What are Academic Lab Safety Teams? LSTs, or Laboratory Safety Teams, are student-led groups that play a pivotal role in promoting a strong safety culture within their respective laboratories, ...

The 2023 ACS Presidential Safety Summit focused on Laboratory Safety Teams (LSTs). LSTs are student-led groups that play a pivotal role in promoting a strong safety culture within their respective ...

Although attitudes towards lab safety have grown more positive over the years, some academic researchers still believe that safe lab practices hamper research productivity. The idea is that time spent ...

The American Chemical Society has adopted the RAMP risk management system (recognize hazards, assess risk, minimize risk, prepare for emergencies) to facilitate a shift in chemical safety education ...