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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Chemical Safety headlines from Google (8 articles)
Date: Monday, November 17, 2014 6:52:57 AM
Author: "Secretary, ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety" <secretary**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Benchtop Methylene Chloride Use in Undergraduate OChem labs
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 04:54:24 +0000
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From: "Kennedy, Sheila" <s1kennedy**At_Symbol_Here**ucsd.edu>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Lesson learned video - but what about student labs?
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:48:10 +0000
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We tell students to wash coats, separating them from normal wash for at least a first rinse. Or get together at the lauder-mat & order pizza.
Contaminated coats are bagged as hazardous waste.
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Sheila Kennedy, C.H.O.
Safety Coordinator | CHEM Teaching Laboratories
Chemistry & Biochemistry | University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr. | La Jolla, CA 92093-0303
(858) 534 - 0221 | office

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From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of Norm Bell
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 2:18 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Lesson learned video - but what about student labs?

We had a washer and dryer installed in our science center to wash lab coats.
I see no problem with routine washing needs. Situations with contamination by hazardous substances would need to be dealt with on a case by case basis.

Norm Bell

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From: DCHAS-L Discussion List [mailto:dchas-l**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU] On Behalf Of David Roberts
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 12:47 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**MED.CORNELL.EDU
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Lesson learned video - but what about student labs?

I know it always degrades to this - and I'm sorry - but we have again been talking about this at my institution, and the question that comes up for small town, small college people is how do we launder these coats. We can't have a service here (for many reasons - the easiest call being that there aren't any that would come from our town). Can I just install a washing machine somewhere in the chemistry dept - or ????? I would do that - not a problem - I just need to know if that's allowed

Thanks
Dave

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