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Spill drill

May 28, 2019 BasedLabMan

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

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Going above and beyond

February 19, 2019 BasedLabMan

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

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Hexafluorine

January 16, 2018 BasedLabMan

Hydrofluoric acid is one of the nastiest chemicals around, despite being one of the weaker acids. It’s one of the most tissue destructive organic acids; read, something you really do not want to get on yourself. The question is: how … Continue reading Hexafluorine

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