Author: LMC User

OCTOBER 3, 2011

SAFETY TIP OF THE MONTH
WEAR YOUR GOGGLES WHENEVER INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.
MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A PROPER SNUG FIT.
LMC HAS LATEX-FREE GOGGLES FOR THOSE WHO NEED THEM.

WE WANT YOUR
INPUT
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU THINK MERITS MENTION IN THE LMC SCIENCE NEWSLETTER, LET US KNOW.
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LMC NATURAL SCIENCES NEWSLETTER

LAKE MICHIGAN COLLEGE

Volume 1, Issue 1

LAB SAFETY AGREEMENT REMINDER

SCIENCE NEWS

PLEASE KEEP THE SAFETY AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
ASPECTS OF THE LAB SAFETY AGREEMENT IN MIND WHEN IN THE
SCIENCE LABS.
IT’S A SIMPLE THING, BUT EASY TO OVERLOOK.
THOROUGHLY WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE LEAVING THE LAB
AFTER EACH SESSION.

ONE BEAR’S POOP IS ANOTHER ONES SCIENCE PROJECT. BACTERIA IN PANDA FECES IS BEING USED TO HELP RESEARCHERS LEARN HOW TO DEVELOP BIOFUELS FROM PLANTS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT UNSUITABLE, SUCH AS CORN STALKS AND WOOD CHIPS.
Who would have guessed that 'panda poop' might help solve one of the major hurdles to producing biofuels, which is optimizing the breakdown of the raw plant materials used to make the fuels?

PPE

OUTSIDE THE LAB

WHAT DOES PPE STAND FOR, ANYWAY?

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

IT ACTUALLY IS A LAB, JUST NOT A TRADITIONAL ONE.
ENJOY A PLEASANT STROLL THROUGH THE LMC NATURAL AREA LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE NAPIER CAMPUS GROUNDS.

THE PHOTO ABOVE SHOWS THE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM BY MILLIPORE. IT IS LOCATED IN C-309 OF THE NAPIER BUILDING, HAS PLUMBING DIRECT TO SEVERAL LAB ROOMS ON THE FLOOR, AND WILL BE USED TO SUPPLY DEIONIZED, MICRO-FILTERED WATER TO ALL OF THE LMC SCIENCE LABS. THE APPARATUS IS PART OF THE THIRD PHASE (CARRIED OUT THIS PAST SUMMER) OF RENNOVATIONS TO SUPPORT THE TITLE III STRENGTHENING INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM GRANT.

LAB UPDATES

THE NEW LMC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS BEING ORGANIZED.
FIRST MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14.

KNOW YOUR LAB
LOOK AROUND. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW AT LEAST TWO EXITS FROM YOUR LAB IN CASE OF EMERGENCY.

THIS N THAT