We use the universal pads. I'm particularly fond of the New Pig Corp material. The only specific spill material I recommend is the Spill-x or similar material for formaldehyde (cuts the odor almost immediately, but still haz waste), HF (most universal pads won't touch this) and corn oil/vermiculite or kitty litter for osmium tetroxide. We've been trying out a new product: Green Stuff Absorbent, that the labs seems to like/ www.greenstuffabsorbent.com Kim Auletta Lab Safety Specialist EH&S Z=6200 Stony Brook University kauletta**At_Symbol_Here**notes.cc.sunysb.edu 631-632-3032 EH&S Web site: http://www.stonybrook.edu/ehs/lab/ Remember to wash your hands! From: Margaret RakasTo: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU Date: 11/10/2009 04:47 PM Subject: [DCHAS-L] Setting Up Spill Kits... Sent by: DCHAS-L Discussion List Hi, We're setting up a new 'wet' science building and while we have 'spill kits' here, I would like to find out what others find useful to keep on hand and deal with: 1) Small (1 gallon or less) solvent spills --acetone, ethanol, the like 2) Acid/base spills I am particularly interested whether you have chosen to go with the 'universal' sorbent pads OR instead use a powder that (at least in the case of acid/base spills) neutralizes. I can see the benefit from a powder for flammable spills--there isn't the issue of packaging a solvent-soaked combustible pad for safety, until the next lab pack--but I would think that using a neutralizing agent pretty much means the vapors are going to lead you into respirator use. Any products or methods you've loved, please let me know! Many thanks, Margaret Margaret A. Rakas, Ph.D. Manager, Inventory & Regulatory Affairs Clark Science Center Smith College Northampton, MA. 01063 p: 413-585-3877 f: 413-585-3786
We use the universal pads. I'm particularly fond of the New Pig Corp material. The only specific spill material I recommend is the Spill-x or similar material for formaldehyde (cuts the odor almost immediately, but still haz waste), HF (most universal pads won't touch this) and corn oil/vermiculite or kitty litter for osmium tetroxide.We've been trying out a new product: Green Stuff Absorbent, that the labs seems to like/ www.greenstuffabsorbent.com
Kim Auletta
Lab Safety Specialist
EH&S Z=6200
Stony Brook University
kauletta**At_Symbol_Here**notes.cc.sunysb.edu
631-632-3032
EH&S Web site: http://www.stonybrook.edu/ehs/lab/Remember to wash your hands!
From: Margaret Rakas <mrakas**At_Symbol_Here**SMITH.EDU> To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU Date: 11/10/2009 04:47 PM Subject: [DCHAS-L] Setting Up Spill Kits... Sent by: DCHAS-L Discussion List <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**LIST.UVM.EDU>
Hi,We're setting up a new 'wet' science building and while we have 'spill kits' here, I would like to find out what others find useful to keep on hand and deal with:
1) Small (1 gallon or less) solvent spills --acetone, ethanol, the like
2) Acid/base spills
I am particularly interested whether you have chosen to go with the 'universal' sorbent pads OR instead use a powder that (at least in the case of acid/base spills) neutralizes. I can see the benefit from a powder for flammable spills--there isn't the issue of packaging a solvent-soaked combustible pad for safety, until the next lab pack--but I would think that using a neutralizing agent pretty much means the vapors are going to lead you into respirator use.
Any products or methods you've loved, please let me know!
Many thanks,
Margaret
Margaret A. Rakas, Ph.D.
Manager, Inventory & Regulatory Affairs
Clark Science Center
Smith College
Northampton, MA. 01063
p: 413-585-3877
f: 413-585-3786
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