Tragic Accident

Jan 22, 2009 14:48

A UCLA student recently suffered a fatal accident with a chemical.  The entire chemistry community has been rocked by this... I can't imagine how the department and advisor have been affected ( Read more... )

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quirkyfemme January 23 2009, 00:24:50 UTC
What worries me the most is that she was not wearing a lab coat and she had a synthetic sweater on. She could have also rolled onto the floor to quench the burning, but maybe she did not have that kind of training in elementary school.

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nucleophile January 23 2009, 00:59:25 UTC
Good point. I should stop wearing my polyester fleece to lab (I just took it off, actually). Very few people wear lab coats, and they usually only do when they're working with something particularly gross. Fabric is just not something people talk about.

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quirkyfemme January 23 2009, 01:01:37 UTC
One time this guy in my high school bio class spilled alcohol all over his white shirt and then caught on fire and he took it off and then stomped the fire out. Remarkably, he was unscathed.

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ext_146471 January 23 2009, 06:19:07 UTC
One time this guy in my high school bio class put a fetal pig kidney in his mouth for $5. Remarkably, he squandered the money on two personal pan pizzas.

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