Thanks for the reminder about the Gilbert chemistry set!  When I was 11, I wanted one for Christmas in the worst way.  My father ( a chemical engineer), did not give me one.  Instead,  he got some surplus apparatus from his lab and some basic chemicals,  a lab coat, and chemical splash goggles.   He made a chemistry lab for me in his basement darkroom  (under lock and key).  The rule was:  I  never work in it unless he supervised, and any experiments I did involved an in-depth safety discussion first.  I was never disappointed,  and I kept my eyebrows throughout my childhood. 

Eddie McGrath 

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From: Michael <mabuczynski**At_Symbol_Here**HOTMAIL.COM>

Date: 5/27/17 6:13 PM (GMT-05:00)

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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Labcoats

I had same reject issue. I changed to plain text rather than HTML and problem stopped.

On Sat, May 27, 2017, 11:20 Jeffrey Lewin <jclewin**At_Symbol_Here**mtu.edu> wrote:

My reply keeps getting rejected due to some sort of image insert, so I'm sending as a stand-alone post:

Zack,

I don't think we are as far apart as you think, and I appreciate the MIT link.

In case it wasn't clear, I was aiming at those faculty that use PPE as a primary defense, rather than following the hierarchy of hazard mitigation (elimination, substitution, engineering, administrative, then PPE).  

I also agree that academia lags behind industry, I regularly cite the following:

Schroder, et al. 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jchas.2015..03.001

In my safety discussions.  

One of the more interesting comments in this article was a correlation between wearing PPE and reduced injuries in the lab.  Note that the reduction in injuries may not have been from the PPE per se, but that those people that regularly wear PPE also tend to be safer workers and/or work in environments that promote other safe practices.

Jeff

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Compliance, Integrity, and Safety

Environmental Health and Safety

Michigan Technological University

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