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Subject: [DCHAS-L] ADV - Chemical Safety Workshop at Midwest Regional ACS Meeting
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2014 11:57:02 AM
Author: Harry Elston <helston**At_Symbol_Here**MIDWESTCHEMSAFETY.COM> 		Next by Date:
Subject: [DCHAS-L] CHAS Tweets and Chemical Safety headlines (12 articles)
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 09:45:33 -0400
Author: Secretary ACS DCHAS

From: Ralph B. Stuart <ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**CORNELL.EDU>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] C&EN article: Chemistry Professors Promote Lab Safety
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 13:42:26 +0000
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DCHAS people with access to C&EN on line are likely to be interested in the article at
http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i23/Chemistry-Professors-Promote-Lab-Safety.html

The lead paragraphs:
When it comes to training students and postdoctoral researchers to work safely in academic laboratories, it is hard to overemphasize the importance of the head of the lab-the principal investigator (PI).

"The PI sets the tone for how a lab is going to act and operate," says Dominick J. Casadonte Jr., a chemistry professor at Texas Tech University. "If the PI is very safety conscious and has safety as a priority, then students and professionals in the lab will also have it as a high priority."
....

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart CIH
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Department of Environmental Health and Safety
Cornell University

rstuart**At_Symbol_Here**cornell.edu

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