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 ...

Elizabeth Braun, PhD and Christina McKeon Across North America, many school laboratories contain legacy chemicals that have accumulated over ...

Lab gloves contaminate microplastics research with stearate salts that mimic plastic signatures, creating false positives ...

Science classrooms with scientific equipment and supplies should not be used for non-science courses or activities unless the science materials can be stored in a secured area. Laboratory activities ...

A Brigham Young University faculty member has found a way for students to get hands-on chemistry experience without actually putting their hands on any chemicals. The students work with computer ...

Like this puzzle, chemical safety has several pieces that together create the whole picture for working with chemicals in a safe manner. At the center of this puzzle is you, the employee or student.

The EH&S department maintains a campus chemical inventory for regulatory, safety and informational reasons. The methods of data collection include chemical inventory at central receiving, delivery of ...

After 30 years, CHEM245 is being changed to two semesters of 0.5 course unit labs. Credit: Kylie Cooper The undergraduate chemistry department announced that in fall 2020 and onwards, the 1.0 course ...

We should not underestimate the prevalence of microplastics. They are everywhere—in our rivers, our lungs, and even in our blood. But researchers tracking this global pollution crisis may have ...