Today in Science class, my teacher Mr. Robinson told us that we will be conducting a science experiment. Mr. Robinson said we will be doing an experiment with corrosive liquids, although the liquids are not that corrosive and its actually rated 1 on the MSDS diamond for all for the squares. We were going to test how long it took for the liquids to mix in a bowl of boiling water. On the day of the Lab, Mr. Robinson said that he will be boiling the water in the middle of the class, but he trusted us enough to let us bring the liquids to our group. Everything was going smoothly when all of a sudden Eric tripped on the projector cord while carrying the liquids, he spilled them all over the the hot plate that the kettle was boiling on. Nolan was standing right beside Eric and wasn’t wearing his safety goggles like everyone was supposed to. The liquid started to sizzle and crackle on the hotplate and a drop of acid flew right into Nolan’s eye. Nolan started freaking out and screaming that it stings, so Mr. Robinson took him to room 201 to use the eye wash station, he told us to not continue with the Lab to prevent more passible injuries. Nolan ended up leaving school for the rest of the day but thank god was fine.
WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System) 1# Corrosive – means the liquid can cause irritation to the skin and is fatal if consumed. Will cause irreversible damage to skin and eyes if in contact.
WHMIS #2 Flammable – means that if in contact with heat or a spark will erupt into flames and sometimes its very hard to put out. Depending on what liquid, the fire can burn different colors, hydrogen burns white and cannot be seen so it makes it hard to put out.
HHPS (Household Hazardous Product Symbols) #1 Explosive (caution) – means that if in contact with heat/spark or material that it reacts to it, it will explode inside where its getting kept in. The triangle means caution, so u should be aware that it can explode but it is most unlikely. If there’s a diamond around it it means warning and a octagon means DANGER.
HHPS #2 Poison – means that if consumed will cause pain, stomach pain, headaches and can be fatal or cause serious damage to the human body that cannot be irreversible. Can be consumed through breathing, eating, drinking, through cuts and any opening in the human body. The diamond means danger and this material should be taken very seriously because it is most likely to be fatal.
My ethical dilemma
The ethical dilemma I have chose to discuss is testing on animals. There are both pros and cons to it, for example schools, university’s and colleges use animals dissection’s as a way to learn about science or for the medical aspect. Animal testing has helped with almost every medical breakthrough in the past 100 years, meaning animals play a big role on modern day medicine. But its not always where its done in an orderly fashion. Some animals are subjected to force feeding/drinking, deprivation, wound inflicting and much more, this means that animals are feeling pain for no reason at all. A good thing is that scientist are able to test vaccines/new medicines on animals without having to go through human trials, this is good because in my opinion subjecting a human to human trials seems more inhumane than testing on an animal. Although scientist are working on a different method of testing for example, using human skin cells in a petri dish is one way of doing it, this is called vitro (testing outside of living organisms) the set back to that is that its more expensive. But what is my opinion on it, I think everything has an extent, we should be testing on animals as humanely as possible to a sure as less as possible, because after all they have a life to. Trying to find alternative ways to test is a good thing and I think it could help us a lot maybe more than just animal testing.
https://animal-testing.procon.org/ my source
My Safety Map