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Web pages on "Labs and Experiments":

Allaboutcircuits.com - Electrical Safety Guide
Offers users information regarding electrical safety.
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_3/index.html

Animals in the Classroom
Guidelines for responsible use of animals for educational purposes.
http://www.nsta.org/handbook/animals.asp

Bioethics Resources on the Web
This website provides a comprehensive catalogue of bioethics resources within the National Institutes of Health and on the web.
http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/

Biosafety Resources
Biosafety resources on the internet, from the American Biological Safety Association.
http://www.absa.org/resinternet.html

Chemistry Safety Quiz
A short quiz that may prove surprising to you.
http://daphne.palomar.edu/safetyquiz/

Environmental Health and Safety Index
A very large, comprehensive set of links to lab safety resources. Topics include government and nongovernment agencies, ergonomics, radiation issues, and biohazards.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/EHSRM/EHSLINKS/

Flinn Scientific Safety
Fifteen articles ranging from 'goggle safety' to 'where and why science accidents occur.' Worthwhile reading for any science teacher.
http://www.flinnsci.com/index.taf?_UserReference=E90EDA9E3150849F3CBF50B9&_pi=1140&_op=864

Hazardous Products and Compounds in the Home
Alphabetical listing of many household products and the hazardous compounds which make up these products. Many of these materials are used in labs, experiments and even art projects.
http://www.epa.gov/grtlakes/seahome/housewaste/house/products.htm

Incompatible Chemicals
A wide variety of chemicals react dangerously when mixed with certain other materials. Some of the more widely-used incompatible chemicals are listed here, but the absence of a chemical from this list should not be taken to indicate that it is safe t
http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/incompatibles.html

Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries
Concise, critical discussions of the toxicity, flammability, reactivity, and explosibility of 88 chemicals commonly used in scientific research laboratories. Directions for handling, storage, and disposal and special instructions for first aid and em
http://www.hhmi.org/science/labsafe/lcss/index.html

Laboratory Fire Safety
From U of Oklahoma Dept. of Public Safety
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/labfire.htm

Laboratory Safety
Information is provided courtesy of the Department of Health, Safety & Environment at the University of British Columbia.
http://web.uvic.ca/ohs/labsafety.html

Laboratory Safety Information
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's laboratory safety program.
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/EHSRM/LAB/

Liquid Nitrogen Safety
Safety notes and concerns for liquid nitrogen demonstrations. Liquid nitrogen is a dangerous material.
http://webs.wichita.edu/facsme/nitro/safe.htm

Minimal Risk Levels for Hazardous Substances (MRLs)
Data for nearly 300 hazardous substances.
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/mrls.html

MSDS Quiz
A seven part on-line tutorial and quiz that introduces the reader to Material Safety Data Sheets.
http://www.ilpi.com/msds/quiz/

New Chemistry Lab Guide
Dr. Cal's good laboratory practices and WWW chemistry information for students. Topics include lab safety, lab report writing, preparing for lab, and organic lab tips.
http://www.uic.edu/~magyar/Lab_Help/lghome.html

Online Safety Manuals
Safety manuals of all types on the web.
http://www.pp.okstate.edu/ehs/links/manuals.htm

Risk Management Internet Services - Biosafety Programs
Offering paid subscribers texts of biosafety, chemical safety, respiratory protection and hazardous wastes programs from around the world.
http://www.rmis.com/db/progchem.htm

Safety in Organic Chemistry Laboratory
Explicit guidelines which are reasonable for all chemistry labs. Easily adaptable into a safety contract.
http://www.towson.edu/~sweeting/safeorg.htm

Safety in the Laboratory
General rules which apply to any laboratory situation.
http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/ACT/lab/safety_rules.html

Safety Info.Com
Over 1000 pages of free safety information.
http://www.safetyinfo.com/

Science Lab Safety Rules
Covers all aspects of high school safety in a lab. Seems to be most appropriate for chemistry situations, but there is much which applies to biology or physics.
http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/clab.htm

ScienceAware
Downloadable safety checklists, quizzes, and other handouts, as well as access to other free lab-safety materials developed especially for high school science teachers and students.
http://www.scienceaware.com/

The High School Safety Web Pages
A simple set of pages covering all aspects of high school lab safety, including photos.
http://www.chem.unl.edu/safety/hslabcon.html

The Laboratory Safety Workshop
A non-profit national center for health, safety and environmental affairs. The workshop's mission is to make health and safety an integral and important part of science education, work, and life in general.
http://www.labsafety.org/

UIUC Chemical Waste and Safety Fact Sheets
The complete collection of advice and warnings offered to those working at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in HTML and pdf formats. Includes "101 Ways to Reduce Hazardous Waste in the Laboratory" and "Pollution Preven
http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/css/factsheets/

Yale University OEHS
Office of environmental health and safety. Has many downloadable (pdf format) safety newsletters, manuals, and regulations.
http://www.yale.edu/oehs/

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