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MIT’s lack of safety provisions nearly left me dead. But graduate workers are not disposable!

By Lucas Baston Nov. 9, 2022

Over the years at MIT working with countless chemical and physical hazards in my lab, I have come to learn first hand how MIT systematically neglects graduate worker health and safety. This all came to a head when I found myself in an ambulance after a chemical exposure, unsure if I would live or die.

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