Whether you're cleaning up a pesky sarin gas leak, cutting up a side of beef with a band saw, or spooning slag from your backyard foundry, the Safety Essentials catalog has something for you. Need a self-contained haz-mat suit, Kevlar gloves, or emergency burn kits? How about earplugs or biohazard disposal boxes? Safety Essentials carries them all.
What's impressive about this collection is the breadth of its idea of safety. Yes, it has all the material you'll ever need to clean up that toxic sludge on the loading dock, but the catalog also features back supports for people who do heavy lifting and wrist supports for those who pound keyboards all day.
If you're an industrial fetishist, Safety Essential's swag is pure pornography: hard hats in every color and aluminized coats (safe up to 2,850 degrees Fahrenheit for you barbecuers).
Whether you're preparing for that toxic date with destiny or just want to look like it, this catalog is one-stop shopping for safety freaks and cultural mutants alike.
Safety Essentials catalog: free. Lab Safety Supply: (800) 356 0783.
This article originally appeared in the December issue of Wired magazine.
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