To optimize the technical, economic, and social benefits of the chemical enterprise, the practice of chemistry must consider and address best safety practices from concept through research, development, manufacture, use, and disposal of its products. Only such a holistic approach will control individual and public risks associated with resulting technologies to acceptable levels. For this reason, in 2016, the ACS Board of Directors adopted safety as one of the Society’s core values. This action established the expectation that the Society and its members will be leaders in this area, particularly in regard to laboratory safety concerns. Living this commitment requires a thoughtful and proactive strategy for the ACS to pursue with its stakeholders. Such a strategy will support a more sustainable chemical enterprise for the benefit of Earth and its people. In order to connect a number of already existing diverse safety engagements and develop a comprehensive strategy, the ACS has sponsored a series of “safety summits”. These summits have been bringing together a number of ACS stakeholders along with outside experts and have provided opportunities for the Society-wide conversations about laboratory safety that have led to a number of collaborative safety projects. This report describes the outcome of the latest of these summits, focused on safety communication, held in February, 2020.

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2020 ACS安全峰会报告：化学安全交流中的机遇

为了优化化工企业的技术，经济和社会效益，化学实践必须考虑并解决从概念到产品研发，制造，使用和处置的最佳安全实践。只有这样的整体方法才能将与所产生的技术相关的个人和公共风险控制在可接受的水平。因此，2016年，ACS董事会采用了安全作为协会的核心价值观之一。这项行动使人们期望协会及其成员将成为该领域的领导者，特别是在实验室安全方面。兑现这一承诺要求ACS与利益相关者一起采取周到且积极的策略。这样的战略将为地球及其人民的利益支持更加可持续的化工企业。为了联系许多已经存在的各种安全活动并制定一项综合战略，ACS赞助了一系列“安全峰会”。这些峰会将许多ACS利益相关者与外部专家聚集在一起，并为全社会有关实验室安全的对话提供了机会，这些对话促成了许多协作安全项目。