Division of Chemical Health and Safety
American Chemical Society

Message from the Chair

Welcome to the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Health and Safety (CHAS) website. CHAS provides expertise in laboratory safety and chemical management and safe chemical work practices to the Society and the general public. To accomplish this mission, the Division:

maintains an online listserv for CHAS members to promote discussion and information sharing.

Check out the "News and Upcoming Events" section to see the Division's activities. The 2007 CHAS Annual Report is also available to review (in PDF format).

If you are just learning about CHAS, please review our membership benefits and information about the Journal of Chemical Health & Safety.

We are regularly updating the site, so please check back to see what is new. We welcome your comments.

Sincerely,

Erik Talley, Chair (2008)
ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety

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Information About Who We Are

Divisional Officers

Committees and Liasions

Divisional Awards

Administrative Archives

Technical Archives

Membership Application

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Executive Committee Reference Materials

(These documents are in PDF format.)

The Divisional Administrative Manual

The Divisional Annual Report to ACS

The Executive Committee Meeting Minutes for the Boston National Meeting (pdf format)

The Executive Committee Meeting Agenda and attachments for the New Orleans National Meeting (pdf format)

Information collected at the divisional Strategic Planning workshop is updated by using the CHAS wiki at http://esf.uvm.edu/chas_wiki

News and Upcoming Events

C&EN Safety Letters Webpage

C&EN has a web page which provides easy access to letters to the editors that report safety concerns specific to certain chemicals. You can see this page at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/safety/index.html

Divisional Logo Updated

Thanks to the ongoing efforts of Larry Doemeny and the inspiration of CHAS member Alfred M. Bouziane of the University of Southern California, the Division is unveiling a new logo in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the division.

CHAS Workshops Schedule

CHAS will be offering a variety of workshops are regional meetings this summer. The schedule for these Workshops is now available on our registration page. Abstracts of these are available here.

Think Safety Bracelets Now Available The ACS Committee on Chemical Safety has developed a "Think Safety" bracelet which is now available from the ACS on line web store. Packages of 10 are $12.50.

Related Organizations :

ACS Committee on Chemical Safety: Their web site includes access to basic chemical safety publications on chemical safety and links to other Laboratory Safety web sites.

AIChE Safety & Health Division provides a quarterly newsletter of chemical safety interest through their web site.

Laboratory Safety Institute: provides additional Laboratory Safety training opportunities nationally. Their schedule is available on their web site

Oxford University Press: ACS Members Receive a 30% Discount on ACS books from Oxford University Press! The catalog with member prices is available at http://www.oup.com/us/acs

C&E News: safety letters to the editor at http://pubs.acs.org/cen/safety/index.html