Join us for this week’s Take Care Tuesday episode featuring Robert Marquez, school safety and security specialist with Harris County Department of Education's Center for Safe and Secure Schools. In this episode, Marquez discusses the importance of safety in the science lab and he shares 2 real world incidences that could have been avoided if the proper precautions had been taken.

Marquez also discusses common lab hazards, risk assessments, proper training, TEA rules and regulations and how teachers can dispose of old chemicals by cleaning out their chemical closets using The School Chemical Cleanout Campaign. All this and more on today's episode of Take Care Tuesday.