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Re: Anecdotes



These are great examples anecdotes and I would love to hear about any 
other incidents of this sort. The tea bag one sounds good!!!

Michelle Wakelam (Michelle.Wakelam@adm.monash.edu.au)



>      Two more short ones..
> 
>      1.   The "Hot" microwave.  A researcher (post-doc) is set to
>      2.    Mouth  Pipetting:     I got a call at my  office  (for
>      Yes, as one person so aptly remarked earlier, these are like
> old "war stories", but I have found them invaluable as tools when
> I'm   teaching  lab  safety  classes.   People  listen  to  "real
> stories"!
>      Hey,  did  I ever tell you the one where the lab worker  who
> did   not  use  radioisotopes  at  ALL  showed  up   (BIG   TIME)
> contaminated  with radioiodine?  Or about the radioactive chewing
> gum on the lab bench, or the P-32 contaminated tea bag I found in
> a lab coat, or...
> 
> 
>      Joel T. Baumbaugh (baumbaug@nosc.mil)
>      NRaD
>      San Diego, California