• Question: is you work safe

    Asked by wuwu to Aime, Akshat, Diana, Gemma, Judith on 15 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by codcatcher, dawson, lashman, hahaman01, jabber8.
    • Photo: Gemma Sharp

      Gemma Sharp answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Well I sometimes work with some harmful chemicals, but as long as I’m careful not to rub them all over my skin or swallow them my work is pretty safe 😉

    • Photo: Judith McCann

      Judith McCann answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Pretty much the same as gemma, we wear gloves and lab coats in the lab so we don’t get anything nasty on our skin but mostly everything’s fine. We get trained on how to handle chemicals and use equipment, and there’s a lot of safety forms and things!

    • Photo: Diana Samuel

      Diana Samuel answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      In general, yes. Similarly to Gemma and Judith, I sometimes have to use potentially harmful chemicals for my experiments, and some of the frogs I’ve worked with secrete skin irritants, but as long as I wear gloves and follow the standard safety procedures its fine.

    • Photo: Akshat Rathi

      Akshat Rathi answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      I think amongst the Sulfur zone scientists I handle the most harmful chemicals. As a synthetic chemist, I don’t really have a choice but the use of all the chemicals have been very carefully laid down so as to not affect any chemist. If you follow the guidelines properly, things are pretty safe. 🙂

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