Thanks Ralph, I really enjoyed learning the history and legacy of The Bretherick's Handbook! I've consulted, referenced and used it as a definitive guideline for decades, but never knew how it was developed. Nice!
Bruce V
-----Original Message----- There are two interesting and related stories in Chemistry World today: and Rebooted chemical safety database now hosted by ACS https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/rebooted-chemical-safety-database-now-hosted-by-acs/4012674.article Let me know if you have any questions about this. - Ralph Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO --- ---
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Subject: [DCHAS-L] "We are often blissfully unaware of the yawning thermodynamic abyss that lies just a little beyond our standard reaction conditions. There monsters be. "
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is an history of Bretherick‰??s handbook which includes the quote in the subject line
describes the Chemical Safety Library of potential dangerous experiments now being hosted by the CAS branch of the ACS at https://safescience.cas.org
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