Perhaps the worst laboratory accident in recent memory occurred in 1996, when Karen Wetterhahn, a chemistry professor at Dartmouth, spilled a couple of drops of dimethylmercury on her glove. Thinking ...

In another universe, you could be reading an article celebrating Karen Wetterhahn’s retirement from Dartmouth College. She would be 73. A chemist, Wetterhahn started her career at Dartmouth in 1976, ...

What happens when a scientist makes a minor mistake? This story of one such scientist spilling two drops of mercury on her hand is well known by toxicologists, but perhaps you've never heard the ...

One teacher and scientist experienced a horrifying death all from a tiny drop, comparable to the size of a raindrop, of one chemical that touched her skin. Working as a research chemist at Dartmouth ...

One educator and researcher suffered a terrifying demise from just a tiny droplet, no bigger than a raindrop, of one substance that made contact with her skin. Serving as a research chemist at ...