[E&S-seminars] TUESDAY, APRIL 27, ENVIROFORUM, 4-6 pm in 54-923--"Toxic Use Reduction in Academic Laboratories"

[Karen Luxton]

With sincere apologies for inevitable cross-postings
 
You are invited to 
 
ENVIROFORUM IV:  Toxic Use Reduction in Academic Laboratories
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
4-6 p.m. in Room 54-923
 
 
As part of MIT's developing Environmental, Health, and Safety Management
system, the Chemistry Department and the Environmental Programs Office
have co-funded a project designed to obtain data on the amount and kind
of toxic substances being purchased, to determine how these chemicals
are being used in research and teaching laboratories, and to identify
possible alternatives for these purposes which are less toxic and entail
less of a regulatory burden. The goal is to design a purchasing system
that will encourage users to select less toxic and less polluting
alternatives.
 
Three students will present the results of their study to date:
 
Jacqueline Tio will review chemicals used and volumes purchased/used;
Anneloes Hesen will provide a comparison of lab operations and
approaches to chemical use
Kendra Bussey will discuss more benign substitutes and green chemistry
approaches.
 
This is the fourth in a series of EnviroForum events underwritten by
Chancellor Phillip Clay and sponsored by the Laboratory for Energy and
the Environment, the Environmental Programs Office, and the Earth
Systems Initiative.  They are designed to bring together MIT's diverse
community of those people interested in issues of the environment,
sustainability, and related issues.  Refreshments are provided. 
 
Karen K. Luxton, Administrative Assistant
Education Program
MIT Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
77 Massachusetts Ave., E40-481
Cambridge, MA  02139
phone:  (617) 253-3478
fax:  (617) 253-8013
e-mail:  kkluxton at mit.edu
http://lfee.mit.edu/education
 
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