About This Archive  | DCHAS-L 2022 Index   | DCHAS-L Yearly Index
person wearing a disposable face shield and surgical style mask

Check out Safety Emporium for your N95, N99, and face shield needs.

Previous by Date:
Subject: FW: [DCHAS-L] expert witness needed
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 8:31:06 AM
Author: "Incarvito, Christopher" <chris.incarvito**At_Symbol_Here**YALE.EDU> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: FW: [DCHAS-L] expert witness needed
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 07:27:33 -0600
Author: neal**At_Symbol_Here**chemical-safety.com

From: Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] [External] Re: [DCHAS-L] [External] Re: [DCHAS-L] Qiagen kits incident report
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 13:25:56 +0000
Reply-To: Monona Rossol <actsnyc**At_Symbol_Here**cs.com>
Message-ID: 650660923.7271576.1655904356685**At_Symbol_Here**mail.yahoo.com
In-Reply-To <90119F57-DA58-496B-8872-360F18EC19DD**At_Symbol_Here**rstuartcih.org>


You can get drunk a lot faster inhaling alcohol than drinking it.  For a while, there were "bars" here in NYC and probably elsewhere where you could inhale alcohol in vapor or mist form.  They died out within a couple years, I suspect because the alcohol also causes respiratory system irritation.  Monona


-----Original Message-----
From: Ralph Stuart <ralph**At_Symbol_Here**RSTUARTCIH.ORG>
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU
Sent: Wed, Jun 22, 2022 6:11 am
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] [External] Re: [DCHAS-L] [External] Re: [DCHAS-L] Qiagen kits incident report

> I ask if anyone knows what is generated if you mix ethanol (which is in the sample prep waste) with bleach?  We then discuss chloroform…

Thanks for this information.

One aspect of your story I appreciate is the fact that having two people involved resulted in earlier detection and mitigation of the problem. Similarly, a lab tech told me a story about changing out 70% ethanol preservative solutions in insect collections stored in an unventilated space with a partner. After about 15 minutes of this work, she noticed that the other person was acting silly and realized that they were both getting drunk from breathing the ethanol.

This aspect of lab safety is not often present in the ongoing and ever present "working alone in the lab" discussions...


- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
ralph**At_Symbol_Here**rstuartcih.org

---
For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org
Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas
--- For more information about the DCHAS-L e-mail list, contact the Divisional membership chair at membership**At_Symbol_Here**dchas.org Follow us on Twitter **At_Symbol_Here**acsdchas

Previous post   |  Top of Page   |   Next post


The content of this page reflects the personal opinion(s) of the author(s) only, not the American Chemical Society, ILPI, Safety Emporium, or any other party. Use of any information on this page is at the reader's own risk. Unauthorized reproduction of these materials is prohibited. Send questions/comments about the archive to secretary@dchas.org.
The maintenance and hosting of the DCHAS-L archive is provided through the generous support of Safety Emporium.