CHAS Chat: Navigating Organic Solvent Use in Laboratories

The Division of Chemical Health & Safety (CHAS) Two-Year College (2YC) Community of Practice invites all interested in chemical health and safety at two-year colleges and similar institutions to participate in our quarterly CHAS Chats.

Our next session, Navigating Organic Solvent Use in Laboratories, will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2025, from 4:00-5:00 PM EDT. The 2YCC Community of Practice Chair, Dwayne Henry, will lead this interactive discussion. Topics include:

• Overview of current environmental regulations.
• Resources for substituting organic solvents.
• Risk assessment techniques for handling common organic solvents.
• Discussion of health hazards related to solvent use.

Participation is open and free to everyone—you do not need to be affiliated with a two-year college or the 2YCC Community to join.

Register: Navigating Organic Solvent Use in Laboratories – Eventbrite

A Zoom link will be provided to all registrants during the week of the event.

Learn More:
Visit the 2YCC Community page to view CHAS Chat schedules, access recordings of past sessions, and learn how to join the 2YC email list.

For questions, contact Dwayne Henry at Dwayne.Henry@montgomerycollege.edu

.CHAS Chat: Navigating Organic Solvent Use in Laboratories

The Division of Chemical Health & Safety (CHAS) Two-Year College (2YC) Community of Practice invites all interested in chemical health and safety at two-year colleges and similar institutions to participate in our quarterly CHAS Chats.

Our next session, Navigating Organic Solvent Use in Laboratories, will be held on Thursday, February 20, 2025, from 4:00-5:00 PM EDT. The 2YCC Community of Practice Chair, Dwayne Henry, will lead this interactive discussion. Topics include:

• Overview of current environmental regulations.
• Resources for substituting organic solvents.
• Risk assessment techniques for handling common organic solvents.
• Discussion of health hazards related to solvent use.

Participation is open and free to everyone—you do not need to be affiliated with a two-year college or the 2YCC Community to join.

Register: Navigating Organic Solvent Use in Laboratories – Eventbrite

A Zoom link will be provided to all registrants during the week of the event.

Learn More:
Visit the 2YCC Community page to view CHAS Chat schedules, access recordings of past sessions, and learn how to join the 2YC email list.

For questions, contact Dwayne Henry at Dwayne.Henry@montgomerycollege.edu

The ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety (CHAS) is a vibrant, active community of nearly 1,700 volunteers dedicated to providing authoritative technical resources and mentorship to individuals in varying stages of their education and career.

In addition to facilitating peer-led workshops, webinars, and presentations, the Division also hosts highly-interactive “CHAS Chats”. These virtual discussions provide attendees with the opportunity to connect with subject matter experts and other members of the Division to talk about safety-related issues.

CHAS’s most recent Chats are dedicated to exploring ways that the Division can position itself as a supportive chemical safety resource for two-year colleges (2YC). The next CHAS Chat is the second in the “Safety in the 2YC” Series and is scheduled for Thursday, December 14th from 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST. The primary focus will be the safe management and storage of chemicals, but all safety-related questions are welcome!

Please use this link to register for December’s free CHAS Chat. Visit the Division’s website to browse its portfolio of projects and activities, and contact membership@dchas.org to learn more about becoming a member!

On October 28, 2021, Dr. Rob Toreki and Dr. Dan Kuespert discussed the history and challenges of Safety Data Sheets as a chemical hazard communication tool. 50 people attended this CHAS chat and 66 contributed to the pre-survey we did for this CHAS chat.

Key references that were discussed in the CHAS chat were:

Rob’s ilpi.com SDS FAQ page at http://www.ilpi.com/msds/faq/index.html

The Laboratory Chemical Safety Summaries found at PubChem (more information about these can be found at https://pubchemblog.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2015/08/17/a-laboratory-chemical-safety-summary-lcss-now-available-in-pubchem/

Dr. Kuespert’s sides on the Utility and Limits of Safety Data Sheets are

The results of the SDS survey we reviewed are available here:

The recording of this discussion can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-iAK7FVlSpGPpOGwfof5taXaBiO33LLT/view?usp=sharing