A truly incredible video. Great work as always!

@Pollute

2 жыл бұрын

I just came from your video

@thatonefriendiii2827

2 жыл бұрын

Just saw your reply at Chubbyemu's comment on your vid lol Edit: and also, your video was awesome by the way!

@janmarbalatico6398

2 жыл бұрын

just finished your vid man

@commander-mn7lx

2 жыл бұрын

I came from your video

@Jrb8k3n

2 жыл бұрын

Came here because of Mrballin, subbed for the incredible job you did!

"dimethyl mercury" me (a chemist): what the hell, why wasn't she wearing proper protection for that...oh.......oh so she's the one who warned us. Here's to you KW, I honor you for protecting all those who came after you (including me)

@tobiassiagian2562

3 жыл бұрын

Karen Weterhann is her name

@JR-zm2yu

3 жыл бұрын

@@tobiassiagian2562 💜

@eyeofcthulhu9602

3 жыл бұрын

@@tobiassiagian2562 why would you say that the name is hidden for a reason

@tobiassiagian2562

3 жыл бұрын

@@eyeofcthulhu9602 its already public anyways so people who want to know more can also search the name. I get that its for privacy but its on the internet anyways, and the incident happened on 1997 and she is also a well known scientist

@helioalves8884

3 жыл бұрын

@@tobiassiagian2562 Adding to ypur point, 1:52

*NOTE:* This video is about *DIMETHYL MERCURY LIQUID* and *not* mercury metal. Comments about mercury metal are as irrelevant as comments about *mustard* would be to a video about "mustard gas"!

@luckyalert5614

4 жыл бұрын

This is very true. Can everyone please stop commenting about how "but they played with mercury in school and nothing happened". There is a massive difference. Also since my comment has caused so much confusion, dimethyl Mercury is an atom of elemental mercury joined to a dimethyl group (2 carbons and 6 hydrogens) meaning that it has significantly different priorities. Kinda like how hydrogen is a flammable gas, but attach 2 hydrogen atoms to an oxygen and you've got regular old water.

@FelipeKana1

4 жыл бұрын

WOW thanks for this. I was kinda worried because I'd seen this video a long time ago and yesterday at my class a student broke his mercury thermometer and I got really worried

@killadomain

4 жыл бұрын

Hey what's the difference

@RyanTosh

4 жыл бұрын

@@killadomain Extreme differences; dimethyl mercury attracts to fat and easily absorbs through the skin; this is harder with elemental mercury.

@killadomain

4 жыл бұрын

@@RyanTosh thank you for answering. Just a follow up question. Would over exposure to regular mercury have a similar affect on the body?

Nothing worse than being an expert in a field, seeing the symptoms and slowly realising that you know exactly what is happening and what's to come. The description of her appearing to be screaming, then back to no response... That is terrifying... either she was suffering from some type of locked in syndrome, or briefly comes back to sentience, like dying multiple times. This is just absolutely terrifying.

@Brandon_Polen

3 ай бұрын

btw one thing the stupid indians of the world continue to forget is that subtitles are really read.

@jonnywilson9117

3 ай бұрын

@@Brandon_Polen What do you mean, why don't people care anymore?

@Spageeto

2 ай бұрын

@@Brandon_Polenyou will be falling over unalive four days

@Adam-kn3tv

2 ай бұрын

​@@Brandon_Polen what are you talking about?

@JerkinJoshXD

2 ай бұрын

Bro hit the mercury a little too hard that night

I took a bioinorganic chemistry course last semester and our professor had personal connection with her, sharing her story as we learned about heavy metals. RIP

@Izanagioomikami

8 ай бұрын

Hell yeah dude! Megadeth!

@lucialuciferion6720

14 күн бұрын

I remember as a child , being sick in bed and dropping the mecury filled thermometer onto the floor. The glass must have shattered spilling the liquid mecury onto the floor. I was fascinated staring at the liquid metal and how it moved. I don't remember if I touched it , but do remember wanting to play with it. This was in the late 70s, early 80s.

@jonforhan9196

5 күн бұрын

@@lucialuciferion6720nice story but that’s elemental mercury and not the dimethyl mercury seen here

@jayhill2193

Күн бұрын

@@jonforhan9196 still, while touching elementary mercury is harmless, it evaporates and gets absorbed in your lungs, creating the same pathology as described in this video.

