome by fumes in enclosed tanker truck
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Opinion
What we need to know to make our labs safer
We lack the data to fully understand the hazards in academic labs
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News
Sanctions imposed by research agency on Duke University lifted
University has met all commitments in plan agreed with National Institutes of Health
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Puzzle
On 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
Chemical safety database gets American Chemical Society and Iupac backing
Library of hazardous reactions and lab near misses has found partners to develop it and help keep it afloat