Week #4: (9/23) Personal Protective Equipment & Chemical Safety

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Week #4: (9/23) Personal Protective Equipment & Chemical Safety

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This week we will do a demonstration on Personal Protective Equipment from Week #3.

Then we'll discuss Chemical Safety.

Chemical Safety from the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention).

Here's the link to the NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. Or, you can download the pdf here:
NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards_2005-149.pdf
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Chemical Safety from the World Health Organization


Here's a pdf which we will discuss in class as well. A printed handout will be distributed in class on 9/23.
3 Chemical Safety Scenarios.pdf
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Springfield Mass, 1988, Chlorine Fire from the Associated Press. Here is the FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) report on the 1988 Springfield Chlorine Fire.

Springfield, MA, 1999, Fatal Explosion Kills 3 at Jahn Foundry.

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