“I have a degree in chemistry from a major university.”
I used to work in chemical research labs at a local, large company.* Every day, we had our labs inspected for equipment out-of-specs, blocked fire extinguishers, and unsafe lab burners on cluttered benches containing notebooks (the paper ones). And annually, we had to attend updated, audience-size meetings on laboratory safety.
“And the instructors didn’t spend even one minute discussing laboratory safety. Not a single minute!”
Our annual safety meetings were so boring, I often fell asleep.
* I am not naming the company, as I don’t want risk losing my pension. 🙂
D&D
I used to work in a DOD laboratory. Of course we got the same annual safety training as well as Federal, State, and local inspections. Our lab had a supply of chemicals for the many various analyses that would come up from time to time, some rarely.
At one point we were told to inventory our chemical stores and we were forced to dispose any chemicals that were not listed in one of our in house analysis procedures, for safety. Of course this did not include any of those rare analyses without a written procedure that come up.
Essentially, chemicals were too dangerous to be left in the hands of chemists.
*I am not naming this agency because, you know, FedGov...