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Students, the Other Unprotected Lab Animals
theodp writes "Slate reports on the horrible — and preventable — death of a young UCLA biochemist in a t-butyl lithium incident, which led a Chemical Health and Safety columnist to the disheartening conclusion that most academic laboratories are unsafe venues for work or study. It's estimated that accidents and injuries occur hundreds of times more frequently in academic labs than in industrial ones. Why? For one thing, Slate says, occupational safety and health laws that protect workers in hazardous jobs apply only to employees, not to undergrads, grad students, or research fellows who receive stipends from outside funders."
very true. i work in one of the most dangerous industries in the world (resources) yet i'm much safer at work than i am doing DIY work at home. it's rather ironic that the whole lefty money is the root of all evil crowds that populate most university's permit their workplace to be so much more dangerous.
If you mod me down, I will become more powerful than you can imagine....
Isn't it funny how the progressive forces in the university insist on applying standards to industry, and yet exempt themselves from the requirements on the grounds that compliance would be too expensive?
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
nothing forcing the safety issue like in a business setting
Yeah. Sell that. All hail OSHA. Send what's left of our research capacity to China.
BIDEN:
How many of you kids want to go to college? Well, guess what? Barack Obama and Joe Biden are going to make sure that every single one of you who qualify are going to get to go to college! Even if you don't have the money in your family to go, we're going to make sure you get there.
Do the schools think Great Leader Obama is going to pay full freight for 'every single one of you'?
LOL. You voted for it.
Now maybe I don't have my name written up in some fancy shmancy "scientific journal". But even *I* know that you don't handle pyrophoric materials without a labcoat!
Give me a break. You have no idea what you are talking about. Go get your degree in organic chemistry and then do at least a Master's thesis before you continue to pretend. "Fancy Shmancy?" You are a fucking idiot. I know I'm going to pay for that, but it needs to be said.
Just callin' it like I see it.
Yeah, but if there are problems with welfare - you fix them. Too many on the right use the problems as an excuse to suggest that you ditch it.
The same applies to government. Trying to make do with less governance isn't the solution to problems with government - instead what needs to be done is address the specific problems rather than running away and going "Aiiieee, government is evil".
The whole lack of regulation has brought us to this present crisis. And now there are those who forget that the lack of regulation happened for a reason - a reaction to the ill-considered regulation we had previously. Nevertheless, it should now be obvious that what we need is good regulation (and even that some element of bad regulation along with it is better than none).
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