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Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 08:49:48 -0400
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From: ILPI <info**At_Symbol_Here**ILPI.COM>
Subject: Re: Accidents in Chemistry
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>An e-mail from a non-CHAS member that I thought CHAS people might be
>interested in and/or have useful responses to...
>
>- Ralph
>
> From: glasfeld**At_Symbol_Here**reed.edu
> Subject: Accidents in Chemistry
> Date: June 18, 2006 2:34:22 PM EDT
>
>I hope the following suggestion isn't from too far out in left
>field. I just read a short article in Nature discussing chemical
>safety, with a particular mention to the relatively greater hazards
>associated with academic research (Nature vol. 441, p. 560).
>Alongside that article were a few dramatic and cautionary tales. It
>struck me that there should be some way (and there may already be)
>to distribute these stories, particularly to undergraduates just
>getting started.
>
>As a sometime mountaineer, I'm reminded of a (fortunately) slim
>publication by the American Alpine Club called "Accidents in North
>American Mountaineering", which provides a summary of accidents
>reported to the club in a given calendar year, along with analyses.
>These make great reading. They attract a certain morbid
>fascination, but also carry some important take-home lessons about
>safety.
>
>I would be great if there were a similar resource on chemical
>safety, especially one that would attract the attention of younger
>chemists (and their teachers) - perhaps something like "Accidents
>in North American Academic Chemistry". Does something like this
>exist? If not, I hope your division would consider some sort of
>publication that might serve that purpose.
>
>Thanks in advance for your consideration - again, I hope I'm not too
>far out on this idea,
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Arthur Glasfeld
>Department of Chemistry
>Reed College
>3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
>Portland, OR 97202
>USA
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