From: "Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety" <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] C&EN Safety Zone blog: [New post] University leaders should be responsible for lab safety, report says
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 08:19:57 -0400
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I would also note that at the Univ of California Lab Safety Center meeting this week, Dr. Taylor Eighmy, the chair of the committee that wrote the report pointed out he expected the toolbox presented in the report will continue to evolve. He invited the academic lab safety community to contribute to this evolution by nominating lab safety resources that should be brought to the attention of the APLU and its members. This can be done through a SurveyMonkey link on on their web page at
To help you identify resources of potential interest, "The guide is intended for university presidents and chancellors who have made a renewed commitment to improve their institutional culture of safety, and it is intended for the campus leadership team that the president appoints to helm this effort. The task force encourages each institution to use the guide in ways that fits their unique institutional contexts." There are many ACS tools already identified, this is a good opportunity to highlight institutional tools that you would like to share with your peers.
Presidents and chancellors of U.S. universities must take personal responsibility for changing the lab safety culture in academia, a newreportsays.
The document, published by the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU), challenges top university officials to create high-level committees responsible for lab safety, to modify tenure and promotion requirements to include safety, and to promote open commutation about accidents and near-misses on campuses. Although the report contains other recommendations, the ones putting emphasis on university officials' accountability are being viewed as most important by the report's authors and other safety experts.
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From Andrea Widener's story in C&EN: