From today¹s ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety list [list ³owner²
Ralph B. Stuart, Keene State College]:
Excerpt from full story at
http://www.wkrn.com/top-news/chemistry-safety-experts-warn-schools-to-stop-u
nsafe-science-demonstrations/1172474948
Chemistry safety experts warn schools to stop unsafe science demonstrations
The science experiment that caused a flash fire, injuring 17 children and a
teacher at Merrol Hyde Magnet School on Wednesday was not a surprise to
chemical safety experts across the country. They have been warning schools
about unsafe lab demonstrations for years.
Word traveled fast to members of the American Chemical Society, Division of
Chemical Health and Safety. Samuella B. Sigmann, a lecturer and Chemical
Hygiene Officer at Appalachian State University in North Carolina, monitors
chemical safety incidents. She has documented 32 similar incidents at school
labs across the country, that injured at least 164 children and teachers.
The experiments used in schools have names like Green Flame, Rainbow Flame,
Whoosher Bottle, and Alcohol Cannon, and all involve alcohol-fueled flame
tests.
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