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Lab safety: National issue not JHU's concern
Issue date: 10/25/07
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"Sometimes people use gloves with crap on them and touch the computer, and people without gloves touch them. There are a lot of people in a little lab, anything can happen. We just need more space, because there are a lot of experiments going on," sophomore Wilson Tsang said.
"I've seen a lot of people drink water in the lab. That's not good. Even if you put the chemicals on benches and don't need them, the molecules are still in the air. You are drinking water along with all the molecules in the air. I definitely felt a little headache afterwards," sophomore Christian Chun said.
"I do feel that our lab is pretty safe because we don't work with dangerous things. People who work with dangerous things tend to tell us to stay away," Petsche said. "In an industrial chemistry lab, we have a chemist who does all this stuff in the hood. We also work with paraformaldehyde, which you don't want to inhale, so you wear a mask."
The general attitude given by Hopkins undergraduate researchers is that there's really nothing to worry about. The record shows this, as there have not been many major accidents.
Undergraduate researchers seem calm and assured when talking about safety procedures.
"Undergraduates don't work with as many dangerous chemicals," Connell said.
"I've seen a lot of people drink water in the lab. That's not good. Even if you put the chemicals on benches and don't need them, the molecules are still in the air. You are drinking water along with all the molecules in the air. I definitely felt a little headache afterwards," sophomore Christian Chun said.
"I do feel that our lab is pretty safe because we don't work with dangerous things. People who work with dangerous things tend to tell us to stay away," Petsche said. "In an industrial chemistry lab, we have a chemist who does all this stuff in the hood. We also work with paraformaldehyde, which you don't want to inhale, so you wear a mask."
The general attitude given by Hopkins undergraduate researchers is that there's really nothing to worry about. The record shows this, as there have not been many major accidents.
Undergraduate researchers seem calm and assured when talking about safety procedures.
"Undergraduates don't work with as many dangerous chemicals," Connell said.
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