> >One way is to incorporate Lessons Learned writeups when we teach safety. Another possibility is to add a Lessons Learned field to both SDSs and also to the Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries on PubChem.

I would note that LCSSs on PubChem do include entries related to specific reactions noted in its compilation sources (such as the Pistoia Alliance Chemical Safety Library or CAMEO Chemicals) that could be considered part of the Lessons Learned corpus. Ideally, though, Lessons Learned could be harvested from the primary research literature which is much broader than the sources PubChem accesses. This is a future opportunity for the EHS and Chemical Information community to collaborate on. This work would be catalyzed by the guidelines for safety information which will be described in the webinar that was advertised in a third thread today.

Back to the original question, I would note that all of the information in the PubChem LCSS has references to its source, which could help a student recognize that this information doesn't apply to the lab setting. But the student would need both EHS and chemical information literacy to apply this information to their situation.

Thanks for starting a very interesting discussion!

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Environmental Safety Manager
Keene State College
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