The Consumer Product Safety Commission will recommend an information network to inform students and teachers of current toxicity evaluations of chemicals and of possible use of less hazardous substitutes. Lists names of 33 suspected carcinogens and 11 suspected teratogens. (SK)

Recommends that science teachers make evaluations of chemical atmospheres in science laboratories so that serious health problems can be avoided. Uses data from methylene chloride to provide guidelines for understanding the effects of chemicals on the human body. (CS)

Reports methods for identifying carcinogens and suspected carcinogens in the undergraduate laboratory and makes recommendations for their elimination or control. (CS)

Indicates that specific laboratory standards for handling chemical carcinogens should become law in the near future. Small colleges and universities may have financial trouble in complying with laboratory safety standards investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (GS)

Discusses the operation of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 in relation to British universities. (MLH)

This publication includes more than 470 abstracts of papers scheduled to be presented at a chemical education conference. Topics of the papers include: (1) human impact on the environment; (2) technology; (3) forensic science; (4) paper chemistry; (5) computer interfacing, software, videodisc and graphics; (6) faculty enhancement programs; (7)…

Describes several experimental results selected from typical inorganic and organic reaction systems, along with a brief description of the physical parameters needed to determine if a pressure increase will help solve a synthetic problem. (HM)