whitequark@mastodon...
posted 28 Jun 2024 19:35 +0000
you know, the most concerning bit about Karen Wetterhahn's dimethylmercury exposure and subsequent death isn't that it was a drop or two that went through a glove it was that Karen was a world-class expert specializing in toxic metal chemistry and its effects on living beings, and she followed every single safety requirement of handling dimethylmercury