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From: Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] Media follow up to Virginia fire
Date: Nov 3, 2015 13:51 UTC
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There are two follow up stories of note about the Virginia school fire:
School system bans open-flame science experiments after accident
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.washingtonpost.com_local_education_school-2Dsystem-2Dbans-2Dopen-2Dflame-2Dscience-2Dexperiments-2Dafter-2Daccident_2015_11_02_ac5aad7a-2D8163-2D11e5-2D8ba6-2Dcec48b74b2a7-5Fstory.html&d=BQIFaQ&c=lb62iw4YL4RFalcE2hQUQealT9-RXrryqt9KZX2qu2s&r=meWM1Buqv4IQ27AlK1OJRjcQl09S1Zta6YXKalY_Io0&m=l4KLinDZul0K96PSzmjG_JARiGex8rLtXcLf-GOoVj8&s=BoSujYZMEj2C_IlDDADtTrC_t3PkSG0Ltcu-pzdgeKI&e=
This story includes the districtâ??s follow up steps, the ruling that the fire was accidental and reaction to the ban from NSTA, including a claim that "thereâ??s a growing expectation that college-bound students, particularly those who want to study science, have experience handling open flames in laboratories."
Va. high school chemistry lab fire raises safety concerns about 'rainbow experiment'
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.fox5dc.com_news_43555787-2Dstory&d=BQIFaQ&c=lb62iw4YL4RFalcE2hQUQealT9-RXrryqt9KZX2qu2s&r=meWM1Buqv4IQ27AlK1OJRjcQl09S1Zta6YXKalY_Io0&m=l4KLinDZul0K96PSzmjG_JARiGex8rLtXcLf-GOoVj8&s=PF7m0n3IMFHghEVbIN2EEuPK2WoUL7N5W1eFjJs8ty8&e=
This one discusses Calais Weber's ongoing efforts around this issue since the fire she was involved in 2006