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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:21:11 -0500
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From: Kim Auletta <kauletta**At_Symbol_Here**NOTES.CC.SUNYSB.EDU>
Subject: Re: Setting Up Spill Kits...
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We use the universal pads. I'm particularly fond of the New Pig Corp
material. The only specific spill material I recommend is the Spill-x or
similar material for formaldehyde (cuts the odor almost immediately, but
still haz waste), HF (most universal pads won't touch this) and corn
oil/vermiculite or kitty litter for osmium tetroxide.
We've been trying out a new product: Green Stuff Absorbent, that the labs
seems to like/ www.greenstuffabsorbent.com
Kim Auletta
Lab Safety Specialist
EH&S Z=6200
Stony Brook University
kauletta**At_Symbol_Here**notes.cc.sunysb.edu
631-632-3032
EH&S Web site: http://www.stonybrook.edu/ehs/lab/
Remember to wash your hands!
From:
Margaret Rakas
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Date:
11/10/2009 04:47 PM
Subject:
[DCHAS-L] Setting Up Spill Kits...
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Hi,
We're setting up a new 'wet' science building and while we have 'spill
kits' here, I would like to find out what others find useful to keep on
hand and deal with:
1) Small (1 gallon or less) solvent spills --acetone, ethanol, the like
2) Acid/base spills
I am particularly interested whether you have chosen to go with the
'universal' sorbent pads OR instead use a powder that (at least in the
case of acid/base spills) neutralizes. I can see the benefit from a
powder for flammable spills--there isn't the issue of packaging a
solvent-soaked combustible pad for safety, until the next lab pack--but I
would think that using a neutralizing agent pretty much means the vapors
are going to lead you into respirator use.
Any products or methods you've loved, please let me know!
Many thanks,
Margaret
Margaret A. Rakas, Ph.D.
Manager, Inventory & Regulatory Affairs
Clark Science Center
Smith College
Northampton, MA. 01063
p: 413-585-3877
f: 413-585-3786
We use the universal pads. I'm particularly
fond of the New Pig Corp material. The only specific spill material I recommend
is the Spill-x or similar material for formaldehyde (cuts the odor almost
immediately, but still haz waste), HF (most universal pads won't touch
this) and corn oil/vermiculite or kitty litter for osmium tetroxide.
We've been trying out a new product:
Green Stuff Absorbent, that the labs seems to like/ www.greenstuffabsorbent.com
Kim Auletta
Lab Safety Specialist
EH&S Z=6200
Stony Brook University
kauletta**At_Symbol_Here**notes.cc.sunysb.edu
631-632-3032
EH&S Web site: http://www.stonybrook.edu/ehs/lab/
Remember to wash your hands!
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Hi,
We're setting up a new 'wet' science building and while we have 'spill
kits' here, I would like to find out what others find useful to keep on
hand and deal with:
1) Small (1 gallon or less) solvent spills --acetone, ethanol, the like
2) Acid/base spills
I am particularly interested whether you have chosen to go with the 'universal'
sorbent pads OR instead use a powder that (at least in the case of acid/base
spills) neutralizes. I can see the benefit from a powder for flammable
spills--there isn't the issue of packaging a solvent-soaked combustible
pad for safety, until the next lab pack--but I would think that using a
neutralizing agent pretty much means the vapors are going to lead you into
respirator use.
Any products or methods you've loved, please let me know!
Many thanks,
Margaret
Margaret A. Rakas, Ph.D.
Manager, Inventory & Regulatory Affairs
Clark Science Center
Smith College
Northampton, MA. 01063
p: 413-585-3877
f: 413-585-3786
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