We provide comprehensive chemical safety services and guidance to help minimize the risks associated with the use of hazardous chemicals.
EHS provides tools and resources to maintain the safe and responsible use of chemicals in an academic research setting, in line with state and federal regulations.
Services include:
If you are working with chemicals in the lab, you may also have questions about:
To ensure the safe use of hazardous chemicals in all of our labs, we require students and employees to review and maintain Chemical Hygiene Plans and complete related training.
Understand how to identify what chemicals you need to inventory, the minimum information you are required to track, and how often your inventory should be updated.
If your lab or work area uses chemicals you must submit an annual inventory report, in support of regulations aimed at preventing the potential misuse of certain chemicals.
Review the best practices for safely storing and working with common chemicals and nanomaterials.
Best Practices for Chemical Storage
Guidelines for safely maintaining, moving, and storing compressed gas.
Review important considerations and regulations for working with and storing Particularly Hazardous Substances and highly toxic chemicals.
While there is no institute-wide license, researchers at MIT engaging in research with controlled substances must be registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.