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many new teachers are put into classrooms with dangerous Legacy chemicals and are held liable for the hazards to students.
many new teachers are put into classrooms with dangerous Legacy chemicals and are held liable for the hazards to students.
Decreasing the hazardous chemical in classroom laboratories both decreases the risk to students and teachers, but also is sustainable for human health and the environment.
many Schools do not have proper Training for lab safety
many Schools do not have proper Training for lab safety
In a study done in 2015 on teachers in Kentucky:
"Only 42% of the responders indicated they received frequent or periodic safety training (Table 24), but the responses to the frequency and date of the last time a safety training was received varied highly among responders (Tables 25 and 26). Responses to the type or mode of safety training received also varied greatly among responders with online courses being the most common (Table 27). This is not surprising given that it is an easy task to conduct or deliver online training but it is very worrisome to find that even with this latter fact, 29% of the responders never received any type of safety training."
Traditional Laboratories:
Traditional Laboratories:
Chemicals in school laboratories are dangerous and expensive to maintain. Green chemistry replaces chemicals in dangerous laboratory experiments with safer alternatives.
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.
"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:
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."
"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."
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