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This 2011 video by the Chemical Safety Board is a very serious and moving motivation for adopting safe practices in the chemical laboratory. It focuses on two recent and very real safety issues in University labs (UCLA, 2008 and TTU, 2010 ), both of which have shaken the educational research community to result in positive change.
I have shared a "SafeShare" link so that you will not have to listen to ads, and if you choose to play the link in your classroom, you will not see all the Youtube ads on the screen.
Students will gain a real sense of the importance of chemical safety in the laboratory that is related to real people who have suffered real losses.
I will be using this video as part of my standard safety training during intake of new undergraduate researchers in my research lab and in the first week of Advanced lab.
I will also be working to get our general chemistry coordinator to adopt some or all of it as part of the lab safety training for freshmen.