Segregate bases from acids, metals, explosives, organic peroxides and easily ignitable materials. Do not store aqueous sodium and potassium hydroxide solutions in aluminum drip trays. These will ...

Hurricane Harvey, and especially the flooding along the Gulf Coast that accompanied the storm, offered a litmus test for the safety of the nation’s petrochemical and refining industry. With a few ...

The primary goals of safe chemical storage are to reduce risk by minimizing quantities of chemicals stored, avoiding contact between incompatible chemicals, and preventing hazardous storage conditions ...

There is one constant in the world of hardware hacker’s workshops, be they a private workshop in your garage or a public hackspace, and it goes something like this: Everybody’s a safety expert in ...

Research personnel must attempt to keep the chemical inventory as small as possible. Submit a chemical pickup request for any old, expired or unused chemicals. Proper storage of chemicals is extremely ...