Article: U.S. National Academies Tap Expertise of WVU Safety Director

West Virginia University issued the following news release: A West Virginia University employee whose name is synonymous with careful lab practices will help lead national efforts to revise safety standards for handling chemicals. Barbara Foster, safety director of the C. Eugene Bennett Department of Chemistry and safety program coordinator for the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, has been named co-chair of the U.S. National Academies Committee on Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: An Update. "I am very honored and pleased to be included in this important project," Foster said. "The book that we will revise is the definitive reference book on laboratory safety and one that I have ...

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