“Report: Teacher Botched Experiment, Caused Student Injury”

“Report: Teacher Botched Experiment, Caused Student Injury”

By The Associated Press - A Georgia high school teacher presenting a flashy demonstration to get her students excited about chemistry made a mistake that caused a fire to burn "out of control" and seriously injured a teenager in the front row, a school district report released Wednesday says.---------------------------

"The problem isn't new, said Ken Roy, chief safety compliance adviser for the National Science Teaching Association. There's no national database that tracks such accidents, but Roy said he has anecdotal knowledge of at least 30 since the late 1990s that have ended up in court after students were seriously injured.

It may seem like there are more now because word spreads quickly on social media. That has prompted professional associations to step up their efforts to disseminate warnings and provide safety information for educators, Roy said.

"A science laboratory is a dangerous place," Roy said. "There's always going to be accidents, but of course you can make it safer to dramatically reduce that.""

https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/11/06/us/ap-us-chemistry-class-student-burned.html