Monday, March 27, 2006

OSHA, OSHA, OSHA

There is something very wrong with this picture, and coupled with the wording of the cover story (on Chemical & Engineering News, Mar 20 edition) makes it funny.

Indian lab
Hint: Look at his hands and his clothing.

This is what C&EN had to say:

...In many of the photographs, the chemists pictured are not wearing protective eyewear that would be required in the U.S. C&EN does not condone this inattention to appropriate safety standards. However, C&EN, as a newsmagazine, has a responsibility to portray situations as they exist, not as we wish they might be.


Those of you who think lab safety is just a piece of annoying crap better read this.

善于泳者溺于水。How true!

2 comments:

Unknown said...

wow. reading that article, i realize that i'm lucky i'm still in good health. hehe. i remember as a kid there were some shiny, silvery thing on the floor in malaysia. i thought it was pretty and that it was some kind of jewel stuff. you know, those pretty beads kind. so i kept picking it up, but it turned out to be mercury. :/ hehe. yeah.

Merlion In US said...

Erh.... this is from a different perspective. The Chemist position has been outsourced to India, OSHA is laughing away. I dont think this picture will bother too many readers here. Hehehe.