"I got there two hours after the explosion," Kaufman remembers. "The light fixtures had been blown off the ceiling, the windows had been blown out of the room. There had been a lab bench with a ...

Purdue Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) has launched a new initiative to recognize research labs that go above and beyond in promoting a safe, compliant and respectful working environment — the ...

One Health Institute Laboratory members, from left, pose with Chancellor Gary S. May to accept the grand prize of this year’s Lab Safety Awards: Andrea Packham, Brian Bird, May, Tracy Drazenovich, ...

Chemical safety education and robust laboratory safety practices are critical to advancing academic research while safeguarding the health of students, researchers and staff. This field integrates ...

Think back to a time when you tried to go to work or class tired, stressed out, or upset. You likely had difficulty focusing which lead to more mistakes, poor collaboration, and results that were not ...

The Environmental Health and Safety department within Purdue Administrative Operations is partnering with the Campus Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association in recognizing Lab Safety ...

In February of this year, I was injured in an accident in a chemistry laboratory. I had set up an experiment that involved the separate use of hydrogen and oxygen gases fed into a glove box from ...

Although attitudes towards lab safety have grown more positive over the years, some academic researchers still believe that safe lab practices hamper research productivity. The idea is that time spent ...

Ensuring student safety in undergraduate teaching laboratories is a critical component of the responsibilities of the Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S). It is very difficult for ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - Every day, students at Arkansas State University are immersed in educational experiences to prepare them for their future careers. Many of those ...

Several resources and strategies have been developed to support students, faculty, and academic staff to start and maintain a student-led lab safety teams within academic institutions. The ACS CHAS ...

Subhash Verma, Ph.D., professor of microbiology and immunology, and his research team at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med), has received the 2025 Excellence in Laboratory ...