Oh! Was i supposed to wash my lab coat? ;)
On 4/24/07, barbara keating <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Half the people in my Chemistry lab wore green lab coats which has been
> donated by some chemical company. They were much more practical than white
> as the various chemical colours didn't show up on them. You needed to wash
> the white coats more often, which could often result in holes in the lab
> coats due to the mixing of the detergents with the existing chemical stains.
>
> Those in green certainly didn't feel less 'scientist-y', but they did feel
> cooler!
>
> Thanks
>
> Barbara Keating
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> Do they really make them out of canvas?
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> One scientists recently complained in an interview of bring forced to wear
> one for a TV crew. Or maybe it was a photographer.
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> Helen Pilcher's asked me to post this for her as she's having difficulties
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> Ta muchly,
> Jo
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> Dear list members,
> I'm writing a feature for a science magazine about the white coat and am
> looking to canvas opinion. The feature focuses on whether or not the lab
> coat has become an icon for science. I'm suspecting that it has but I'd be
> interested in the thoughts of list members. What does the lab coat symbolise
> - to you? to others? And is this a postive or a negative? Do you remember
> the first time you wore a white coat and how did it make you feel? When do
> you wear one know and have your attitudes towards it changed? Has anyone
> every customised their white coat and if so how and why?
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> I realise that some of these questions appear less serious than others, but
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