tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post2635025044572361993..comments2024-02-25T04:18:47.632-06:00Comments on Homebrew and Chemistry: Safety glasses are not optional!!!!Chemgeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07803297898913358147noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-66893268139415175052011-01-17T20:05:44.645-06:002011-01-17T20:05:44.645-06:00"It is not about the safety, it is about the ..."It is not about the safety, it is about the habit." Very well said, Eric. No one can tell at any place if something comes up, so we all need to be safe. And guess what, I personally find wearing <a href="http://www.mancineoptical.com/retail-store/prescription-safety-eye-glasses-store-tour.html" rel="nofollow">prescription protective eyewear</a> cool. I think it gives anyone some Sherry Lebrunnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-2766338175832698012007-04-14T18:42:00.000-06:002007-04-14T18:42:00.000-06:00Hmm reminds me of my incident with Fluorhydric aci...Hmm reminds me of my incident with Fluorhydric acid and Perchloric acid. Chemistry can be fun but chemistry at 2AM isnt the only you can get hurt. Not only i was wearing my safety glasses(whom partly melted from the attack of the Fluorhydric) and now its faceshield. ALWAYS WEAR GLASSES, LAB COATS AND GLOVES.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-75169115789704433642007-02-02T12:12:00.000-06:002007-02-02T12:12:00.000-06:00The spiel I always gave my kids when doing the T.A...The spiel I always gave my kids when doing the T.A. thing was to remind them that every reaction these reagents can do in the flask is the same thing they can do in your body. That includes to your proteins and your DNA, so it's your choice: a slow, agonzing death brought on by modifying the structure of your DNA or a quick, messy one brought on by modifying the structure of the proteins of MJenkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-16785358662876411412007-02-01T15:37:00.000-06:002007-02-01T15:37:00.000-06:00I'm glad you are all right.
I'm obsessive about...I'm glad you are all right. <br /><br />I'm obsessive about safety glasses usage as I am very squeamish about anything getting into my eyes. I dislike having to watch while some one washes out their eyes for 20 min or more. <br /><br />I'm going to bookmark your post and make sure every student I see not wearing glasses gets a copy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-77036974257366974672007-02-01T10:31:00.000-06:002007-02-01T10:31:00.000-06:00I assume that you're alright if you're blogging ab...I assume that you're alright if you're blogging about it. So, therefore I can point out now that you should have those lovely Simpson-yellow colored stains on your hands and face. Keen. I set my entire right hand in a puddle of Nitric when I was in college because the moron next to me (the uber sexy Jenn M) had spilled it all over the benchtop and I didn't realize it until oh, wait, what's MJenkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12761003604210840898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3684895611791698771.post-80656434598669611012007-02-01T07:52:00.000-06:002007-02-01T07:52:00.000-06:00ouch! you're OK, right?
biochemists are DEFINITE...ouch! you're OK, right? <br />biochemists are DEFINITELY bad about the glasses. OTOH, some of them are working exclusively on molecular biology stuff. what are they going to do, stab their eyes out with pipet tips?<br />...although i do know of someone who ended up with a staph infection in a microbiology lab after rubbing his eyes. hmmmmmmm.Ψ*Ψhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09667196069550812481noreply@blogger.com