> There are limits to this, so I’d be curious to know what people’s Real World™ experience has been in lab settings.
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I visited a lab institution about ten years ago where these were being piloted. The results were hit and miss, depending on the lab architecture, furniture selection and the enthusiasm of the person doing the check up. I suspect the technology has improved significantly since then.

> > Think about the importance of knowing exactly what is in a lab that is on fire. And the time savings for researchers.

A list of cryptic names are not likely to be particularly useful for the first responders. However, a risk banding system that could work with that raw data to generate CAMEO like advice for a diverse chemical inventory could be interesting project to take on.

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
ralph**At_Symbol_Here**rstuartcih.org

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