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The Chemical Safety Moment serves as a dedicated platform for disseminating essential chemical and laboratory safety knowledge, awareness, training resources, and lessons learned within the 91ÊÓƵ (UH) research community. Our goal is to share valuable insights on chemical storage, segregation, handling, and disposal, along with the new developments within the UH chemical safety program.

The Chemical Safety Moment will be distributed via Listserv every two months to all UH Principal Investigators (PIs) with chemical permits and their registered laboratory personnel.

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Latest Issues

Below are the links to the latest issues of our Chemical Safety Moment:

2026

• • Laboratory Setup and Decommissioning at UH 
  • New EHS Webpage: "Report an EHS Concern/Incident/Near Miss" 

• • EH50: Halogenated Organic Solvents Safety Awareness
  • How to Remove Disposable Gloves Safety
    
    
• • Look for the New "Gloves Off" Labels
  • Prepare Your Lab for Safety Inspections
    
    
• • What to Do after a Chemical Exposure
    • First Aid
    • Medical Help
    • Report the Accident
      
      
• • Purchasing Chemicals? Start with These Safety Checks
  • UH DCM Compliance: Progress and What's Next
  • Need to Report an EHS Concern/Incident/Near-miss?

2025

• • What Must Never Go in General Trash Cans
  • Lesson Learned: Fire Incident from Improper Disposal of Water-reactive Chemical Residue to a General Trash Can
  • Need to Request EHS Waste Pickup?
  • Need to Report an EHS Concern/Incident/Near-miss?

• • Glove Permeation: A Hidden Risk in Chemical Handling
  • Lesson Learned: Improper Equipment Use Leads to Alarm and Chemical Exposure

• • Wear Lab-appropriate Clothing and PPE
  • Safety Data Sheet - Section 2: Hazard Identification
    
    
• • Vacuum Pump Safety – Lessons from UPenn Vacuum Cabinet Fire
  • Use Fume Hoods Properly to Protect Your Breathing Zone

• • Housekeeping in the Laboratory
  • Chemical Container Label Templates & Printed Copy Request Form
  • Chemical Cleanout

2024

• • Properly Selecting and Using Eye Protection
  • How Eye Protection Protects you?

• • EPA’s Final Ruling on Methylene Chloride Impacts UH Community
  • Using the Correct Gloves

• • Compressed Gas Cylinder Safety-Storage
  • Lessons Learned: Hydrofluoric Acid Exposure
  • EH08: Hydrofluoric Acid Safety Awareness Training

• • Label Your Chemical Containers
  • Start Group Meetings with Safety!
  • Lessons Learned: Water? Hydrogen Peroxide? Improper Labeling Causes Injury
  • Remove Those Gloves

• • New Safety Awareness EH30: Cryogenic Liquids Safety 
  • Lessons Learned: Asphyxiation Hazard Associated with Dry Ice 
  • Quiz: Match GHS Pictograms to the Hazards