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Stefanie Loomis
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New Visions Medical Teacher
Adjunct Professor - Physics
Former NYS HS Chemistry and Physics Teacher
Beyond Benign Lead Teacher
NYS Master Teacher Emeritus
Adjunct Professor - Physics
Former NYS HS Chemistry and Physics Teacher
Beyond Benign Lead Teacher
NYS Master Teacher Emeritus
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| Title | Authors and Co-authors | Submitted on | |
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| New York State (NYS) Regents Green Chemistry Guide | Stefanie Loomis, Jim Burdick, Beyond Benign | 
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- Stefanie Loomis was just tagged in a comment: @Stefanie Loomis thank you for the reply. I am not surprised to hear this; you have so much to offer. Please keep us in mind for future meetings! Perhaps at a regional meeting near you. ...
- Stefanie Loomis was just tagged in a comment: @Stefanie Loomis , how would you like to present this work at the ACS Fall Meeting in August 2026, in Chicago, IL? A symposium is being planned for high school/college educators on laboratory safety and related practices that may be of interest to you.As professionals, we know what is needed, but engagingly transferring this knowledge to students is always difficult. Let me know what you think. ...
- Stefanie Loomis was just tagged in a comment: I LOVE this conversation! @Jerald Villarmino, you can use the EPA's flow chart to determine if the material is considered hazardous waste and if it has to be disposed of by a certified waste hauler, or if you can consult your local regulations for disposal. You can also use the SDS file to determine the waste disposal methods (section 13). As far as integration with students. I would be cautious opening up your inventory list to them, but rather use select chemical SDS files to help them identify the hazards and develop ideas for safer alternatives. Using the SDS they can look at the physical and chemical properties section (section 9) and stability and reactivity (section 10) to identify what properties they need to look for in an alternative. Then using sections 11-13 they can consider the toxicological, environmental, and disposal factors of their greener alternative. I don't have a lesson plan written for this, but it is something I have modeled in trainings before. @Stefanie Loomis I love the Personal Care Product activity you have. That is awesome!Also, The Laboratory Safety Institute is hosting 10 Safer Science Summits next summer and we will talk about this EXACT thing. We want to help you triage the legacy chemicals and understand how to properly dispose of them and then how to substitute for greener and safer alternatives. @Esther Hines attended our summit in Boston this last summer and maybe can share her experience with the Summit and if it helped her. Happy to talk safety anytime @Jerald Villarmino! ...
- Stefanie Loomis was just tagged in a comment: Thanks so much, @Stefanie Loomis :) All these are really wonderful and helpful, and I appreciate you sharing the SDS activity and your process for greening your labs. I like how you treated it as a gradual, “do-what-works” approach rather than all-or-nothing change. I recall in one of the webinars organized by Beyond Benign that they said small changes are better than aiming for major overhauls, which are often slowed down by stalling or bureaucratic challenges. Would you be comfortable if other teachers here adapt your Personal Care Products SDS Analysis activity? And if it’s possible, I think it would be great to have it in the GCTLC Library so more educators can find and use it....
- Stefanie Loomis was just tagged in a comment: @Stefanie Loomis, I'd like to share the link to your lab with readers of Environmental News Bits, if that's ok with you. I'm always looking for new green chem resources to share there....
- Stefanie Loomis was just tagged in a comment: Hi all, I’m circling back to this thread because @Ana Marielle Ginete’s question about what can’t go down the drain still comes up a lot, especially in schools without strong EHS support.The resources and stories from @Stefanie Loomis, @Saskia van Bergen and @Sarah Briggs are really helpful. I’d love to hear a bit more detail on two practical things:What simple system do you actually use day-to-day to decide what goes down the drain vs. into a waste container? (Wall chart, district list, your own spreadsheet, something else?)Has anyone turned a stockroom clean-out or inventory update into a student learning activity (e.g., “green audit,” safer substitutions, microscale redesign)? What did that look like in practice?Even a brief example or template would be really valuable for teachers who are juggling both teaching and stockroom management....
- Stefanie Loomis was just tagged in a comment: Tagging @John Warner , @John De Backere, @Stefanie Loomis, @Annette Sebuyira, @Raks Derival to see if any of you may be interested in this opportunity or have any connections to others that might be interested. ...
- Stefanie Loomis was just tagged in a comment: Hi all- there are great comments in this thread! I think @Ana Marielle Ginete makes a great point that controlling which chemicals get used, and in what quantities, is a great way to manage chemicals in the classroom, and a great way to keep track of this information is with an up-to-date inventory! And @Jerald Villarmino also raised a very common concern about what to do with chemicals that need to be disposed of as hazardous waste, which is something I want to highlight in this month's OWT webinar. If I can second @Stefanie Loomis, it is SO helpful to make connections and form relationships with the custodians, administrators, and Environmental Health and Safety leaders working in your school building and/or district. I'll be sharing my personal experience this week about how these sorts of relationships helped me facilitate a stockroom clean out and handle some unexpected discoveries! Also, @Saskia van Bergen makes a great point about state-specific resources. While there is a lot of widely available information related to lab safety and best practices for chemical management, it is always important to learn about your state and local requirements. I've worked in academic labs in three different states, and each one had different guidance for drain disposal of chemicals. I'm excited to talk more about this topic on Thursday!...
- Stefanie Loomis was just tagged in a comment: Thanks for this great list of resources @Saskia van Bergen , this should answer several of the questions above, especially for @Jerald Villarmino and @Ana Marielle Ginete who were trying to sort where to dispose of chemicals that cannot go down the drain. These resources, along with @Stefanie Loomis example of how to bring other school personnel into the process and make her classroom/lab gradually a very safe place, should help your efforts considerably. ...
- Stefanie Loomis was just tagged in a comment: @Stefanie Loomis may have some advice about this given her experience with classroom drains and green chemistry solutions as well....
- Stefanie Loomis just published the new learning object New York State (NYS) Regents Green Chemistry Guide
- Stefanie Loomis just published the new learning object New York State (NYS) Regents Green Chemistry Guide
- Stefanie Loomis just published the new learning object New York State (NYS) Regents Green Chemistry Guide
- Stefanie Loomis just published the new learning object New York State (NYS) Regents Green Chemistry Guide
- Stefanie Loomis just published the new learning object New York State (NYS) Regents Green Chemistry Guide