Developing strong safety cultures in academic institutions requires that students at all levels be educated by faculty in chemical safety. Yet chemical safety education is missing from the chemistry curriculum. This article considers a report of numerous injuries from incidents from using flammable chemicals in demonstrations as evidence that chemical safety education is needed in the academic curriculum. It offers reasons why chemical safety education should become an integral part of the chemistry curriculum. It offers elements of a chemical safety education with references to materials that can be helpful in accomplishing this process. This article notes that it is important to reach students early in the first and second years of chemistry since many will go on to other vocations for which an understanding of chemical safety is needed. It concludes that a strong safety culture in an academic institution can be accomplished when chemical safety education is included in the curriculum.