#LabSafety
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first time in my life I had to make a label for a chemical that includes the statement "fatal if inhaled”
maybe I should include “do not taunt 70% glutaraldehyde”
The more I learned about this, even at the time, the more persuaded I became that it was a lab leak.
We will never know 100%...because China.
"Numerous violations of safety regulations at the lab"
A normal pandemic would unfold much more like #H5N1
A word to the wise.
#covid #China #LabSafety #PublicHealth #Healthcare #Covid19
https://www.dw.com/en/covid-pandemic-likely-unleashed-by-lab-mishap-germanys-bnd/a-71897701
Germany's spy agency thinks an accident in a Chinese…
Deutsche WelleSee linked post for info on lab coats for wheelchair users
#chemistry #Chemiverse #biology #wheelchairUser #labSafety https://mastodon.social/@Rhodium103/113787940036821706
Realising that here is not where most of my science…
MastodonI have determined that the object in the "risk of explosion" safety symbol does not obey conservation of area.
I will not be taking questions at this time.
#Monsterdon As a science teacher, I object to them showing a lab in this state. It's very irresponsible. No one is monitoring the chemicals. #LabSafety
Scrolling thru a post in r/labrats about lab accidents. Was thinking about why it's mostly bio/biochem/chem fuckups.
Remembering the lab tour I had on Monday in a material sci lab. Recalled the very hot glass tubes they use for making TMDs and graphene. A rather horrifying explanation pops up: either nobody have fucked up while working with these, or the people experiencing fuckups with these didn't survive to tell the tale.
Well, I heard from my friend in another school about their labmates not following some rules and had a crucible lid shooting through the top of a muffle furnace, got stuck on the ceiling, proceed to fell off after a month and rekt the newly replaced furnace...
The Danger of ‘Invisible’ #Biolabs Across the U.S.
Opinion by Dan Greene, August 31, 2023
"Recently, many #California residents were disturbed to learn that a small, privately-operated bio lab in the #CentralValley town of #Reedley was shut down by Fresno County Department of Public Health officials after they found that it had been improperly managing almost 1,000 laboratory mice and samples of infectious diseases including #COVID19, #rubella, #malaria, #dengue, #chlamydia, #hepatitis, and #HIV. The lab was registered to a company called #PrestigeBiotech that sold a variety of medical testing kits, including for pregnancy and COVID-19, and it was likely storing disease samples for the purpose of developing and validating its testing kits. Government authorities are still investigating the company’s history, but it appears to have previously operated a lab in Fresno under the name Universal MediTech, where city officials flagged it for investigation regarding improperly stored chemicals.
"From what is publicly known, the Reedley lab should likely have followed proper biosafety practices to minimize the risks of an #outbreak, and it apparently failed to do so. It could have caused illness, disruption, or even death among local communities and beyond depending on the circumstances of an outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (#CDC) maintains a system of four 'Biosafety Level' standards that are used worldwide for work with dangerous pathogens. Based on the pathogens that were being used at the Reedley lab, it probably should have followed Biosafety Level 3, which involves controlling the airflow inside the lab as well as a host of other practices, equipment, and facility design requirements.
"Yet, astonishingly, the U.S. government seems to not have even known that the Reedley lab existed until it was discovered by chance by Jesalyn Harper, an observant local city code enforcement officer—the only such officer working full-time in the entire city. Once discovered, the Fresno County and California Departments of Public Health found it to be in violation of local and state codes, including those for registering clinical labs and managing medical waste. Based on our reading of available information, it was likely also in violation of federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations for protecting workers from bloodborne pathogens. But these codes require proactive reporting, and the lab simply never reported any issues to regulators. In slightly different circumstances, it would likely have continued to operate unnoticed for a long time."
#BioHazard #LabSafety #Pathogens
Potential #Pandemic #LabLeak
Sooooo, I need to have a talk with someone. Not sure WHAT they did but it took chips out of glass on the other side of the aisle.
And if it is taking chips out of glass at range, that FOR SURE counts as a near miss that needs to be reported.
Mega edition of #Coronavirus Tidbits, #245 https://www.drjudystone.com/coronavirus-tidbits-245-may-14-2023/ w end of #PHE, new #ventilation recs fr #ashrae, #LongCovidKids #antivax #labsafety #pipelines #Elsevier #immigration
by @ahandvanish @joeyfox85 @pjavidan @alisonannyoung @writermjs @DrJessTaylor @itscaitlinhd, @MarianLives, and many more
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The truth is...
New evidence points to the supposition that the CoVID-19 vaccine escaped from the lab.
#vaccine #virus #Wuhan #lab #China #COVID19 #coronavirus #CSPAN #LabSafety
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