Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

Chemistry World May 6, 2009 Rebecca Trager	UCLA fined following fatal lab accident The University of California, Los Angeles has been fined nearly $32,000 following the death of a laboratory assistant in January.
Chemistry World May 1, 2013 Rebecca Trager	UCLA chemist to stand trial for safety violations linked to Sheri Sangji death The chemist who supervised a research assistant who died from injuries sustained in a University of California, Los Angeles lab more than four years ago will go on trial in connection with her death.
Chemistry World January 23, 2009 Rebecca Trager	UCLA lab assistant dies The tragic event, which involved t-butyl lithium, a compound that spontaneously ignites on exposure to air, could have widespread implications for academic chemistry departments.
Chemistry World October 20, 2014 Rebecca Trager	UCLA spent $4.5 million on legal costs in Sangji case The University of California, Los Angeles has confirmed that it spent $4.5 million to defend chemistry professor Patrick Harran against criminal charges that resulted from the death of a young research assistant in early 2009.
Chemistry World August 19, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Tie funding to lab safety, urges Sheri Sangji's sister The American Chemical Society and its members are being pressed to speak out against poor safety conditions in US academic labs, and to consider researchers' safety records when allocating funding.
Chemistry World June 26, 2014 Rebecca Trager	UCLA chemist avoids prison time for lethal lab accident Russ Phifer, executive director of the National Registry of Certified Chemists thinks the charges brought against Patrick Harran and UCLA have improved lab safety.
Chemistry World May 29, 2014	Safety first? Just how safe is working in a laboratory? As Jon Evans discovers, it depends on where you are and who you ask
Chemistry World October 24, 2011 Rebecca Trager	US Universities' Lab Safety Under New Scrutiny US universities are under pressure to significantly step up safety at chemistry labs, following new findings and recommendations from the Chemical Safety Board.
Chemistry World January 9, 2012 Phillip Broadwith	What does it take to improve laboratory safety? A series of high-profile incidents at US universities has prompted close examination of attitudes towards safety in academic chemistry laboratories.
Chemistry World December 15, 2015 Rebecca Trager	AAAS poised to reconsider Harran's election to fellow The American Association for the Advancement of Science might reverse its election to fellow of a controversial University of California, Los Angeles chemistry professor. Patrick Harran was charged with manslaughter.
Chemistry World December 23, 2015 Rebecca Trager	AAAS's controversial chemist nomination withdrawn The AAAS faced backlash after announcing in November that Harran had been nominated for the 2016 AAAS fellows cycle. He had faced a possible significant prison sentence after his young research assistant, Sheri Sangji, died from burns sustained during a lab accident in early 2009.
Chemistry World December 14, 2012 Rebecca Trager	US urged to rethink chemistry graduate education US chemistry graduate education needs an overhaul to address a possible glut of chemistry PhDs and other obstacles, according to a new report released by the American Chemical Society.
Chemistry World October 14, 2013 Rebecca Trager	West Fertilizer plant cited for 24 'serious' safety violations The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the West Fertilizer chemical plant in Texas for 24 'serious safety violations', stemming from a fire and explosion there in April.
Chemistry World September 2, 2008 Rebecca Trager	Chemical safety board falls short The US government agency charged with investigating chemical accidents is failing to investigate even the most serious leaks and blasts, according to congressional watchdog the Government Accountability Office.
Chemistry World September 3, 2013 Rebecca Trager	US not accurately tracking serious chemical accidents The US government lacks accurate information about the frequency of serious industrial chemical accidents in the country, according to an analysis by the Dallas Morning News.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Refinery Safety Scrutinized New federal program aims to reduce refinery mishaps.
Chemistry World November 6, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Inaction at US Chemical Safety Board criticized The independent agency charged with investigating serious industrial chemical accidents in the US, is being accused of shirking its responsibilities in the face of internal squabbles.
Chemistry World November 17, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Carbon dioxide leak at US coffee plant prompts federal probe A US federal investigation has been launched after a carbon dioxide leak at a coffee roasting and decaffeination plant in Houston, Texas, led to the death of one employee.
Chemistry World June 4, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Laboratory safety goes digital The Dow Lab Safety Academy videos aim to provide a broad overview of the safety concerns in a modern lab, along with tips on how to integrate thinking about safety into everyday lab activities.
Chemistry World January 16, 2015 Rebecca Trager	MFG Chemical fined after worker dies The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined specialty chemical company MFG Chemical nearly $90,000.
Chemistry World April 25, 2014 Rebecca Trager	US safety body says deadly West explosion 'preventable' The fire and explosion that destroyed the West Fertilizer chemical plant in Texas last April, killing 15 people and injuring more than 200, was entirely preventable and highlights a pressing need for regulatory change.
