"Jason Tinling" > wrote in message
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> "DRB" > wrote in message
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> <snip>.
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> > I've only been in California for a little under a year and half, but I
was
> > told at a lab safety course that up until about 10 years ago, water was
> > listed as a dangerous substance in the state.
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> DRB,
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> When and where was the lab safety course, if you don't mind sharing?
Would
> be happy to discuss via email at the address in the headers.
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> Thanks,
> Jason
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It was a refresher class for grad students and faculty at UC-Davis this
fall. It was 2 hours long and they just went over policies, etc. that we'd
all heard before, but probably needed to hear again. We were in the
dangerous chemicals portion, talking about MSDS sheets, and the subject of
water came up. Someone asked as a joke if we'd need an MSDS for water, and
the lady leading the class told us that it had only been about 10 years ago
that water was considered dangerous...