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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Eating and Drinking in Laboratories
Date: December 2, 2012 10:04:46 AM EST
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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Eating and Drinking in Laboratories
Date: December 2, 2012 2:18:49 PM EST
Author: Roger McClellan

From: Samuella B Sigmann <sigmannsb**At_Symbol_Here**APPSTATE.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Eating and Drinking in Laboratories
Date: December 2, 2012 1:34:06 PM EST
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The only one that I can remember in recent history is the case of the coffee tainted with sodium azide that happened at Harvard a few years back. I am not sure if the true method of contamination was ever disclosed.

http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2010/01000/The_Case_of_the_Contaminated_Coffee_Pot.10.aspx
Sammye

On 12/1/2012 3:15 PM, Miriam Weil wrote:
Does anyone know where I could find statistical (not anecdotal) data on illness or injuries related to eating and drinking in laboratories?

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Miriam W. Weil, MPH, ScD


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