Destruction of Hazardous Chemicals in the Laboratory Book

Lunn and Sansone are both research chemists with the National Cancer Institute and are experts in the handling of extremely hazardous and carcinogenic chemicals. This book will serve the needs of scientists working with these very dangerous substances. The safe disposal of a number of extremely hazardous compounds now used in research laboratories is covered, and although these compounds are generally present only in small quantities they are often so toxic that they may pose great hazards to laboratory personnel. Also described are methods that can be used to degrade gram scale quantities of these chemicals in the laboratory in which they are used. This will help avoid hazards associated with long term storage removal from the laboratory to a central facility and shipping of chemicals to a disposal facility not to mention the problems of finding a facility which will accept extremely hazardous compounds.Read More