Chemicals/lab safety
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Question
Hi
I have 3 lab safety questions that am not sure of.
1. What is the first thing to do when you suspect a gas leak?
2. Is a butane lighter suitable to light Bunsen Burner in the lab?
3. Can chemicals used in the lab experiment be flushed down to the sink?
Thank you
What is the context of the questions and what type of lab are we talking aboput? Here are the short answers.
1. Depends on what you are doing at the time. It can range from hitting the emergency cutoff and leaving or just leaving.
2. No.
3. Depends on the the lab and many other details. Generally no.
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Chemistry (non-biochemistry), environmental science, occupational health and safety, environmental regulation and management, environmental engineering, and wastewater engineering. I'm the Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety and the Director of Research at the Institute of Textile Technology.
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