All Safety articles
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NewsHow emergency services prepare for major chemical spills
Meet the experts who prepare emergency responders for the worst case scenario
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BusinessUS reviews chemical incident prevention planning rules
Risk Management Program has been extended and rolled back under successive governments
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OpinionWhat makes a good lab manager?
The planning and people skills needed to keep everything running smoothly
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OpinionDo chemists die young?
Death notices for chemists suggest perhaps not, despite the hazards found in many labs
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NewsDanish university pauses chemistry demonstrations following accident
‘Genie in a bottle’ demonstration failure hospitalised two, leading to a review of all experiments in the school’s chemistry shows
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FeatureThe undergraduate lab practical transformation
Nina Notman speaks to the educators leading the charge to revamp how university students learn in the laboratory
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Business17 dead in solvent explosion at Indian plant
Dozens more injured at pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturer in Andhra Pradesh
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NewsSodium cyanide spill in West Midlands canal
Surface coatings company says that it was the source of the spill
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BusinessVent and burn in East Palestine train derailment was unnecessary
Safety board investigation confirms faulty wheel bearing caused crash
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OpinionA post-Flixborough risk assessment
In the last 50 years, attitudes to safety have improved so that first-hand experience of lab incidents is now rare
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News‘Fire and devastation’: 50 years on from the Flixborough disaster what’s changed?
Lessons from deadliest chemical accident in UK history are still relevant today
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BusinessTwo explosions in India leave at least 11 dead and dozens injured
Blasts occurred at a peroxides plant near Mumbai and an explosives factory in Chhattisgarh
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ResearchWhy are there metal particles in never-used cannabis vapes?
Findings cast doubt on past research showing metals are solely released by e-cigarettes when the devices’ coils are heated
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Research3D-printed capsules enhance speed and safety of synthetic chemistry
Encapsulated reagents allow chemists to ditch their Schlenk line to synthesise ferrocene
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NewsEPA’s updated chemical risk management plans rile industry groups
12,000 chemical plants required to draw up emergency plans for extreme weather and share hazard information with local communities
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OpinionMaking chemicals safe and sustainable
The green transition is an opportunity to also make industry simpler and safer
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News‘Hobby chemist’ guilty of possession of acids without a licence
Cheshire man receives 12-month community order
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BusinessExplosion at Indonesian nickel plant kills 19 workers
Police halt operations at the nickel smelting facility on Sulawesi island, while workers call for better safety measures
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CareersThe chemists creating knowledge-sharing websites
Speeding up scientific progress by sharing organic chemistry techniques, lab safety resources and computational procedures
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CareersOnline resources for chemists
A selection of tools, databases and advice sites to support your research