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Lab safety for pregnant researchers obviously goes beyond reproductive toxins and other hazardous chemicals, so UCLA created a website "Research Safety for Pregnant Workers" as a guide to start the risk assessment and mitigation process. There is even a self-assessment worksheet.
https://ehs.ucla.edu/pregnantworkers

Craig

Craig A. Merlic
Professor of Chemistry, UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Executive Director, UC Center for Laboratory Safety
http://cls.ucla.edu
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569

On 9/20/22, 9:17 AM, "ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety on behalf of CHAS membership" <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU on behalf of membership**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG> wrote:

A recent analysis of the current guidance from more than 100 academic institutions’ Chemical Hygiene Plans (CHPs) indicates that the burden to implement laboratory reproductive health and safety practices is often placed on those already pregnant or planning conception. This report also found inconsistencies in the classification of potential reproductive toxins by resources generally considered to be authoritative, adding further confusion.

Register for Free at
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/acs-webinars/library/reproductive-health.html

Join Robin M. Izzo, Assistant Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety at Princeton University, Dr. Rich Wittman, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Stanford Health Care, and Katie McGeough, a Graduate Student at Boston College School of Social Work, as they discuss the findings reported in the Journal of American Chemical Society and provide both environmental health and safety and medical perspectives on risks to fertility, pregnancy, and other reproductive health concerns to all people working in the laboratory.

This ACS Webinar is moderated Chemical Hygiene Officer Ralph Stuart of Keene State College and co-produced with the ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety and ACS Committee on Chemical Safety.

What You Will Learn

• Understand the current state of knowledge relative to the potential reproductive health impacts of laboratory work, including chemical, biological and physical concerns
• Identify questions that people considering pregnancy or currently pregnant should ask about their work in the laboratory
• How to find and evaluate literature resources related to reproductive health issues in the lab

Webinar Details

• Thursday, October 6, 2022 @ 2-3:15pm ET
• Free to Register with ACS ID
• Slides will be available to download on the day of the webinar

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