About This Archive  | DCHAS-L 2009 Index   | DCHAS-L Yearly Index
person wearing a disposable face shield and surgical style mask

Check out Safety Emporium for your N95, N99, and face shield needs.

Previous by Date:
Subject: CHAS Safety Stimulus
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 07:37:38 -0700
Author: NEAL LANGERMAN 		Next by Date:
Subject: 12 Re: [DCHAS-L] Class lab fume hoods?
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:12:01 -0400
Author: List Moderator


Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:28:26 -0400
Reply-To: "Dr. Jay A. Young" <chemsafety**At_Symbol_Here**VERIZON.NET>
Sender: DCHAS-L Discussion List <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU>
From: "Dr. Jay A. Young" <chemsafety**At_Symbol_Here**VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: Sodium Azide
Comments: To: Carole Savoie <carole.savoie**At_Symbol_Here**POLYMTL.CA>

Carole,
 
The purpose of an MSDS is that it be read and that the hazards and precautions be understood as correct.
 
THEREFORE, IF THE PRECAUTIONS INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT "THE EQUIPMENT HAD [SIC] TO BE EXPLOSION PROOF" THEN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS EXPLOSION PROOF. 
 
If others reply to your inquiry indicating that they ignore such information in an MSDS, you can be CERTAIN that sooner or later they will not be able to answer any email inquiries until they re-build their facilities that were destroyed in an explosion.
 
Jay Young
**************************
----- Original Message -----
From: Carole Savoie
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 6:16 PM
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Sodium Azide

Good day everyone,

One of our researcher suddenly wants to use sodium azide in a chemical reaction.  I=92m aware of the risks associated with that chemical, but never used it as a chemist.  If you have any =93Thing to do or not do=94 experience or knowledge to share with us, we are very interested in reading them.

I read in the MSDS that the evacuation equipment had to be explosion-proof.  I can understand why, but is it the case in your institutions?

Thanking you in advance for your responses!

Carole

_________________________________________

Carole Savoie, Ph.D. Chemistry

OHS Senior Consultant

Radiation Safety Officer

OHS Sector

=C9cole Polytechnique

C.P. 6079, succ. Centre-ville

Montr=E9al, Qu=E9bec

Canada, H3C 3A7

T=E9l: (514) 340-4711, poste 4547

Fax: (514) 340-4333

Carole.Savoie**At_Symbol_Here**polymtl.ca

http://www.polymtl.ca/sst

 

Avez-vous r=E9ellement besoin d'imprimer ce courriel?  Prot=E9geons notre environnement!

 

MISE EN GARDE CONCERNANT LA CONFIDENTIALIT=C9
Ce courriel, ainsi que ses pi=E8ces jointes, contient de l'information de l=92=C9cole Polytechnique, qui peut =EAtre de nature confidentielle, et est r=E9serv=E9 exclusivement =E0 l'usage personnel et confidentiel du destinataire indiqu=E9 ci-dessus. Si ce message ne vous est pas adress=E9 et que vous n'=EAtes ni un employ=E9 ni un mandataire charg=E9 de le remettre au destinataire, nous vous avisons par les pr=E9sentes que vous avez re=E7u ce document par erreur et qu'il est strictement interdit de le r=E9viser, de le diffuser, de le distribuer ou d'en faire une copie. Si vous avez re=E7u cette communication par erreur, veuillez nous en aviser imm=E9diatement par courriel et supprimer le message original.

Previous post   |  Top of Page   |   Next post


The content of this page reflects the personal opinion(s) of the author(s) only, not the American Chemical Society, ILPI, Safety Emporium, or any other party. Use of any information on this page is at the reader's own risk. Unauthorized reproduction of these materials is prohibited. Send questions/comments about the archive to secretary@dchas.org.
The maintenance and hosting of the DCHAS-L archive is provided through the generous support of Safety Emporium.