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Message from the ChairWelcome to the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Health and Safety (CHAS) web site. 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: Check out the "News and Upcoming Events" section to see the Division's activities. The 2008 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,
Russ Phifer, Chair (2009) Information About Who We Are
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 Philadelphia National Meeting (pdf format) The Executive Committee Meeting Agenda and attachments for the Salt Lake City 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 EventsCHAS at a Glance for DCThe complete schedule of CHAS related activities at the Washington DC ACS meeting in August is downloadable here in PDF format. Organolithium Compound SafetyInformation about Safe Handling of Organolithium Compounds in the Laboratory (in PDF format) can be found in this article from the Journal of Chemical Health and Safety's archives. In addition, reports from the California Department of Public Health to the public and to NIOSH on UCLA pyrophoric incident are now available, also in PDF format. CHAS Workshops ScheduleCHAS 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.
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
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