Karen Wetterhahn was her name, rest in peace

@patricquesctarrues2977

3 жыл бұрын

She was a (ethnic) german🇦🇹🇩🇪

@crispy9731

3 жыл бұрын

Spoilers

@patricquesctarrues2977

3 жыл бұрын

@@crispy9731 Her name sounds german

@MathsOP

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDrunkCook777 nobody really cares

@RonstoOSRS

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDrunkCook777 yeah im sure every viewer is reading all 31k comments. Jackass.

Her name was Karen Wetterhahn, and she was an extraordinary chemist. She worked at Dartmouth College, where she established the Women in Science Project, doubling the percentage of women pursuing science degrees. She was exposed to a lethal dose of dimethylmercury in 1996, and less than a year later, in 1997, the scientific world lost one of its brightest and most inquisitive minds. Her legacy lives on in both her efforts to involve more people, especially women, in the sciences, and her colleagues' efforts after her death to increase workplace safety and the regulation of harmful chemicals. Karen Wetterhahn: Oct 16, 1948 - Jun 8, 1997.

@sauceroflivingpeople

4 жыл бұрын

I heard about this story from my College Geology professor who was studying under Wetterhahn for her doctorate. really chilling story.

@sauceroflivingpeople

4 жыл бұрын

I never thought it would get this kind of exposure

@hedayatsm553

4 жыл бұрын

Due to bioethical reasons, you should not reveal the name of the patient. That is exactly why the presenter used her initials only to identify her. Those in the medical field will know that one should only be identified by their initials in presentations for privacy and confidentiality. Edit your comment and remove the name please. You can pay homage to her by other means but certainly not here.

@orochi235

4 жыл бұрын

It's right in the video captions, lol. Lighten up; this is KZread, and context matters.

@OlOleander

4 жыл бұрын

@@hedayatsm553 Hi. I'm *in* the medical field, and have been for some time. Not only is the Wetterhahn case widely known and distributed in medical and safety literature, she's right there in the description. Perhaps condescend about bioethics to somebody else. I'm well aware of HIPAA, and have been since before my days treating patients in the Navy. Using initials is standard, but Wetterhahn's story outside her diagnosis and treatment are just as valuable to industrial hygiene and science education as her treatment was to medicine. Thank you, and have a lovely day.

The fact that she knew... and the possibility that there could be even a glimpse of a moment in which she was fully cognitive on the inside but felt the limbs and senses started to become unresponsive is literally making me walk around the room in fear of what such moment would feel

@ronnisingh9278

Жыл бұрын

Hi

@Kloppin4H0rses

2 ай бұрын

That's how ALS and other Neurodegenerative diseases work. It's scary

7:47 That got me. That's incredibly sad and horrifying to think about: "There's someone inside, but that person is trapped in a prison of her own comatose body." Nothing less than a tragedy, I can only hope that with the awareness brought by this case, lives have been saved. Thank you for your work, Professor Wetterhahn.

The scary thing is that she was still conscious, but neurologically trapped and unable to act.

@jeffreydiaz8182

4 жыл бұрын

One foot in, one foot out. Neither nor either.

@MrRar66

4 жыл бұрын

Probably the worst way to go.

@Kabutoes

4 жыл бұрын

I have no mouth and I must scream

@wecare9192

4 жыл бұрын

It's like sleep paralysis.

@dangernoodle9290

4 жыл бұрын

@@wecare9192 but you arent comfy in bed

Thank god I only tend to eat 64,000 kgs of salmon in one sitting... I wouldn't want that to happen to me

@ayse14

4 жыл бұрын

@Locust Hypnosis haha that's actually what my house happens to look like, yes. Except, my bed is made entirely of salmon XD

@ayse14

4 жыл бұрын

@Locust Hypnosis all of the above. It's really hard to watch tv when all they seem to broadcast is a pale, fleshy shade of pink haha

@ayse14

4 жыл бұрын

@Locust Hypnosis haha, salmon is always on the menu! No worries, thanks to you, too 😂😋

@drabnail777

4 жыл бұрын

The Mercury can slowly build up with each normal serving of salmon

@arliewilkey1976

4 жыл бұрын

@@drabnail777 STAP IT STAAAAP STAAAAAAAAAAAP STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

My mother has had classic MS, which attacks the milan sheath of the nervous system since she was 31 and she’s now 91. The thought of suffering such a fate compressed into mere months is horrifying. My mother is finally in a wheelchair, but she and my 94-year-old father still enjoy life together as they finally wear out.

