The reality is that a lot of high schools don’t have fume hoods or well stocked labs for students to use. Part of it is overblown concerns about liability, and the other part is expense. Fume hoods aren’t just expensive to buy, but when they’re running open, (i.e. being used) they consume what is scientifically known as “a fuckton” of electricity. Basically as much as your house is probably using right now. For one hood.
We had a guy who got HCl in his eye because he wasn’t wearing goggles. Fortunately he got to an eye wash station pretty quick. Had a patch over his eye for like a week. One of my professors admitted to me that she hasn’t worn safety goggles in years. That’s so strange to me, it’s the one thing I’m always careful about, and that’s not just with chemistry, but with using a table saw or eating abnormally sharp Pringles.
In any case, here’s the video I was talking about earlier:
