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Preface
Colleges and Universities, as well as chemical industries, face increasing expectations by both the public and regulatory agencies to perform in accordance with accepted chemical safety standards. Graduating chemists should keep pace with this scrutiny by learning safe handling and disposal of chemicals. This educational initiative is pursued by many schools, colleges, and universities by upgrading chemical safety education within the chemistry curriculum. The Spring 1997 American Chemical Society (ACS) Symposium "Educating for OSHA Savvy Chemists " resulted from a history of cooperation between the divisions of Chemical Health and Safety and Chemical Education. Previous Symposia focused the need for chemical safety education. The Spring 1997 Symposium brought three important groups together to present ideas on why OSHA Savvy was needed, how to achieve departmental-level compliance with chemical regulations, and specific educational techniques to include safety principles within the chemistry curriculum. Because the Symposium represented a conglomeration of new ideas and advice from a variety of sources it became clear that a published volume would benefit a varied audience. Whether written by a new student, practicing chemist, or chemical educator the chapters presented here provide invaluable resources for addressing the evolving world of safe chemical practice. A major objective of this symposium volume is to serve as a guide for designing plans to provide chemical professionals with the basic education to understand the relationships between the hazardous properties of the chemicals with which they work and chemical health and safety issues, government regulations, and industrial hygiene in the chemical field. It does not cover all related issues, specify all minimum legal standards, or necessarily represent the policy of the ACS. P A U L J. U T T E R B A C K
Tacoma Public Utilities P.O. Box 11007 Tacoma, W A 98411 DAVID A. NELSON
Department of Chemistry University of Wyoming Box 3838, University Station Laramie, W Y 82071
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Utterback and Nelson; Educating for OSHA Savvy Chemists ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1998.
