{"id":3,"date":"2010-04-21T09:53:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-21T13:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:55:33","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Health and Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2208\" title=\"EHS\" src=\"\/ehs\/files\/2010\/04\/iStock_000003199925Small-636x636.jpg\" alt=\"EHS\" height=\"186\" width=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/files\/2010\/04\/iStock_000003199925Small-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/files\/2010\/04\/iStock_000003199925Small-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/files\/2010\/04\/iStock_000003199925Small.jpg 693w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 186px) 100vw, 186px\" \/>Environmental Health and Safety&#8217;s mission is to provide a safe environment for students, employees, faculty, and staff as well as patients and others visiting our facilities and to help ensure compliance with federal, state, and local codes and regulations, in accordance with the Boston University <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Statement of Commitment to Environmental Health and Safety\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/?p=11734\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statement of Commitment to Environmental Health and Safety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) is comprised of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/management-plans\/safety-and-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Campus &amp; Clinical Safety<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/management-plans\/emergency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emergency Management<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/management-plans\/environmental\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Environmental &amp; Waste Management<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/management-plans\/rpo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Medical Physics &amp; Radiation Safety<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/management-plans\/laboratory-safety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Research Safety<\/a>. These five divisions provide a full range of environmental, health, and safety services to the Boston University and Boston Medical Center communities.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/ehs\/files\/2010\/05\/BU-BUMC_Emergency-Instructions.pdf\">Emergency Response Flip-Chart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Fire Safety\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/fire-safety\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fire Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/toolkits\/lsc-toolkit\/\">Laboratory Safety Coordinator Toolkit<\/a> is now available through the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/toolkits\/\"> EHS Toolkits<\/a> tab.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/orc\/files\/2013\/04\/New-Employee-Orientation.pdf\" title=\"CRC NEO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles River Campus New Employee Orientation to EH&amp;S at BU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/ehs\/files\/2015\/10\/BUMC-NEO-Oct-2015.pdf\">Medical Campus New Employee Orientation to EH&amp;S at BU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Annual Security and Fire Safety Report\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/safety\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston University\u2019s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NEW! For information on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ehs\/management-plans\/laboratory-safety\/sops\/visitor-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visitors in the Laboratory\u00a0Policy <\/a>and additional information regarding summer volunteers and visiting\u00a0lab members please contact Research Safety via <a href=\"mailto:oehs@bu.edu\">oehs@bu.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Laboratory Safety Annual Refresher &#8211; Online: <\/strong>For your convenience the\u00a0<strong> <a href=\"..\/..\/orctraining\/2011\/08\/26\/vista\/\">Online Safety Training Modules<\/a> <\/strong>have been combined into one module and launched online.\u00a0For more info or to take the training please\u00a0log into your <strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/rims\">RIMS Training Profile<\/a> <\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazard.com\/msds\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MSDS Search Engine<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">(available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazard.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vermont Safety Information Resources<\/a>)<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental Health and Safety&#8217;s mission is to provide a safe environment for students, employees, faculty, and staff as well as patients and others visiting our facilities and to help ensure compliance with federal, state, and local codes and regulations, in accordance with the Boston University Statement of Commitment to Environmental Health and Safety. 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