"Orchid XP v8" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> Neeum Zawan wrote:
> >     One drop of conc HF on your skin can kill you. But
I'd rather die
> > from it than dimethyl mercury:
> >  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Wetterhahn
> Wait - they named an award after a woman who worked in
chemistry and
> died a horrible, gruesome death as a result?
> And this is to *encourage* more women into chemistry...??
o_O


Marie Curie died of radiation poisoning... Wikipedia says:

She had carried test tubes containing radioactive isotopes
in her pocket and stored them in her desk drawer, remarking
on the pretty blue-green light that the substances gave off
in the dark.

~db

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