The CHAS at Glance handout for the Spring 2021 ACS National Meeting is now available
Highlights of the program for this meeting are:
- 3 Chemical Health and Safety Symposia on Thursday, April 8
- Systems Thinking in Chemical Health and Safety
- 2020 Chemical Health and Safety Awards
- Safety Across the Scientific Disciplines: Where are the Successes, and What Needs Improvements
- 4 Cannabis Chemistry Symposia on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 5-7
- Advancements in Cannabis Analytical Methods
- Women in Cannabis: Shaping an Emerging Industry
- The 2021 ElSohly Award Symposium Sponsored by Heidolph North America
- Cannabis Derived Treatments for Specific Medical Conditions: Macromolecular Interactions and Justifications
- 3 SCI-MIX papers on Friday, April 9
- The CHAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING on Thursday, April 15. 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. PDT.
- CHAS DISCUSSIONS and NETWORKING EVENTS
- DCHAS Networking, April 8
- Getting the most out of professional events, April 12
- Preparing your NSF GRFP application, April 14
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in health and safety, April 21
- Writing safety statements for publication, April 22
Please join us for any of these events that interest you!
The CHAS Call for Abstracts for the 2021 Spring Virtual ACS National Meeting is now available at https://callforabstracts.acs.org/acsspring2021/CHAS
Note that the submission calendar is quite tight due to the pandemic’s impact on planning the meeting. The deadlines for submission is January 19. But the good news is that you can share your work more conveniently since travel will not be required.
CHAS symposia open for paper submissions include:
- Chemical Safety Film Festival
- Designing safety into an undergraduate laboratory curriculum, beyond safety rules
- Safety Across the Scientific Disciplines: Where are the successes, and what needs improvements
- Systems thinking in Chemical Health and Safety
CANN symposia include
- Cannabis apart from Cannabinoids
- Cannabis Derived Treatments for Specific Medical Condtions:
- Women in Cannabis: Shaping an Emerging Industry
More details about these sessions can be found on the ACS web site
Sammye Sigmann presented a workshop on laboratory safety resources from the American Chemical Society and other organizations for the teaching environment at the secondary and undergraduate level. Topics addressed include:
- Conceptual overview of teacher liability relative to lab safety
- The ins and outs of the Globally Harmonized System and Safety Data Sheets
- Risk Assessment models for common teaching demonstrations
- Evaluation of on line videos demonstrating chemistry
PDF versions of her materials for this workshop are linked to below below.
You can download the CHAS at a glance – Philly Fall 2016 for the Philadelphia National Meeting from this page. A quick summary is
3 workshops (registration required):
Fri. Aug. 19th (8:30 AM to 4:00 PM)
Laboratory Waste Management
Sat. Aug. 20th (8:30 AM to 4:00 PM)
How to be a More Effective Chemical Hygiene Officer
Sat. Aug. 20th (8:30 AM to 4:00 PM)
Chemical Reactivity Hazards: Laboratory Scale Recognition & Control
DCHAS Executive Committee Meeting (all members invited)
Download the Agenda Book from the bottom of this page.
Sunday, Aug 21 8 AM to noon
Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon C
Monday Evening, August 22nd
Wine and Cheese Reception
Philadelphia History Museum at the Atwater Kent
15 South 7th St., Philadelphia
PDF versions of DCHAS technical presentations from the Fall, 2013 ACS National Meeting
The Division of Chemical Health and Safety presented a well attended technical symposium at NERM 2013, organized by Peter Reinhardt of Yale University Environmental Health and Safety. Papers presented include:
More papers to come!
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