Chemicals supply is under scrutiny following rising numbers of acid attacks
Acid attacks – which include assaults using any corrosive substance, many of which are actually strong alkalis – are reported to have more than doubled in England since 2012. Matt Endean, deputy director at CLEAPSS, thinks that not all school staff are sufficiently concerned about the security of chemicals on their premises. ‘They don’t worry about the fact schools are rather insecure sites,’ he says. CLEAPPS, with the Home Office, has produced ‘Secure your chemicals’ (pdf), a document with practical advice for securing chemicals used in education.
Thanks for using Education in Chemistry. You can view one Education in Chemistry article per month as a visitor.
Registration is open to all teachers and technicians at secondary schools, colleges and teacher training institutions in the UK and Ireland.
Get all this, plus much more:
Already a Teach Chemistry member? Sign in now.
Not eligible for Teach Chemistry? Sign up for a personal account instead, or you can also access all our resources with Royal Society of Chemistry membership.