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Re: [DCHAS-L] How is chemical security managed at your institution?
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Dec 13, 2022 14:56 UTC
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The ACS Committee on Chemical Safety developed a checklist for Security Vulnerability Analysis for academic and small chemical laboratories that is still available on the CCS website - security-vulnerability-checklist.pdf (acs.org)
I have long been surprised at the ease at which some campus facilities can be accessed but would note this has steadily improved over the past decade, at least in the US. Many more institutions are taking chemical security seriously.
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From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> On Behalf Of Jessica Martin
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 9:11 AM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU
Subject: [DCHAS-L] How is chemical security managed at your institution?
Hi All,
I was just reading the following paper in ACS Chemical Health & Safety: Identifying University Chemicals That Pose Security Risks: A Simple Qualitative Approach.
In this paper, Sandia Laboratories helps a university in Kenya do a security assessment of their chemical inventory. Just reading the description of the security measures that were already in place for getting onto this campus in Kenya, it made me think that they likely already had higher chemical security than any of the campuses I have been on in the US.
I’m curious what everyone’s experiences with chemical security are on this thread. After reading this paper, do you think your campus has it nailed? Is there room for improvement? Or do you have virtually no chemical security whatsoever? I’m curious how big of an issue this is on campuses around the US.
NSF Graduate Research Fellow (2018-2021)
Joint Safety Team, Founding Member (2018-2021)
Pinkhassik Group, Department of Chemistry (2016-2021)
University of Connecticut
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Joint Safety Team, Founding Member (2018-2021)
Pinkhassik Group, Department of Chemistry (2016-2021)
University of Connecticut
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