I think it would have been ok if you mentioned her full name,--Karen Wetterhahn, a renowned and amazing scientist.

@planerdude88

Жыл бұрын

Uh no. He can get sued and besides it's his thing with initials

@candicezinnick3449

Жыл бұрын

Her name is widely known. He just kept to the same video format.

@rifleman1002

10 ай бұрын

​@@planerdude88she's an extremely public figure in modern science

@hayvenforpeace

9 ай бұрын

@@planerdude88It’s not just his thing, it’s standard practice in human subjects research.

A man got rejected from a art school... This is what happened to Europe

@projectkepleren

4 жыл бұрын

a boy doesnt want to become a priest a man doesnt get to be in an art school *time for world war two*

@bari9500

4 жыл бұрын

Isn’t that hitler

@sorty_4755

4 жыл бұрын

Hairless Chicken hitler

@lobotomite.1395

4 жыл бұрын

You really had to ruin this by editing in a thanks, its only 200 likes m8

@k1llerm0th56

4 жыл бұрын

Twice

"Upon autopsy" I always get so heartbroken when I hear that. So many of Emu's stories make it to recovery, it always hurts to hear about the ones who don't.

@charlottem.1477

4 жыл бұрын

Fallon Wetzel Especially given who she was... Truly a an amazing scientist and a tragic loss.

@Bobbob-dv4hp

3 жыл бұрын

TRIX TRIX wow

@atlas1165

3 жыл бұрын

TRIX TRIX that’s fucked up. Why would you say something like that?

@trixtrix520

3 жыл бұрын

ATLaS Because it’s true

@atlas1165

3 жыл бұрын

TRIX TRIX No. It’s not. Her being amazing or not had nothing to do with her death, though she was an amazing scientist. It was the faulty safety systems put in place, that was the reason she died. She died because the dimethyl mercury got absorbed into her skin through the glove. Whether she was amazing or not wouldn’t have changed the outcome. So no, it’s not true. She is an amazing person nonetheless.

I love how you also explain the meaning behind the words by using their stems. It makes the terminology so much easier to understand for us non-medical folks!

@lifesahobby

Жыл бұрын

Well said

@GlycerinZ

Ай бұрын

it certainly has helped me decode all these long ass medical terms!

I think this is so fascinating yet still heartbreaking at the same time. KW (aka Karen Wetterhahn) was a great mind and inspiration to many other scientists, especially female scientists (which were not common fields for women then). This just goes to show how dangerous certain chemicals can be, and in general, just how dangerous it is to be a chemist. To all of my fellow chemists, always always always always be very cautious. And to Karen Wetterhahn, thank you for the sacrifice and knowledge you have given this generation. Rest well Professor.

@candicezinnick3449

Жыл бұрын

Not just this generation. To humanity forever.

This is a well-known story to us chemists. She's a hero too. Essentially okayed every form of experimental medicine and procedure that was known at the time, called medical teams super early in advance knowing she was basically going to die once it was found out that the glove type used was actually NOT good for the chemical used (contrary to what was understood at the time). A lot about mercury poisoning was learned from this case to be applied to future medical cases. It also changed procedure in how to grade PPE used for toxic organomercury compounds and other heavy metals.

@OverseerMoti

2 жыл бұрын

Even in her dying days, she still contributed to science and safety. May she rest in peace...

@hellohowareyou8396

2 жыл бұрын

@@OverseerMoti yes... R.I.P

@wendy908527

2 жыл бұрын

May she Rest In Peace ❤️

@midwestmike613

2 жыл бұрын

Well said! She knew better than most what could be learned from this experience. And it can definitely be said she saved lives because of her contributions.

@forwardsdrawkcab

2 жыл бұрын

You're saying it wasn't known by anyone that this stuff penetrates latex?

I like how he says, "two drops" as the actor drips like 10 on her hand.

@JensKafe

5 жыл бұрын

maddie that’s not what they meant “dumbass”

@rizwana939

5 жыл бұрын

@maddie When was the original commenter implying it was actually mercury... Never... -_- Also, the person who replied to you meant to say "That's not what they meant"...

@yamato4169

5 жыл бұрын

maddie it could be glue

@rstar3457

5 жыл бұрын

@maddie why did you need to call OP a dumbass? Who hurt you?

