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From: Craig Merlic <merlic**At_Symbol_Here**CHEM.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Nature Comment Pregnancy in Lab
Date: Feb 12, 2022 01:24 UTC
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ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety
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That article is titled "Pregnancy in the lab" and has some nice personal stories.
At UCLA we have tried to provide some more concrete assistance, so here is the EH&S page titled "Research Safety for Pregnant Workers":
https://www.ehs.ucla.edu/pregnantworkers
In my own organic synthesis research lab I would not advise a researcher to work in lab all the way through pregnancy. BUT there are all sorts of legal issues here (HIPAA, Title IX, etc). For example, I cannot ask if someone is pregnant, nor can I move them onto a different project, nor can I tell them not to come to lab.
The UCLA Graduate Division helps by providing advice and resources to pregnant graduate students and postdocs:
https://grad.ucla.edu/funding/working-at-ucla/childbirth-accommodation-funding/
https://grad.ucla.edu/academics/graduate-study/leave-of-absence-request
The Pregnant Scholar has a listing of University of California policies for pregnant students:
If your university does not have readily available advice, they should consider providing it.
Craig
Craig A. Merlic
Professor of Chemistry, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Executive Director, UC Center for Laboratory Safety
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569
From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> on behalf of Neal Langerman <chemsaf**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>
Reply-To: <neal**At_Symbol_Here**chemical-safety.com>
Date: Friday, February 11, 2022 at 7:41 AM
To: <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Subject: [SPAM] [DCHAS-L] Nature Comment Pregnancy in Lab
This may be of interest to many of you. Does not appear to be behind a pay wall.
Neal
Neal Langerman, PhD
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