It is the responsibility of the RIT EH&S Department to help ensure faculty, staff, students, and visitors have a safe and healthy working and learning environment in all RIT owned and operated ...

Whenever London-based cell biologist Jennifer Rohn joins a new lab, she finds herself being ushered over to a cardboard box filled with an array of lab coats. It’s then that she’s given her first task ...

Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) has traditionally relied on a fixed air changes per hour (ACH) approach to ensure safety in laboratory and research settings. Unfortunately, this method ...

Tuberculosis bacteria - one of the dangerous bugs that is studied in labs - KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Laboratory leaks and accidents have risen 50 per cent in Britain since Covid-19 emerged, ...

A 15-year-old student and teacher sustained burns when a fire erupted during a chemistry experiment at Brookline High School’s summer program on July 3. The incident highlights the need for laboratory ...

It is recommended that middle and high school chemistry laboratories include the lab and safety equipment below. For students to carry out investigations in a safe environment, the safety equipment ...

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 ...

Small bench-top fires are common in labs, but large fires are rare. Labs using solvents pose risks of flash fires, explosions, and toxic smoke. Prevent fires by planning experiments carefully, ...

For privacy, you can exit at any time. What is a research lab safety issue? A research lab safety issue is any spill, accident, or other incident that resulted in a breach of containment, environment ...

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 ...