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In Remembrance, Nov. 2023
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Putting a chemical in a previously used storage container of another chemical was fatal for this chemist.
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/pdfs/09CA004.pdf
 
A hard lesson about how things can go wrong quickly, my sympathies towards the family.
Sodium Hydroxide is one chemical that scares me, it deserves respect and caution.
 
Oof. To me, one of the worst parts is not just that he died, but that he didn't die until a week later.

Another good reason to not get too comfortable about our work. Not fearing it is good--not respecting it can be lethal.
 
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