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=22When firefighters arrived at the third-floor chemistry lab in the mul tipurpose classroom building on the west side of campus, the instructor had alre ady begun using sodium bicarbonate to neutralize the chemical. =22 It=27s not clear that the instructor was using sodium bicarbonate to neu tralize the chemical on his/her body, but that=27s the way I read it (the writ er could have meant that the instructor was using sodium bicarb to neutralize the spilled acid on the floor). Assuming that=27s the case, one has to wonder h ow much less severe the instructor=27s burns would have been had he flushed with copi ous amounts of water instead. ----- Original Message ----- From=3A List Moderator =3Cecgrants=40UVM.EDU=3E Date=3A Wednesday, March 4, 2009 2=3A03 pm Subject=3A =5BDCHAS-L=5D Two Recent Lab Hazmat Responses To=3A DCHAS-L=40LIST.UVM.EDU =3E . =3E March 1, Idaho Statesman - (Idaho) Chemical spill injures Boise =3E State =3E lab manager in Boise. A Boise State University lab instructor was =3E wounded at about 2 p.m. on February 28 when 500 ml of nitric aci d =3E spilled onto his wrist, forearm, thigh, and knee, according to a =3E police spokeswoman. When firefighters arrived at the third-floor =3E chemistry lab in the multipurpose classroom building on the west =3E side =3E of campus, the instructor had already begun using sodium =3E bicarbonate =3E to neutralize the chemical. He was taken to Saint Alphonsus =3E Regional =3E Medical Center for burn treatment. About 60 people, including tw o =3E uninjured lab students, were evacuated as the building was checked =3E and =3E the spill cleaned up. The incident did not affect classes or other =3E activities on campus. =3E =3E Source=3A http=3A//www.idahostatesman.com/boise/story/683419.h tml =3E