the Problem
many teachers are put into classrooms with Hazardous Legacy chemicals and are held liable for the Dangers to students.
Decreasing the hazardous chemicals in classroom laboratories both decreases the risk to students and teachers, and increases the sustainability for human health and the environment. Real environmental change can be made in the chemistry classroom.
Traditional Laboratories:
Chemicals in school laboratories are dangerous and expensive to maintain. Green chemistry replaces chemicals in dangerous laboratory experiments with safer alternatives.
"Building strong safety cultures in any environment requires continual reinforcement.
RAMP is an acronym to help educators and students keep science safety in the forefront of their work in a laboratory environment. The concept provides a framework for making chemical safety an integral part of chemistry education and practice." ACS Safety Basics and RAMP
From National Science Teachers Association:
"Inherent in laboratory-based activities is the potential for injury. As professionals, teachers of science have a duty or standard of care to ensure the safety of students, teachers, and staff."
many Schools have hazardous chemicals leading to ACCIDENTS
"Many common high school level laboratory exercises use highly hazardous chemicals, creating a high risk of exposure for students. With the presence of hazardous chemicals in laboratory exercises, many accidents occur in schools; 62% due to human error and 17% intentional acts.1 By eliminating hazardous chemicals and providing alternative lab exercises teachers can create a safer and environmentally friendly learning environment."
Green Chemistry Training for High School Teachers: Pollution Prevention
"By using green chemistry education, it was estimated that schools could save 71% to 84% per experiment which equals over $1,000 in total savings for 500 students."
Green Chemistry Training for High School Teachers: Pollution Prevention Read more here.
Clean out dangerous chemicals SAFELY
The CleanSweep program will assist New York teachers in cleaning out their classroom chemicals safetly. You won't have to worry about exposure and waste management with their help.