Starting with the 'Safety in the Academic Laboratory' column in the Journal of Chemical Education, this author embarked on a path to establish a safety culture in the undergraduate chemistry laboratories in several colleges during his career.  While safety awareness improved, not all steps were successful for a number of reasons, including the inertia of colleagues as well as student in a changing environment of laboratory safety.  This paper explains the path followed, what was successful, and where it is heading and make recommendations for others on this path.

Steps to creating a safety culture in undergraduate chemistry laboratories

244th National Meeting (2012)

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