From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> on behalf of "Gmurczyk, Marta" <M_Gmurczyk**At_Symbol_Here**ACS.ORG>
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 12:32 PM
To: "DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU" <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] New Safety Resources

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Dear CHAS Members:

We need your help. We keep creating excellent resources, but please, please help us to communicate and engage your communities with these new offerings.  Here what is new:

• An excellent information from Dr. Ken Roy, who serves as the Safety Advisor for NSTA. Dr. Roy has been contributing to a number of the ACS Projects.

“Procuring Lab Chemicals—A ‘Cradle to Grave’ Safety Issue” – NSTA Safety Blog March Commentary by Dr. Ken Roy – Dealing with hazardous chemicals is a cradle to grave safety issue and critical for a safer teaching/learning environment.   Learn about the potential safety hazards and resulting safety risks BEFORE procuring lab chemicals!

https://www.nsta.org/blog/procuring-lab-chemicals-cradle-grave-safety-issue

• New ACS Course on Foundations for Storing, Organizing and Disposing of Chemicals in Educational Settings.

The course frames chemical management using the RAMP management system: Recognize hazards, Assess the risks of the hazards, Minimize and manage the risks of the hazards, and Prepare for the unexpected and emergencies. The course includes six lessons, each designed to be completed in about 60–90 minutes, including the assessment. The whole course takes about 10 hours to complete. Participants who complete the course will receive a certificate of completion. The certificate will indicate 10 hours of learning and can be used as documentation to obtain professional development credit for K–12 teachers. The course is free of charge and available to all.

• CCS High School Chemical Safety Grant

The purpose of the  CCS High School Chemical Safety Grant is to promote chemical safety excellence in secondary education in one of the following areas:

• Integrating chemical safety into curriculum (e.g., Incorporating risk management, RAMP, into lab activities, teaching risk assessment to students and creating a culture of safety in the classroom).
• Advocating for safe chemical practices (e.g., developing and implementing peer professional development for teachers and administration, obtaining Chemical Hygiene Officer training).
• Improving chemical safety infrastructure (e.g., improvements in chemical storage, inventory management, ordering, or waste disposal).

• Two new videos :

 Safety Information: PubChem Database

Safety Information: GHS

ACS Chemical Safety You Tube Playlist has now 21 videos  and over 219K views! Please check it at:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLG7h7fPoH8IZ6i2rfDK0zVoompXayRL_

Big than you to all CHAS members who contributed to all these resource. Now, please help us to grow engagement with these great offerings!

Marta

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