Chemistry World December 9, 2008 Rebecca Trager	EPA tweaks hazardous waste rules for academic labs US chemistry laboratories have been freed from regulations on handling hazardous waste that lumped them under the same rules as industrial facilities.
Chemistry World September 16, 2015 Hepeng Jia	Tianjin blast prompts safety overhaul The recent blast in Tianjin port and other Chinese chemical plant accidents have prompted an overhaul of the country's approach to safety amid accusations of corruption and mismanagement.
Chemistry World June 17, 2015 Moray Stark	Safe science: promoting a culture of safety in academic chemical research The drive for this timely book has been a number of serious, and sometimes fatal, accidents in US university chemistry labs.
IndustryWeek April 21, 2010 Jonathan Katz	Investigators Eye Refinery Safety BP's safety issues raise questions about how certain manufacturers approach safety management.
IndustryWeek May 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz	OSHA Takes Heat for Refinery Fire Congressional committee says it could have done more to prevent fatal blast.
Chemistry World July 27, 2012 Rebecca Trager	BP's misdirected safety focus blamed for Deepwater debacle The US Chemical Safety Board, an independent federal agency, has concluded that safety lapses by BP and others led to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April 2010.
Chemistry World March 13, 2013 Andy Extance	University cleared, student recovering after poisoning The University of Southampton has told Chemistry World that a chemistry student poisoned last October was not exposed by accident or contamination on its premises. Malicious poisoning remains a possible explanation.
Chemistry World August 7, 2013 Lanay Tierney	Obama mandate calls for safer chemical facilities US President Barack Obama has issued a mandate for federal agencies to review industrial chemical safety regulations in the wake of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas in April.
Chemistry World May 26, 2015 Rebecca Trager	DuPont fined over fatal leak DuPont failed to take the necessary precautions to protect four workers who died after a methyl mercaptan leak at the company's facility in November 2014, the US Department of Labor's occupational safety and health administration has determined.
Chemistry World November 20, 2014 Rebecca Trager	Methyl mercaptan leak kills four workers A chemical leak at a DuPont plant near La Porte, US killed four workers and hospitalized another on 15 November. The cause of the accident remains under investigation, but it involved a methyl mercaptan leak.
Chemistry World June 29, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US Chemical Safety Board controversy continues Recent events have highlighted the dysfunction and discord within the US Chemical Safety Board, the independent federal agency charged with investigating serious industrial chemical accidents.
Chemistry World October 18, 2013 Phillip Broadwith	Worker dies in Dow lab fire An investigation by the local fire department concluded that the fire started when trimethylindium, a pyrophoric precursor to semiconductor materials, was exposed to the air and ignited spontaneously.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz	Refinery Blast Reinforces Calls for Process Safety OSHA forms new alliance to address hazards.
Reactive Reports Issue 56 David Bradley	Interview with William James Griffiths The developer of ChemRefer.com provides quick and free access to chemistry literature.
Chemistry World October 8, 2012 Rebecca Trager	US crime lab chemist arrest causes reverberations Last month's arrest of a chemist, who worked in a Massachusetts Department of Public Health state laboratory, for allegedly falsifying evidence used in criminal cases is prompting calls for major forensic science reform in the US.
Chemistry World July 2008 Dylan Stiles	Column: Bench Monkey Work in a chemistry lab long enough, and I can just about guarantee sooner or later you'll battle an accidental fire.
Chemistry World December 1, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US agencies test less than 1% of chemicals Less than 1% of the chemicals currently registered for commercial use in the US have undergone testing by government agencies, according to the Center for Effective Government
Chemistry World November 9, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Innovation in biomedical chemistry found wanting The pressure for researchers to publish or perish appears to be harming innovation in biomedicine and chemistry, according to research spearheaded by sociologist Jacob Foster from the University of California, Los Angeles
Chemistry World November 2011 Graeme Armstrong	Good Chemistry We must improve the chemistry between industry and society.
Chemistry World July 24, 2014 Rebecca Trager	Investigators find cause of West Virginia chemical spill The lack of a rigorous inspection program at Freedom Industries is to blame for the massive leak of (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol from a tank at a the company's storage site in West Virginia.
Chemistry World December 2011 Derek Lowes	Column: In the pipeline Everyone knows what a bad lab looks like. But is there an opposite design, one that everyone would agree is the right place to do research?
Chemistry World July 21, 2008	Chemical Education in Need of Reform China's university chemistry departments are struggling to attract students despite the rapid expansion of the country's higher education system.