Safety – Page 6
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Puzzle
On the spot: boil and bubble
What would you do if a bottle of waste chemicals starts bubbling?
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News
Criminal charges dismissed early against UCLA's Patrick Harran
Principal investigator implicated in the death of UCLA research assistant Sheri Sangji sees charges dropped over district attorney’s objections
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Puzzle
On the spot: breathe easy
An alarm is going off in an NMR lab as you walk by. What would you do?
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Business
US court overturns plant safety rule delay
Appeal finds Trump’s postponement of the 2017 Chemical Disaster Rule was unlawful
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News
Chemical reaction database in danger of closing down
Chemical Safety Library containing information on hazardous reactions is seeking a partner to help it stay afloat
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News
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
The ban-wagon rolls on
YouTube’s removal of chemistry videos demonstrates a lack of scientific understanding that will only hurt budding scientists
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News
OPCW to identify perpetrators of chemical attacks
The international watchdog wants to ensure those responsible for the use of chemical weapons are ‘held accountable’
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News
More tumult at America’s chemical safety agency
The final act of US Chemical Safety Board’s departing chairwoman was to fire its managing director, who’d been on paid leave for three years
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News
Hobby chemists fall foul of YouTube's content purge
Platform’s removal of home experiments and synthesis tutorial videos worries hobby chemists
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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
Chemical plants urged to revise emergency plans
US chemical safety agency says the Arkema disaster caused by hurricane Harvey should serve as a warning to other companies
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News
New guidelines to standardise toxicity testing for nanomaterials
OECD hopes methods will ensure companies are singing from same song sheet on nanosafety