Start the school year safely by assigning the Lab Safety STEM Certificate! Designed for middle and high school students, each video introduces essential lab procedures and safety guidelines, including ...

The following prudent biosafety practices are recommended by the National Academy of Sciences in the publication Biosafety in the Laboratory and in part constitute basic good biosafety practices.

Following the rapid innovation, creation and distribution of a vaccine for COVID-19, there is no question that the work done in labs is important. Each day, scientists and researchers are making ...

Research laboratories are unique work environments with multiple hazards. Hazardous chemicals are utilized in virtually every research laboratory, and are the common thread that unites all laboratory ...

Over the past century, chemistry has increased our understanding of the physical and biological world as well as our ability to manipulate it. As a result, most of the items we take for granted in ...

Think back to a time when you tried to go to work or class tired, stressed out, or upset. You likely had difficulty focusing which lead to more mistakes, poor collaboration, and results that were not ...

Industrial researchers run their labs with much more attention to safety than do academic researchers, or so holds conventional wisdom. Dow Chemical is now tackling that disparity head-on in a pilot ...

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) is partnering with the Campus Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) to recognize Lab Safety Awareness Week, taking place Feb. 9–13.

This 1.5 hour class provides basic right-to-know training on hazardous chemicals and provides instructions on how to safety handle and package laboratory wastes. All lab workers including but not ...

Like this puzzle, chemical safety has several pieces that together create the whole picture for working with chemicals in a safe manner. At the center of this puzzle is you, the employee or student.

Laboratory courses require unique consideration of both student-to-student and student-to teaching staff interactions. The hands-on and collaborative nature of laboratory science may require creative ...