ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVLaboratory Safety in...Laboratory Safety in AcademiaNEXTChemical waste managementPeter C. AshbrookPeter C. AshbrookMore by Peter C. AshbrookCite this: J. Chem. Health Saf. 2015, 22, 2, 40Publication Date (Web):March 1, 2015Publication History Published online1 March 2015Published inissue 1 March 2015https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchas.2015.01.008https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2015.01.008letterACS Publications© 2015 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views71Altmetric-Citations1LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVLaboratory Safety in...Laboratory Safety in AcademiaNEXTCompetence and compassionPeter AshbrookPeter Ashbrook[email protected]More by Peter AshbrookCite this: J. Chem. Health Saf. 2015, 22, 6, 40Publication Date (Web):November 1, 2015Publication History Published online1 November 2015Published inissue 1 November 2015https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2015.10.006© 2015 American Chemical SocietyRIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views6Altmetric-Citations1LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit Read OnlinePDF (143 KB) Get e-Alerts

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVLaboratory Safety in...Laboratory Safety in AcademiaNEXTLittle safety hazardsPeter C. AshbrookPeter C. AshbrookMore by Peter C. AshbrookCite this: J. Chem. Health Saf. 2015, 22, 3, 43Publication Date (Web):May 1, 2015Publication History Published online1 May 2015Published inissue 1 May 2015https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchas.2015.04.003https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2015.04.003otherACS Publications© 2015 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views18Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVLaboratory Safety in...Laboratory Safety in AcademiaNEXTHazard assessmentPeter C. AshbrookPeter C. AshbrookMore by Peter C. AshbrookCite this: J. Chem. Health Saf. 2014, 21, 2, 35Publication Date (Web):March 1, 2014Publication History Published online1 March 2014Published inissue 1 March 2014https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchas.2014.01.011https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2014.01.011letterACS Publications© 2014 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views10Altmetric-Citations2LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVLaboratory Safety in...Laboratory Safety in AcademiaNEXTNitric acidPeter C. AshbrookPeter C. AshbrookMore by Peter C. AshbrookCite this: J. Chem. Health Saf. 2015, 22, 1, 46Publication Date (Web):January 1, 2015Publication History Published online1 January 2015Published inissue 1 January 2015https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchas.2014.12.002https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2014.12.002otherACS Publications© 2015 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views44Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVLaboratory Safety in...Laboratory Safety in AcademiaNEXTInspection and maintenance of safety equipmentPeter C. AshbrookPeter C. AshbrookMore by Peter C. AshbrookCite this: J. Chem. Health Saf. 2014, 21, 1, 42Publication Date (Web):January 1, 2014Publication History Published online1 January 2014Published inissue 1 January 2014https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchas.2013.12.010https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2013.12.010otherACS Publications© 2014 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views18Altmetric-Citations1LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVLaboratory Safety in...Laboratory Safety in AcademiaNEXTFire hazardsPeter C. AshbrookPeter C. AshbrookMore by Peter C. AshbrookCite this: J. Chem. Health Saf. 2014, 21, 3, 36Publication Date (Web):May 1, 2014Publication History Published online1 May 2014Published inissue 1 May 2014https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchas.2014.03.009https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2014.03.009otherACS Publications© 2014 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views25Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts

In January 2010, an explosion seriously injured a graduate student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas Tech University (TTU) when he was working with energetic materials. In December 2008, a laboratory researcher at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) was fatally burned by an air sensitive chemical. In 2011 in response to the fatality, the Los Angeles District Attorney filed felony criminal charges against UCLA and a UCLA chemistry professor. In a settlement agreement, where the University of California regents agreed to follow comprehensive safety measures and endow a $500,000 scholarship in the name of the researcher killed by the incident, the charges against UCLA were dropped. As part of the agreement, the UC regents acknowledged and accepted responsibility for the conditions under which the laboratory operated on Dec. 29, 2008. At the time of the writing of this report, the felony charges against the UCLA chemistry professor are still pending.This report is a an update on the ongoing work by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), TTU, UCLA, Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA), American Chemical Society (ACS) and other organizations since the release of the October 19, 2011 CSB investigation report on the TTU incident.

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVLaboratory Safety in...Laboratory Safety in AcademiaNEXTLaboratory Safety in AcademiaPeter AshbrookPeter AshbrookMore by Peter AshbrookCite this: J. Chem. Health Saf. 2013, 20, 1, 62Publication Date (Web):January 1, 2013Publication History Published online1 January 2013Published inissue 1 January 2013https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchas.2012.12.010https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2012.12.010letterACS Publications© 2012 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views23Altmetric-Citations3LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVLaboratory Safety in...Laboratory Safety in AcademiaNEXTLaboratory InspectionsPeter C. AshbrookPeter C. AshbrookMore by Peter C. AshbrookCite this: J. Chem. Health Saf. 2013, 20, 4, 45Publication Date (Web):July 1, 2013Publication History Published online1 July 2013Published inissue 1 July 2013https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1016/j.jchas.2013.06.008https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2013.06.008letterACS Publications© 2013 American Chemical SocietyRequest reuse permissionsArticle Views11Altmetric-Citations1LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail Other access options Get e-Alerts

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVLaboratory Safety in...Laboratory Safety in AcademiaNEXTPrincipal Investigator/laboratory supervisor expectationsPeter C. AshbrookPeter C. AshbrookMore by Peter C. AshbrookCite this: J. Chem. Health Saf. 2013, 20, 5, 43–44Publication Date (Web):September 1, 2013Publication History Published online1 September 2013Published inissue 1 September 2013https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2013.08.008© 2013 American Chemical SocietyRIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views13Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit Read OnlinePDF (155 KB) Get e-Alerts

Most laboratory spills and accidents are small in scope and have minimal consequences. Occasionally, such incidents have larger ramifications and require an institutional response. This article describes a large contamination incident and addresses factors such as identifying the scope of the incident, developing an action plan, mobilizing resources, dealing with the media, and communication issues. While the details apply to a radiation contamination incident, the principles discussed in this article also apply to chemical and biological contamination incidents.

Scientists should have a more active role in encouraging meaningful reporting of science in the popular media. This is all the more crucial given that there are now fewer experienced science reporters and a greater demand for transparency.

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVFeatureNEXTEvaluation of EHS Incident Response Actions at a Large Research UniversityPeter C. AshbrookPeter C. AshbrookMore by Peter C. AshbrookCite this: Chem. Health Saf. 2004, 11, 2, 20–23Publication Date (Web):March 1, 2004Publication History Published online1 March 2004Published inissue 1 March 2004https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chs.2003.11.013Copyright © 2003 American Chemical SocietyRIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views17Altmetric-Citations-LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit Read OnlinePDF (128 KB) Get e-Alerts