Labs and Experiments

Allaboutcircuits.com - Electrical Safety Guide
Offers users information regarding electrical safety.
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_3/index.html

Bioethics Resources on the Web
A catalogue of bioethics resources within the National Institutes of Health and on the web.
http://bioethics.od.nih.gov/

Biosafety Resources
Biosafety resources on the internet, from the American Biological Safety Association.
http://www.absa.org/resinternet.html

Chemistry Safety Quiz
A short quiz that may prove surprising to you.
http://daphne.palomar.edu/safetyquiz/

Flinn Scientific - Overcrowding in the Science Laboratory
This article is intended to provide guidelines on how to help solve the problem of overcrowding in the science laboratory.
http://www.flinnsci.com/Sections/Safety/generalSafety/overcrouwding.asp

Flinn Scientific Safety
Fifteen articles ranging from 'goggle safety' to 'where and why science accidents occur.'
http://www.flinnsci.com/Sections/Safety/safety.asp

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.
http://www.purdue.edu/dp/envirosoft/housewaste/house/products.htm

The High School Safety Web Pages
A simple set of pages covering all aspects of high school lab safety, including photos.
http://www.chem.unl.edu/safety/hslabcon.html

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.
http://msds.chem.ox.ac.uk/incompatibles.html

Laboratory Fire Safety
From U of Oklahoma Dept. of Public Safety
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/labfire.htm

Laboratory Safety
Information is provided courtesy of the Department of Health, Safety and Environment at the University of British Columbia.
http://ohs.uvic.ca/labsafety/

Laboratory Safety Information
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's laboratory safety program.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/EHSRM/LAB/

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.
http://www.labsafety.org/

Liquid Nitrogen Safety
Safety notes and concerns for liquid nitrogen demonstrations. Liquid nitrogen is a dangerous material.
http://webs.wichita.edu/facsme/nitro/safe.htm

Minimal Risk Levels for Hazardous Substances (MRLs)
Data for nearly 300 hazardous substances.
http://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.
http://www.uic.edu/~magyar/Lab_Help/lghome.html

NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Chemical Safety
NIOSH databases and other resources.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/chemical-safety/

Online Safety Manuals
Safety manuals of all types on the web.
http://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.
http://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.
http://www.rmis.com/cd/mcche.htm

Safety in the Laboratory
General rules which apply to any laboratory situation.
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/lab/safety_rules.html

Safety Info.Com
Over 1000 pages of free safety information.
http://www.safetyinfo.com/

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.
http://www.scienceaware.com/

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."
http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/css/factsheets/

UVA/OEHS Laboratory Survival Manual
Covers safety practices, equipment use, first aid, properties of hazardous materials, MSDS, collection of waste products, and a glossary with additional references.
http://keats.admin.virginia.edu/lsm/

Yale University OEHS
Office of environmental health and safety. Has many downloadable (pdf format) safety newsletters, manuals, and regulations.
http://www.yale.edu/oehs/