Safety
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Opinion
Catalysing the clean-up of methamphetamine
Closing a meth lab is just the first step towards making it safe
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News
Chemical weapons watchdog opens new lab as end nears for deadly munitions
New facility will allow OPCW to address changing nature of threat from chemical weapons
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News
IChemE welcomes government decision to remove EU law deadline that could affect safety
Move allays concerns that safety legislation could have been revoked
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Opinion
Letters: April 2023
Including an invitation to review articles for the National Research Foundation of Ukraine
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Opinion
Meeting the tigers of the lab
Practical teaching strikes a balance between removing hazards and learning to respect them
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News
Bhopal disaster explainer: will court ruling end victims’ search for compensation?
39 years ago one of the world’s worst chemical disasters killed thousands in India
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News
Indian supreme court ruling effectively ends Bhopal compensation claims from Dow
Hundreds of thousands of victims of deadly disaster still seeking support 39 years later
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Opinion
What can we learn from East Palestine?
How chemists should learn to deal with spills in the lab and in the plant
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Opinion
A new regulatory paradigm for increased robustness in chemical testing
Non-animal methods could revolutionise how we assess toxicity
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Research
Gel capsules make reactions with organolithiums simpler and safer
Low-cost gels improve the handling and storage of traditionally dangerous organometallics, expanding applications and possibilities in synthesis
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News
University of Delaware labs reopen after explosive accidentally synthesised by student
The shock-sensitive material was destroyed in a controlled detonation
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News
US accelerator accident hospitalises worker, delays XFEL startup
The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory lab director has stood down after the latest in a series of safety incidents and complaints
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Careers
Documenting hazards in the lab for pregnant chemists
After failing to find the safety information they needed, two pregnant chemists began a project to review hazards in labs
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Opinion
What to expect when your customer’s quality auditor visits
Checking a chemical plant is meeting standards
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News
9 out of 10 scientists hate their lab coat
Genius Lab Gear wants to replace the boxy garment with tailored apparel that fits different body shapes and sizes
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Business
Fatal hydrogen sulfide leak at US waste treatment plant
One worker killed and four others injured at US Ecology site in Ohio
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Opinion
Letters: September 2022
Readers celebrate apprenticeships, near-miss reporting and plants in urban areas
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News
Worrying ingredients found in tattoo inks made in the US
Azo-containing dyes and nanoparticles discovered in US tattoo inks often aren’t listed on labels