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From: info**At_Symbol_Here**ilpi.com Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Lab Safety News Date: August 26, 2009 9:02:11 AM EDT >Lab accident sends UBCO student to hospital with acid burns > This sounds like an accident that occurred when I was an undergraduate. In one of the other undergraduate chemistry classes, a student needed a few mL of concentrated nitric acid. He put his 10 mL graduated cylinder on the bench and then attempted to pour the concentrated acid into it from a 4 L bottle. Of course, the bottle didn't balance on the edge of the cylinder very well, and, when it inevitably slipped, he poured the concentrated acid onto his lower face and neck. No permanent injury, but he did get some burns. Obviously, in situations like this one needs to provide smaller reagent bottles or pump dispensers... Rob Toreki