NOVEMBER LORRE SAFETY ISSUE

                                                                 11/21/2016

To All,

Our first priority is to keep the laboratory environment safe. Research employing lead, cadmium, and mercury will begin soon. Samira Fatemi gave a presentation concerning heavy metal safety during the last LORRE seminar. Thank you to REM members Linda Swihart and Josh Brown for offering detailed instructions and suggestions during the meeting with Prof. Abigail Engelberth, Samira Fatemi, Amanda Kreger, and Xingya Liu. Also, thank you Judah Young for putting us in contact with Linda and Josh. Amanda and Samira have cleaned the hood in Lab #359 and prepared a waste container for safe experimenting.

All chemical waste must be capped, labeled for REM pickup, and disposed of properly. Oskar Kane, Raymond Red Corn, Emma Brace and Julia Burchell have done a great job following protocol, and everyone in the lab needs to maintain the waste disposal standards. Please collect waste safely and fill out the Hazardous Materials Pickup Request form.

Thanks

LORRE Safety Committee