@JensKafe

5 жыл бұрын

maddie Where did they imply that is was mercury??? Oh and dumbass isn’t that big of an insult think of something better, thank you :)

Karen Elizabeth Wetterhahn, also known as Karen Wetterhahn Jennette, was an American professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, who specialized in toxic metal exposure. She died of mercury poisoning at the age of 48 due to accidental exposure to the organic mercury compound dimethylmercury.

I cried at the end. Her family should be proud of her. Death is tragic but at the very least she did something noble in her contributions to science and humanity. May she rest in peace.

With that much dimethyl mercury in her brain, she was lucky, or should I say extremely unlucky, to survive that long. She was an absolute legend. She kept her composure and decided we should learn from her tragedy.

@LordPrometheous

3 жыл бұрын

My uneducated ass would have been dead in a week. I wouldn't have had enough brain matter to last as long as she did.

@mostevokish

2 жыл бұрын

and all these blowhard 'wannabe-tough' guys always bragging about: tough under pressure.... this woman was the absolute epitome of tough! Hard-fucking-core! RESPECT! 'Never met a wise man, always was a wo-man..' -Kurt Cobain (I miss you GrandmaLu)

@jaigoyal1382

2 жыл бұрын

@@mostevokish calm down go talk with your friends

@mostevokish

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaigoyal1382 presumptuous to think i have any isn't it?

@Lukemasonmedia

2 жыл бұрын

@@mostevokish with your comments, yes yes it is

You're telling me I can't eat 144,000 pounds of salmon in one sitting?

@bakasheap

5 жыл бұрын

Challenge accepted imma do it

@EmeraldEyesEsoteric

5 жыл бұрын

Sure you can, but if your appetite is really that huge, it would be best for everyone if you passed away in the same manner as the scientist. Big population, limited food resources you know.

@weijizhu3729

5 жыл бұрын

There goes my weekend plans

@samtrujillojr

5 жыл бұрын

@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric your extra fun at parties aren't ya?

@EmeraldEyesEsoteric

5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't know, I never get invited to any...

I find stories like this fascinating. Scientists who know exactly what is happening to them but they still do their jobs as scientists. In a similar vein, in the 1940s, one of the leading nuclear scientists in the world lived in Nagasaki and survived the bomb but got a massive exposure to radiation. He documented his radiation sickness and that information is still used today.

I had a science teacher in my secondary school (located in a city in southwest England called Bristol). Amazing guy, Very, very smart and always adding to our learning by supplementing other general science facts which I and many others even minutely interested in the subject found utterly fascinating all the time. He told us this story about him as a young child getting a temprature reading, most of the thermometers at the time contained Mercury, this is probably sometime in the 60s/early 70s as he was in his late 50s teaching us in 2015. But he bit the thermometer too hard causing it to break releasing a few grams of pure mercury into his mouth, he was expected to pass away by most estimates or survive with severe neurological decline. Luckily he survived and amazingly even with that certain neurological decline he got a Degree in chemistry and became a teacher. Still one of my favourite teachers and I really hope he's doing well as I don't remember seeing him again after 2018. Thanks for reading, Rest in Peace KW

@Sashazur

Жыл бұрын

In high school chem class someone asked the teacher what would happen if you ate a little mercury metal. He said it would come out the other end fast enough that it probably wouldn’t do much if any damage. He wasn’t a doctor so I’m not sure how correct he was, but considering the many decades we used mercury thermometers with kids, I doubt it was a death sentence.

@candicezinnick3449

Жыл бұрын

The most toxic aspect of metallic mercury is that it it can easily evaporate, and then be inhaled/breathed in.

@johnjohnson-ss4vu

10 ай бұрын

metalic mercury is a lot less dangerous than organic compounds of it. Due to how comparatively badly its absorbed. Still toxic though.

@lalathebenificent1335

10 ай бұрын

I'm not certain that the mercury found in thermometers (elemental or metallic mecury) is the same as dimethylmercury

@johnjohnson-ss4vu

10 ай бұрын

@@lalathebenificent1335 its nothing like it

That sounds so awful. Imagine losing your mind and dying because of two drops of some chemical. So cruel

@venix2256

2 жыл бұрын

That’s how dangerous the universe is

@atomicnumber8051

2 жыл бұрын

@@venix2256 I think you mean “Dimethylmercury”

@brgrafs4127

2 жыл бұрын

@@atomicnumber8051 yes that's apart of the universe

@atomicnumber8051

2 жыл бұрын

@@brgrafs4127 true

@bestwaifuonearth

2 жыл бұрын

@@venix2256 the universe is still beautiful at times though

Should be mandatory to watch this video in college for any chemist course or any educational course that even has the remotest possibility of coming in contact with this form of mercury.

