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- Animals in the Classroom - Guidelines for responsible use of animals for educational purposes.
www.nsta.org/handbook/animals.asp
- Bioethics Resources on the Web - This website provides a comprehensive catalogue of bioethics resources within the National Institutes of Health and on the web.
www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics
- Biosafety Resources - Biosafety resources on the internet, from the American Biological Safety Association.
www.absa.org/resources/resource.htm
- Chemical Health and Safety Data - These chemical health and safety data are an excellent resource for reliable, no-frills information from the National Toxicology Program (NTP).
ntp-server.niehs.nih.gov/Main_Pages/Chem-HS.html
- Chemistry Safety Quiz - A short quiz that may prove surprising to you.
daphne.palomar.edu/safetyquiz
- Flinn Scientific Safety - Fifteen articles ranging from 'goggle safety' to 'where and why science accidents occur.' Worthwhile reading for any science teacher.
www.flinnsci.com/index.taf?_UserReference=E90EDA9E3150849F3CBF50B9&_pi=1140&_op=864
- Hazardous Products and Compounds in the Home - Alphabetical listing of many household products and the hazardous compounds which make up these products. Many of these materials are used in labs, experiments and even art projects.
www.epa.gov/grtlakes/seahome/housewaste/house/products.htm
- Incompatible Chemicals - A wide variety of chemicals react dangerously when mixed with certain other materials. Some of the more widely-used incompatible chemicals are listed here, but the absence of a chemical from this list should not be taken to indicate that it is safe to mix it with any other chemical.
physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/incompatibles.html
- Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries - Concise, critical discussions of the toxicity, flammability, reactivity, and explosibility of 88 chemicals commonly used in scientific research laboratories. Directions for handling, storage, and disposal and special instructions for first aid and emergency response are given. Unlike most Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), the LCSSs are designed especially for laboratory workers.
www.hhmi.org/science/labsafe/lcss/index.html
- Laboratory Fire Safety - From U of Oklahoma Dept. of Public Safety
www.ou.edu/oupd/labfire.htm
- Laboratory Safety - Information is provided courtesy of the Department of Health, Safety & Environment at the University of British Columbia.
web.uvic.ca/ohs/labsafety.html
- Laboratory Safety Information - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's laboratory safety program.
www.uwm.edu/Dept/EHSRM/LAB
- Liquid Nitrogen Safety - Safety notes and concerns for liquid nitrogen demonstrations. Liquid nitrogen is a dangerous material.
webs.wichita.edu/facsme/nitro/safe.htm
- Minimal Risk Levels for Hazardous Substances (MRLs) - Data for nearly 300 hazardous substances.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mrls.html
- New Chemistry Lab Guide - Dr. Cal's good laboratory practices and WWW chemistry information for students. Topics include lab safety, lab report writing, preparing for lab, and organic lab tips.
www.uic.edu/~magyar/Lab_Help/lghome.html
- Online Safety Manuals - Safety manuals of all types on the web.
www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/manuals.htm
- Risk Management Internet Services - Biosafety Programs - Offering paid subscribers texts of biosafety, chemical safety, respiratory protection and hazardous wastes programs from around the world.
www.rmis.com/db/progchem.htm
- Risk Management Internet Services - Chemistry Safety - Providing paid subscribers with online access to chemical databases on hazaradous properties, carcinogenicity, toxicity and biomedical effects and chemical safety sheets.
www.rmis.com/cd/mcche.htm
- Safety in Organic Chemistry Laboratory - Explicit guidelines which are reasonable for all chemistry labs. Easily adaptable into a safety contract.
www.towson.edu/~sweeting/safeorg.htm
- Safety in the Laboratory - General rules which apply to any laboratory situation.
www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/lab/safety_rules.html
- Safety Info.Com - Over 1000 pages of free safety information.
www.safetyinfo.com
- Science Lab Safety Rules - Covers all aspects of high school safety in a lab. Seems to be most appropriate for chemistry situations, but there is much which applies to biology or physics.
pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/clab.htm
- ScienceAware - Downloadable safety checklists, quizzes, and other handouts, as well as access to other free lab-safety materials developed especially for high school science teachers and students.
www.scienceaware.com
- The High School Safety Web Pages - A simple set of pages covering all aspects of high school lab safety, including photos.
wwitch.unl.edu/safety/hslabcon.html
- The Laboratory Safety Workshop - A non-profit national center for health, safety and environmental affairs. The workshop's mission is to make health and safety an integral and important part of science education, work, and life in general.
www.labsafety.org
- UIUC Chemical Waste and Safety Fact Sheets - The complete collection of advice and warnings offered to those working at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in HTML and pdf formats. Includes "101 Ways to Reduce Hazardous Waste in the Laboratory" and "Pollution Prevention in Laboratories: The How To Guide."
www.ehs.uiuc.edu/css/factsheets
- Yale University OEHS - Office of environmental health and safety. Has many downloadable (pdf format) safety newsletters, manuals, regulations, and more. Well-organized site.
www.yale.edu/oehs
- Environmental Health and Safety Index - A very large, comprehensive set of links to lab safety resources. Topics include government and nongovernment agencies, ergonomics, radiation issues, biohazards, and much more.
www.uwm.edu/People/rjg/ehslinks/ehslinks.html
- MSDS Quiz - A seven part on-line tutorial and quiz that introduces the reader to Material Safety Data Sheets.
www.ilpi.com/msds/quiz
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