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A grad student's claim about a lethal liquid closed MIT's chemistry building

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MIT's building that houses its Department of Chemistry was shut down on August 27 after a grad student "self-reported to a local emergency room and claimed to have synthesized dimethyl mercury," according to MIT Emergency Management . Overnight, hazardous waste management firm Triumvirate Environmental wiped down surfaces and safely disposed of items that were potentially contaminated. — Read the rest The post A grad student's claim about a lethal liquid closed MIT's chemistry building appeared first on Boing Boing .

First report: MIT grad student hospitalized after possible exposure to mercury compound — whdh.com, 16d