This booklet is the successor to the Society's 'Guide to Safe Practices in Chemical Laboratories'. Like its predecessor the new booklet points out relevant statutory requirements and provides general guidance on which specific in-house procedures can be based. The new booklet contains a Foreword by HM Chief Inspector of Factories. Safe Practices in Chemical Laboratories takes account of recent technical and legislative developments affecting health and safety in chemical laboratories. In particular the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 1988 (COSHH) will have profound implications for many laboratories and users are strongly recommended to read the new booklet in conjunction with the Society's publication 'COSHH in laboratories'. (See page 29).