@Divergent_Integral

3 жыл бұрын

Its use has been long deprecated, among other reasons because of this exact accident (and because equally good alternatives exist).

@HIMloverVille2

3 жыл бұрын

This is a well-known case among Chemistry students.

@alaricgoldkuhl155

3 жыл бұрын

I had a friend who studied chem at Sydney uni who told me a story about a girl in his prac class who pipetted potassium cyanide with her mouth. The teacher turned and saw her as she was doing it and just froze. Luckily for her, it was perfect, but as soon as she finished and took her lips of the pipette the teacher lost his shit at her. She was expelled from the course immediately. No matter how clear you are with safety instructions, consequences etc, some people will just never get it.

@Divergent_Integral

3 жыл бұрын

@@alaricgoldkuhl155 Some people take this stupidity thing to a whole new level.

@seanmagnusson2581

3 жыл бұрын

@@alaricgoldkuhl155 That is horrifyingly and alarmingly stupid.

That doctor of chemistry was so accomplished and gave her life in pursuit of research. Terrible loss. When I worked in labs, way back in the 1980’s, a problem we had was finding gloves and other safety equipment which fit. The women omen wore XS or S, but very few were ordered in those sizes. We would request more of those and fewer Large and XLarge. The reply was that each lab was stocked with what the majority of employees used. The empty box of small gloves can lead to a snap decision to use a different type of glove. Each type of material has different properties. Some might absorb liquids you’re using and others would protect you. In my case, large gloves worn to protect up to the elbow were so loose, the liquid I needed to avoid splashed inside the opening and ran down my arm. I was working with HF acid solution. Luckily, I was barely injured, but I was rushed to the hospital just in case. (my boss also threw a bucket of dilute base on me, to help and surprise me) Glove protection was just part of the problem, but there were many problems regarding what was considered average size. I hope now that the women in the lab now can have more influence over lab design, equipment layout, and accessory sizes. We were advanced enough to start earning more science degrees, but still had much to prove to gain respect. Safety can make all the difference. The situation in the video really brings back so much.

as someone who struggles with what-ifs and anxiety and ocd but still likes content like this, i really really appreciate the comments about the salmon. it helps to qualm those things and i think you should include comparisons like that and likelihoods in your videos when applicable :D

@chloewhite6764

Жыл бұрын

My friend, OCD and anxiety are symptoms of mercury toxicity. Lots of people have it in smaller degrees than this scientist had and it causes all kinds of physical and psychological disorders. Comes from amalgam fillings, immunizations, and other sources. I have mercury toxicity. I'm going to chelate with Andy Cutlers protocol. The IV protocols plus cilantro and chlorella are all unsafe, surprisingly.

*One of her former students said that "Her husband saw tears rolling down her face. I asked if she was in pain.* *The doctors said it didn't appear that her brain could even register pain."* *Wetterhahn was removed from life support and died on June 8, 1997.*

@jjl772

2 жыл бұрын

@@PP-qi1nk This video is about dimethylmercury, not Thimerosal. Other types of mercury (such as thimerosal or elemental mercury) are nowhere near as harmful as dimethylmercury.

@nou-tp7dm

2 жыл бұрын

@@PP-qi1nk Autism is better than dying of tetanus tho

@zanzaboonda

2 жыл бұрын

@@PP-qi1nk VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM. FFS

@zanzaboonda

2 жыл бұрын

@@PP-qi1nk Also, autism is not a "behaviorial issue". It's a neurological difference that people are born with.

@yojimbo_ejh

2 жыл бұрын

@@PP-qi1nk Oh ho ho, we got an anti-vaxxer on our hands!

It’s sad that many safety rules are written in blood. Thank you Dr.

@darrellmcqueen1721

2 жыл бұрын

You did a very impressive job, on explaining this!! I appreciate you for all of this ❤️ God Bless 🙏

@syncopatedglory

2 жыл бұрын

progress is made one funeral at a time 😞

@ewjiml

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, no one knew in the WORLD that dimethal mercury could penetrate latex gloves. A fatal flaw obviously.

@129140163

2 жыл бұрын

Y’know, while pondering on all this something occurred to me: There’s no telling how many people have had to die throughout history in the process of establishing laws, regulations, procedures, protocols, and practices on safety. Many safety rules are in place because someone died or was seriously/life-changingly injured.

