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rebeccmeisterI got stuck with a really irritating lab job: Chemical Safety Person. This is because my lab does not have a research technician. Instead, us grad students do everything. The problem is, this freaking job has consumed my life for the past two days. I have been going through all of our chemicals, some of which date back to the '80's, and have been re-inventorying them. We have had a couple of undergraduates work on this project over the past couple of years, but we cannot expect them to have enough knowledge of chemistry to finalize the job.
Then, I discovered that I needed to obtain a couple more Material Safety Data Sheets for a couple of chemicals, and also had to look up a bunch of NFPA codes so Environmental Health and Safety can give us one of those safety diamonds on the outside of our door. That way, when the building catches on fire, fire-fighters know what level of protection to use. The bottom line, as far as I'm concerned, is that they should probably just let the whole thing burn. Of course, that will release all sorts of toxic things into the atmosphere. But it won't be as bad as a nuclear power plant explosion.
Bleh. At least it's mostly done now. I'm just glad to get everything up to date and get a procedure in place for ordering new chemicals and getting rid of old ones. Then I won't have to go through this massive headache again while I'm at ASU.
Then, I discovered that I needed to obtain a couple more Material Safety Data Sheets for a couple of chemicals, and also had to look up a bunch of NFPA codes so Environmental Health and Safety can give us one of those safety diamonds on the outside of our door. That way, when the building catches on fire, fire-fighters know what level of protection to use. The bottom line, as far as I'm concerned, is that they should probably just let the whole thing burn. Of course, that will release all sorts of toxic things into the atmosphere. But it won't be as bad as a nuclear power plant explosion.
Bleh. At least it's mostly done now. I'm just glad to get everything up to date and get a procedure in place for ordering new chemicals and getting rid of old ones. Then I won't have to go through this massive headache again while I'm at ASU.
