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From: "Wilhelm, Monique" <mwilhelm**At_Symbol_Here**UMFLINT.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Grassroots lab safety examples?
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:16:33 +0000
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There's such a thing???? Where do I get it?
Monique Wilhelm
Laboratory Manager
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
University of Michigan - Flint
From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety [mailto:DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU]
On Behalf Of Chainani, Edward Torres
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 4:13 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**PRINCETON.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Grassroots lab safety examples?
What about this substitution of a hazard: Use of commercially-available stabilized formulation of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide, instead of concocting "piranha solution" from scratch, resulting in fewer reports of "out-of-control"
piranha baths. Cleanroom researchers adopted the substitute after it was introduced to them.
Regards,
Edward Chainani, Ph.D.
Safety Engineer
College of Engineering Office of Safety
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
In a conversation with a colleague today, I was thinking of examples of lab situations in which lab workers "naturally" (i.e. without prompting from EHS offices) developed alternatives to the use of risky chemicals. Examples I came up with
included the decrease of the routine use of benzene and Chromerge to wash glassware; and the development of nitric acid based microwave systems to replace boiling perchloric acid baths.
I wonder if there are other examples of such natural transitions that others on DCHAS-L can identify?
Thanks for any help with this.
- Ralph
Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Environmental Safety Manager
Keene State College
603 358-2859
ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu
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