From:
List Moderator <esf**At_Symbol_Here**UVM.EDU>
Subject:
Re: Hold on a minute, Dr. E.
Date:
Oct 5, 2006 12:03 UTC
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List Moderator
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From: "Jeff"
Date: October 5, 2006 7:50:24 AM EDT
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Hold on a minute, Dr. E.
I agree but if you are going to require students to wear an air
purifying
respirator then the OSHA's requirements for respirators will have to
be met.
Not to mention the liability issues if the students share
respirators, HIV,
Hepatitis, Meningitis and other communicable diseases if they are not
properly cleaned between uses. Making sure they are properly used
would be
another hassle. I have been in labs where the students can not even keep
their safety glasses on, it seems they are more interesting in
protecting
their hair than their eyes, when you walk into a lab and see the
students
with their safety glasses on top of their heads. Money would be much
better
spent on properly ventilating the laboratory.
Jeff Tenney CHMM
The University of Akron
