COMMON LABORATORY SIGNS

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  1. 4. Chemicals in this category can cause you serious health damage, including reproductive toxicity, problems with your respiratory system, germ cell mutagenicity, and carcinogenicity.
  2. 6. Skull and Crossbones
  3. 7. This sign can be found on the doors or trash cans of your lab so that you are aware that you are entering an area in which biological materials, such as cell lines, bacterial or human samples, are used.
  4. 8. Exclamation mark
  5. 9. Strong acid (e.g. sulfuric acid) and strong alkali (e.g. sodium hydroxide) solutions
  6. 10. Some laboratories have separate storage facilities for such chemicals
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  1. 1. Extreme temperatures are another potential lab hazard.
  2. 2. Exploding bomb
  3. 3. Gas cylinder
  4. 4. When running gels, be careful! If you’re not paying attention you can end up giving yourself an electric shock.
  5. 5. These substances are responsible for removing an electron from another substrate and are thus one component involved in an oxidation–reduction reaction.