To my fellow CHAS members: As I assume my duties as Chair of the Division of Chemical Health and Safety, one of my goals is to stay in touch with our membership, as much as possible. As many of you are aware, I am the Safety Director at the C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry at West Virginia University. One of my latest projects at work is to promote safe chemical management within our research laboratories. To this end, I am participating in individual meetings with my research-active faculty in their offices. I posted my presentation on my safety Web page to allow our busy faculty to review it before our meeting. So far, the meetings have been very well-received and the faculty have responded with thoughtful questions and comments. It is a learning process for me, as well, as I take careful notes on the faculty comments and work with them to ensure laboratory safety and safe work practices. Here is the link to the departmental safety page and to my Chemical Management presentation. I share it with you in the hope that it may be useful to you in your efforts to promote safety in your workplace. http://www.wvu.edu/~chemistry/safety/safety/index.html Click on "Chemical Management" and allow a few moments for the presentation to load. Please note that this material is not provided to you for the purpose of publication or sale. Thank you for your interest in and support of laboratory safety. Please contact me if you should wish to discuss laboratory safety or if you wish to discuss how the Division of Chemical Health and Safety can better serve your needs. Learn more about CHAS activities at: http://membership.acs.org/c/chas/ I hope to see many of you at the 233rd ACS National Meeting in Chicago, IL, to be held March 25-29, 2007 and at the 234th ACS National Meeting in Boston, MA, to be held August 19-23, 2007. Best regards, Barbara 2007 CHAS Chair Barbara L. Foster, NRCC-CHO Certified Chemical Hygiene Officer Eberly College Safety Program Coordinator C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry Safety Director West Virginia University C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry Room 217 Clark Hall, Prospect Street PO Box 6045 Morgantown, WV 26506-6045 Phone (304) 293-2729 FAX (304) 293-4904 WORK SAFELY AND TEACH SAFETY Secretary, ACS Committee on Chemical Safety Chair-Elect, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety http://www.wvu.edu/~chemistry/safety/BarbaraLFoster.html
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