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Estimate: Academic Labs 11 Times More Dangerous Than Industrial Counterparts

Posted by samzenpus on from the will-I-live-to-take-the-test? dept.

Jim_Austin writes "Academic science labs are generally far less safe than labs in industry; one estimate says that people working in academic labs are 11x more likely to be hurt than their industrial counterparts. A group of grad students and postdocs in Minnesota decided to address the issue head-on. With encouragement and funding from DOW, and some leadership from their department chairs, they're in the process of totally remaking their departments' safety cultures."

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  1. Depends on what they are doing by Carewolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is anything like my university, the chemistry labs keep blowing up due to students trying to make illegal drugs off hours.

    1. Re:Depends on what they are doing by ameoba · · Score: 5, Funny

      Our problem was Electrical Engineering grad students continually burning popcorn in the microwave.

      Yeah... the admissions standards were a little soft.

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