School Lab Made Safe by Bomb Team

from: Irish Examiner

An Army bomb disposal team made safe a quantity of unstable chemical at Ashbourne Community College, Co Meath this morning.

The Defence Forces deployed the team to Ashbourne Community College where the unstable chemical 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazine had been found during a routine audit of chemicals in the school laboratory.

Chemical Safety Incidents and Fatalities

For those looking for a compilation of chemical safety incidents and fatalities check out the two sites below.

The AIHA Laboratory Health and Safety Committee tracks laboratory safety incidents HERE. A variety of information can be found on their website HERE.

The Laboratory Safety Institute tracks laboratory fatalities on its Memorial Wall, which can be found HERE.

These two resources are useful for emphasizing the impacts of poor planning and unsafe conditions.