Understanding the basis for safety requires a specific type of scientific literacy:  the interaction between chemicals and biology.  Few study toxicology outside of a life science curriculum and lack fundamental knowledge of the mechanisms of biological harm due to chemicals.  This lack of understanding is present in both academia and industry, in which those in the lab may be following rules without a clear understanding of the basis for these rules, leading to dismissiveness and hazardous behaviors affecting themselves and others.  The issue can be addressed by emphasizing biological and toxicological topics to safety training.  The talk will focus on basic biological and toxicological topics which could be added to safety programming to enhance understanding of the mechanisms of harm from various classes of chemicals.

Enhancing safety through emphasis of biological and toxicological concepts

ACS Spring Meeting 2021

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