Below you will find safety information for students in undergraduate chemistry laboratory courses. All students taking laboratory courses in the Chemistry Department must: Read this information. Read ...

It was a common laboratory procedure with an unexpectedreaction: A chemistry experiment at Columbia University ended in an explosion that left a post-doctoral researcher hospitalized with serious ...

The laboratory is a place where ideas are conceptualized and materialized into novel discoveries. As the laboratory houses a vast array of complex equipment and dangerous chemicals, it is imperative ...

“A rules-based approach to chemical safety education and information is inadequate,” said Ralph Stuart during a symposium at last month’s American Chemical Society national meeting in San Diego.

These rules are designed to limit unnecessary radiation exposures and contamination of the facilities and equipment and to minimize the consequences of a radiation accident if it should occur. Copies ...