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Hi All,

I wanted to know how to best store dilute quantities of solutions in dropper bottles. At the moment they are in tubs on a side bench in the prep room which is kept locked at all times. Is this sufficient or do they need to be in a cupboard as well? Most of them are 1M or less.

Our chemistry teacher had an issue with barium nitrate this week and when she called the poisons information number was told not to induce vomiting as this is "old" advice, however the MSDS from the Chemwatch online database clearly states induce vomiting. Does anyone have an explanation f...