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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (12 articles)
Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 7:46:35 AM
Author: "Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety" <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] "labcandy"
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:54:47 +0000
Author: "Kennedy, Sheila"

From: Ernie Lippert <ernielippert**At_Symbol_Here**TOAST.NET>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] "labcandy"
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 10:38:09 -0400
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"Good grief" said Charlie Brown, I never knew it was so bad!
Consider this syllogism:
All women look good in black,
And judges wear black robes,
Therefor all girls should go to law school and become judges.

According to wicki, less than a third of all judges in the United States are
women. There is a lot wrong with this whole subject on many different
levels. I thought people went into chemistry/science because of an innate
desire to understand the workings of nature. I didn't know it was
color-coordinated!
Regards,
Ernie Lippert

-----Original Message-----
From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of
Ralph B. Stuart
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 12:27 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] "labcandy"

> >Until this thread started I had never even thought of labcoats being
"men's" clothing, it was just a labcoat. >Now I know better, I guess I
should probably feel bad about being a woman wearing "men's" clothes(?)

At the DCHAS technical sessions today, the person from the University of
California system reported that one of the big lessons learned from their
recent PPE program rollout was the importance of having labcoats fitted for
female wearing. Their experience is that many new hazards were created by
poorly fitting labcoats and eye protection and a good program has to fit the
equipment to the person wearing it.

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Cornell University
rstuart**At_Symbol_Here**cornell.edu

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