Lab Safety
Karen Sumberg, a vice-president at the Center for Work-Life Policy, talks about the very measurable effects of stress in the workplace.
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You'd think the Energy Department would be good about saving on energy consumption, but a new internal audit suggests it has wasted millions of dollars
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On the heels of significant steps already taken by UCLA in the last six months to improve laboratory safety programs, a campus committee conducting a comprehensive review has recommended a number of additional changes
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Fume hoods are important and critical pieces of equipment in many labs, and a competent certification company can align the operator, the laboratory environment and the hood itself to improve effective hood use.
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What kinds of emergency situations can you anticipate? Answering these four questions can help you identify problems before beginning an experiment.
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During a recent poll on interviews, Salary.com received an alarming number of reports from people who had been asked highly inappropriate questions during an interview.
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The University of California, Los Angeles, has appealed findings of workplace safety violations issued by state regulators regarding the death of research assistant Sheharbano (Sheri) Sangji, who was burned in a laboratory fire there in December 2008.
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As the U.S. Secretary of Energy and hundreds of graduates and their families looked on, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) president Jean-Lou Chameau began Caltech's commencement ceremony by announcing $30 million in gifts as the first phase of a proposed $90 million initiative for a new institute.
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This month's cover story invites you to take a walk through your lab and look at everything as though seeing it for the first time, through unbiased eyes. Is there unnecessary clutter? Have your labcoats outlived their usefulness? What is the condition of your lab's extension cords? This simple exercise can help you develop a keener eye towards lab safety.
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Job Hazard Analysis - One of the cornerstones of any successful safety and health program is job hazard analysis (JHA).
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Toluene (C7H8) is a colorless liquid with a pungent odor. Stable under normal pressure and temperatures, it is highly flammable and easily ignited by sparks, heat or flame. It floats on water, boils at 232F and freezes at 139F.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the N.Y. State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) have agreed on a final cleanup action (called a remedy) for the inactive High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).
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