Safety

This photo gives Chem 13 News the opportunity to share a teacher’s frightening experience with this demonstration. It informs and reminds readers about necessary safety considerations.  

Stacey Lavery has these rules for students at the University of Waterloo. Do you have a “top ten lab rules” list?

If a chemist has never been in a lab accident, they have been lucky. Of course, luck is more likely to come to those whose mentors have learned from bad experiences and to those who have taken preventive measures seriously. 

Health Canada issued an advisory this past summer, suggesting that exposure to boron substances be reduced as much as possible from all sources.