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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Distance Undergraduate Lab Classes
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 1:18:07 PM
Author: "Meschewski, Brian D" <bmesche2**At_Symbol_Here**ILLINOIS.EDU> 		Next by Date:
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Distance Undergraduate Lab Classes
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 13:52:28 -0400
Author: James Kaufman

From: James Kaufman <jim**At_Symbol_Here**LABSAFETY.ORG>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Distance Undergraduate Lab Classes
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 13:46:36 -0400
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There are huge liability issues here. Forty years as an expert witness has left one clear thought. Proceed with great caution and allow no unsupervised activities that have any chance of going south. Please call if you want to discuss. ... Jim

PS. "There's more to lab safety than just labs!"

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On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 12:45 PM Jennifer Mattler <jmattler**At_Symbol_Here**stanford.edu> wrote:

Hi all,

Many institutions, including Stanford University, are conducting all classes online for the foreseeable future. We're quickly seeing a spike in questions around sending chemicals, adhesives, etc.. to students' homes to facilitate distance teaching lab classes. This presents a lot of thorny issues around safety, hazardous materials shipping, hazardous waste, safety culture, and equitable learning (i.e., some materials may only be available or able to be shipped domestically, leaving international students out).

How have other institutions tackled this? Are you completely banning it, providing a list of acceptable chemicals/work practices, reviewing each experiment, or totally out of the conversation?

Thank you all!

Jennifer

Jennifer Mattler, CIH, M.S., M.S.
Industrial Hygienist/Chemical Hygiene Officer
Environmental Health and Safety
Stanford University
650.723.0183

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