Safety, Ethical and Environmental Issues

1) All three should be mentioned in the lab report

2) If there are none (which is unlikely), state something like: "the ??? issues are minimal in this experiment. After consideration of the methodology in this investigation, no further analysis will be conducted".

3) All chemicals used must be disposed according to the MSDS or the COSHH regulations (type the name of the chemical in google followed by one fo these acronyms). Remember to cite the source!

4) Would anyone in the world have any problem conducting the experiment that you described in your lab report? Any possible issues should be considered.

Safety:

• What needs to be considered to carry out the experiment totally safely?

Ethical:

• Animal or humans involved in the investigation?

• Food waste, source of food, use of food if it's not used for experimentation?

Environmental

• Proper disposal of chemicals

• Disposal of organic matter? (never in plastic bags!)

• Contaminants?

• Field work, damage to ecosystem while taking measurements?

• Co-lateral effects of the investigation?