Spill drill
Transport liquids and sooner or later something will spill. As a lab manager, you need to be prepared for that, as do the staff. One of the cheapest things you can get to make sure that a spill is contained … Continue reading Spill drill
Category: Chemical Hazards
Going above and beyond
My latest paper in the Journal of Chemical Health and Safety is out. Always a cause for celebration, but for the rest of you, here is the distilled version. Continue reading Going above and beyond
Dilute Acetone and Hydrogen Peroxide
Don’t mix acetone and hydrogen peroxide Continue reading Dilute Acetone and Hydrogen Peroxide
Mercury in the Sink Trap
How to detect the Continue reading Mercury in the Sink Trap
Basics of chemical compatibility
Chemical compatibility is frankly a subject of dread. And for good reason. Here is a database of chemical compatibilities. And here is a chart that gives a short version: The ones you really want to watch out for are H & … Continue reading Basics of chemical compatibility
Hydrofluoric acid accident
Imagine this being done to a human body Continue reading Hydrofluoric acid accident
