Estimates suggest that the rate of injury in secondary school, college, and university laboratories is 10 to 50 times greater than is common in the chemical industry. It is not so surprising, therefore, to hear the safety manager of the research laboratories of a major chemical company saying, "We see the products of our colleges and universities as summer employees, as temporary employees, and as permanent employees. They range from undergraduate through postdoctoral levels. All have one thing in commonno conception of safety."There sentiments were confirmed in a November 1983 article in Chemical Engineering Progress in which Fiores reported on a survey of 200 engineers at a major company that "... only slightly more than a third felt their college education adequately prepared them to deal with safety issues they routinely faced on the job."Unfortunately, safety training does not take place in most science courses. Schools and colleges are notoriously poor in terms of safety performance. John R. Leach, head of the safety management program at the National Institutes of Health, observed, "The lack of safety consciousness on the part of many high school and university teachers is practically criminal. Because of their poor awareness of lab hazards, safety is, unfortunately, a very minor part of the instructional process."The scope of the problem extends beyond the school and college classrooms with a resultant costly impact on both industry and society. The graduating students take their poor habits to their first job where they, as new employees, are more likely to be hurt. Injuries to new employees account for 50-60% of all industrial injuries. They also take their bad habits into their homes as parents, exposing themselves and their children to the hazards of flammable and toxic solvents was well as unsecured medicines and household cleaners.