Karen Wetterhahn - Wikipedia

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Wetterhahn was removed from life support and died on June 8, 1997, less than a year after her initial exposure. The case proved that the standard precautions at the time, all of which Wetterhahn had carefully followed, were inadequate for a "super-toxic" chemical like dimethylmercury. See more

Karen Wetterhahn, the Chemist Whose Poisoning Death …

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Although a few other people had died from dimethylmercury poisoning before, including English lab workers in 1865 and a Czech …

25 years after Karen Wetterhahn died of dimethylmercury …

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Karen Wetterhahn was killed by dimethylmercury poisoning after a few drops escaped from a pipette and landed on one of her latex-gloved hands. She was preparing …

Mercury poisoning - Wikipedia

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First Person: Telling the tragic story of mercury poisoning in …

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Masami Ogata is a survivor of Minamata Disease, a debilitating illness caused by industrial mercury poisoning, which originated in the Japanese town of the same name in the 1950s. As a …

Terrifying cases of mercury poisoning in history

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Historians who studied the archives of the seventeenth century claimed that mercury poisoning also caused the death of King Carl (Charles) II of the Stuart dynasty …

Isaac Newton May Have Died From Eating Mercury

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Isaac Newton may have died from eating mercury. That’s right. One of histories greatest scientists may have met his end doing something that you would expect Ralph Wiggum to do. By putting …

25+ Death By Poison | List Of Famous Poison Victims - Ranker

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From cyanide poisonings to other methods, here is a list of all famous people who were poisoned and killed. Read more about famous poisoning victims below. Alan …

5.5: The Myth, Reality, and History of Mercury Toxicity

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Faraday ( Figure ), Pascal ( Figure ), and most probably Sir Isaac Newton ( Figure) were affected. As part of his research studies, Newton boiled several pounds of …

Mercury Poisoning: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and More

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anxiety. depression. irritability. memory problems. numbness of the hands, feet, or mouth. pathologic shyness. tremors. More often, mercury poisoning builds up over time, along with its effects ...