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2007-09-06 10:51:26 · 5 answers · asked by gallo pollo 1 in Science & Mathematics Botany

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It really depends on the experiment.
Safety goggles and close-toed shoes are fairly standard, though. -Pathologists, chemists, microbiologists, geneticists, and other lab-working folk.
I mean, my herpatologist friends generally wear shorts and a t-shirt, or snake-proof gaiters.
Physicists might wear ruby tinted goggles and hard hats. Or earplugs. Or lead-lined jumpsuits. It's hard to tell with physicists... they're a bit odd.

2007-09-06 17:28:40 · answer #1 · answered by BotanyDave 5 · 0 0

I'm a biochemist, and I would say virtually all the time a t-shirt, jeans, and usually gloves. Lots of latex or nitrile disposable gloves, and we change them as frequently as seems reasonable--several times a day.

I haven't worn a labcoat or safety goggles in years--you need them if you are working with dangerous biological fluids or organisms, dangerous chemicals, or things that might explode. Another example is very radioactive samples, which is where I last remember using a labcoat quite a few years ago. Some people wear labcoats if they are afraid of spilling something and damaging their clothes.

Oh, you do need goggles when you are using uv lights/lamps--usually just for a few seconds.

What we can't wear are shorts, open toed shoes, sandals, flip flops, etc.

In theory we're supposed to wear our lab coats more frequently than every 5 or 10 years.
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2007-09-06 19:40:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Jeans and a t-shirt. All my experiments are done either running a telescope over the internet or modeling stuff on my computer.

2007-09-06 11:00:57 · answer #3 · answered by eri 7 · 1 0

Clothes. Ask Dr Science,he knows more than you do.

http://www.peopleagainstnakedscientists.com

2007-09-06 11:02:58 · answer #4 · answered by Stainless Steel Rat 7 · 0 0

A lab coat, gloves, and maybe eye protection.

2007-09-06 11:01:15 · answer #5 · answered by dic9na 2 · 0 0

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