Information about the CHAS program for the upcoming national meeting March 17-21 in New Orleans is now available. More information about the open business meeting will be added as it become available.
The Agenda Book for the Executive Committee meeting is now available below. The meeting will take place on Sunday, March 18, 2024 12:00PM-2:00PM CST in a meeting room TBA in the Morial Convention Center.
The Agenda Book for the Executive Committee meeting is now available. The meeting will take place on Monday, March 18, 2024 12:00PM-2:00PM CST in a meeting room TBA in the Morial Convention Center.
The Agenda Book for the Executive Committee meeting is now available as a Google file. The meeting will take place on Monday, August 14, 2023 11:30AM-1:30PM PDT in the Hilton Parc 55 room of the Embarcadero. The Zoom Virtual Link is available in the agenda book.
The Agenda Book for the Executive Committee meeting is now available as a Google file. The meeting will take place on Sunday, March 27, 2023 1:30AM-11:30PM EST in the Michigan/Texas meeting rooms of the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. The Zoom Virtual Link is available in the agenda book.
Information about the CHAS program for the upcoming national meeting March 20-24 in San Diego is now available. More information about the open business meeting will be added as it become available.
The Agenda Book for the Executive Committee meeting is now available below. The meeting will take place on Sunday, March 20, 2022 10:15-11:30AM PST The Zoom Virtual Link is available in the agenda book.
Diversity and inclusion in the workforce brings significant value to the employer[1]. Diversity in society broadens perspective, improves person to person socializing and creates a culture of openness and growth[2]. ACS has pledged to advance and embrace inclusion in chemistry, which includes promoting our core value of DEIR, identifying and dismantling barriers to success, and creating a welcoming environment so that all ACS members, employees, and volunteers can thrive.
A group met to discuss the DEIR challenges in Chemistry and Environmental Health and Safety in April, 2021. The slides used to lead the discussion are shown here.
The event was co-hosted by:
The CHAS at Glance handout for the Spring 2021 ACS National Meeting is now available
Highlights of the program for this meeting are:
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:
CANN symposia include
More details about these sessions can be found on the ACS web site
“CHAS at a Glance”, the summary of Division of Chemical Health and Safety activities for this month’s ACS national meeting is now available in two formats:
The first is in a format suitable for printing on 8.5×11 paper
The second is a PDF file in “infographic” format suitable for easy scanning on a portable device.
Download one and both to help keep track of what the Division is up to from August 25 – 28!
The agenda for CHAS Executive Committee meeting on Sunday morning of the meeting is available here.
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
Sponsored by: Workrite Corp. Chem Service, Inc.,
WC Environmental, LLC Midwest Chemical Safety
TECHNICAL PROGRAMMING
Division of Chemical Health & Safety
Executive Committee ACS Spring 2016 Meeting
Sunday, August 21th, 8 AM to Noon
Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom Salon C
Download the entire agenda book in PDF
Reports (8:30am-9:30am)
1 DCHAS Chair report – John Palmer (see attachment 1)
2 Treasurer’s Report – Neal Langerman (see attachment 2)
3 CHAS Councilor report– Bob Hill and Frankie Wood-Black
(see attachment 3)
4 Admin Manual report: Administrative Manual and Bylaw Updates – Sammye Sigmann (see attachment 4)
5 JCHAS Editors Report – Harry Elston (see attachment 5)
6 CHAS Programming Committee – Debbie Decker (see attachment 6)
BREAK (9:45-9:55am)
7 DCHAS secretary report – Ralph Stuart (see attachment 7)
8 CHAS Membership Report– Joe Pickel (see attachment 8)
9 Policy Writing Team – Ken Fivizzani (see attachment 9)
10 Government Relations Committee– Ellen Sweet (see attachment 10)
11 Report on IPG Survey Development (IPG Group 1) – Ellen Sweet
12 CANN Report– Ezra Pyror (see attachment 11)
Other reports from the floor
