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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines (10 articles)
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 6:38:31 AM
Author: Ralph Stuart <membership**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] JACS Perspective: A Call for Increased Focus on Reproductive Health within Lab Safety Culture
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:52:28 -0400
Author: Jack Brown

From: Ralph Stuart <Ralph.Stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] JACS Perspective: A Call for Increased Focus on Reproductive Health within Lab Safety Culture
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:54:09 +0000
Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Message-ID: 29E7239C-5675-4A74-A8D4-186695D260D2**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu


An article of likely interest from the Journal of the American Chemical Society
A Call for Increased Focus on Reproductive Health within Lab Safety Culture
‰?¢ Catherine P. McGeough,
‰?¢ Sarah Jane Mear, and
‰?¢ Timothy F. Jamison

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.1c03725

The approach to reproductive health and safety in academic laboratories requires increased focus and a shift in paradigm. Our analysis of the current guidance from more than 100 academic institutions‰?? Chemical Hygiene Plans (CHPs) indicates that the burden to implement laboratory reproductive health and safety practices is often placed on those already pregnant or planning conception. We also found inconsistencies in the classification of potential reproductive toxins by resources generally considered to be authoritative, adding further confusion. In the interest of human health and safe laboratory practice, we suggest straightforward changes that institutions and individual laboratories can make to address these present deficiencies: Provide consistent and clear information to laboratory researchers about reproductive health and normalize the discussion of reproductive health among all researchers. Doing so will promote safer and more inclusive laboratory environments.

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Environmental Safety Manager
Keene State College
603 358-2859

ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu

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