The information provided is taken from a website page of the Nazareth College of Rochester USA "Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory" by Tim A. Knoerza, and can be aplied to our own laboratories here. There are many potential hazards in the chemistry laboratory and some of them can cause quite a serious accident. However, many accidents in the laboratory can be prevented if each person in the room observes a set of common sense precautions and uses proper experimental techniques and procedures at all times. REMEMBER YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE ELSE IN THE LABORATORY! In the following sections, general safety rules and some general techniques are described. Although the list may seem long, an accident could happen if only one of these precautions is ignored. Besides, it is a lot less painful to read this description thoroughly than to suffer the pain of an accident.