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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:28:57 -0400
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Subject: Re: Lab Notebooks with risk assessment page
From: ACTSNYC**At_Symbol_Here**cs.com
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Lab Notebooks with risk assessment page
Date: August 3, 2009 5:58:10 PM EDT (CA)
>The end result for academic chemistry research in the U.K. was that
risk
assessments have become an integral part of experiments. The assessments
don=92t apply just to chemical reactions but also to equipment such as
lasers.
I love this British regulation. Its been a part of their system for
more than a decade that I know of. It requires a risk assessment for
every potentially hazardous procedure--even in theater and art. Even
more important, the person deciding to do this procedure has to sign
the risk assessment. People really think before they do stuff like
this. Way cool. Wish we had one like it.
Monona Rossol
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