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- Title
Spill safety.
- Authors
Roy, Ken
- Abstract
The article offers guidelines on how to handle chemical spills in order to avoid accidents. Chemical spill kits should be available in the laboratory in the case of a spill incident. The first line of defense against a chemical spill is prevention in which effective means is to provide active training to use minimal amounts of hazardous chemicals. The Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories requires a Chemical Hygiene Plan to address all aspects of working with hazardous chemicals. The author presents the safety tips as recommended by the National Science Education Standards in case of chemical spills at schools.
- Subjects
CHEMICAL spills; CHEMICAL accidents; HAZARDOUS substances; HAZARDOUS wastes; ACCIDENT prevention; SAFETY; SCHOOL accident prevention; LABORATORIES; SCHOOLS
- Publication
Science Scope, 2005, Vol 28, Issue 5, p50
- ISSN
0887-2376
- Publication type
Article