@abasdarhon

2 жыл бұрын

@@129140163 If you think that's sad, consider the number of people who, to this day, must still die before many civil governments will install a traffic light.

This is the first time I say it in public. I am a medical student myself and this happened to me in my first year of studying. 3 years ago I was exposed to mercury intoxication which was present in fish. I felt very bad after eating the meal and immediately after 20 minutes my body reacted by vomiting all that bad food. I did not even really think it could have been an intoxication. Without any thoughts I went to sleep and nothing happened in the next days. Exactly one week later I started to have really strange discomfort in my abdominal region such as pain and cramps. I left the lecture and went home. On my way home I experienced disorientation and difficulties in my balance or motoral functions. That day I couldn't move out of my couch. I was laying there straight with only being able to move my eyes for three hours. After this my most horrific time in my life started. I called ambulances every evening straight for 4 days. The doctors could not find anything in my blood, urine, organs, x-rays, CT's, MRI's and ultrasound. Pain started in my chest, which made no sense, because there can't be any type of pain in the areas and it was not caused by any organs or muscles. Finally, after very precise examination and diagnostic tests, my doctor was able to diagnose an intoxication with fish product which was mercury. He told me that he had already a patient with the same symptoms and it took him up to three years to get back to "normal" life and health. Exactly as he told, I gained slowly my health back over three years. During this time I had extreme pain and discomfort in my whole body, fatigue, decrease of concentration and the ability to memorize things and loss of weight due to loss of appetite. All this together also created a type of depression. For you guys, I really want to remind you to pay high attention to every food and product you buy. Always check for the date of production or preparation! I don't wish anyone to experience such a horrific time in their life. I can't even imagine how Karen Wetterhahn must have felt after her intoxication. Rest in peace.

@xijinping4418

Жыл бұрын

What you went through sounds horrible, and I'm glad you made it through it. I don't think it's fair to say that you went through the same thing as KW though, what you were exposed to was not dimethylmercury. If it was, you almost certainly wouldn't still be with us today. Hope med school is going well for you though! Best of luck, from a random stranger on the internet.

@lilistojanov3276

9 ай бұрын

So sorry for what you went through. What type of fish did you eat that caused this?

You did an amazing job honoring this woman's life and contributions to society. As always, well done.

I read an article in which KW was interviewed about this incident. She didn't ignore the spill. She was wearing two pairs of latex or neoprene gloves. She saw the two drops hit her gloved hand, she immediately removed her gloves and washed her hands. She then went to the hospital and received treatment for heavy metal poisoning. It didn't help she was dying by the time the magazine article was written and new she would not survive. That stuff is so toxic that lethal dose got through the gloves in seconds and her skin and remained toxic despite immediate treatment. Keep that stuff locked up.

@user-lc8zk7pj3n

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus...

@tsjoencinema

2 жыл бұрын

Hypothetically speaking, could sawing off her hand have saved her?

@grieferoncamera4600

2 жыл бұрын

@@tsjoencinema it absorbs so fast into her blood stream it would be too late before she even realised it

@SEllis-wd9nx

2 жыл бұрын

@@tsjoencinema Maybe, but then there's all that loss of blood to deal with. There's also the question of how quickly does it move through the body from the initial site. By the time you get to the saw and setup it might be too late. Kind of like cyanide, once its in you it's pretty much over.

@april5641

2 жыл бұрын

I would like to read the article. May I know the link or title of the article? or where it can be found?

The fact that she suffered... It wasn't just an immediate death and she was fully aware and trapped in her body... I just want to cry at that fact.

@katherinefotopoulos9244

5 жыл бұрын

it reminds me of a chemistry teacher I had in high school. She was terrible at her job and so many students hated her. The students were so confused why she acted so strangely and how did she keep her job? Was it because she was old and senile? It got out that she had previous exposure to mercury and it changed her demeanor. because of the exposure she got irrationally mad, and get easily confused. It made her hair go completely white early and other symptoms I'm sure I never noticed. This video reminded me of her, I hope she's doing ok.

@sophia.mcdaniel__8062

5 жыл бұрын

Maty Boi umm is that my husband hwang hyunjin 😍

@thomoclock

5 жыл бұрын

Straykidstrash_ :/

@ajoneil607

5 жыл бұрын

For months she saw her body slowly deteriorate until she went into a coma then she was trapped in her own body. Just a conscience thinking in and on and on and on until she died

@lmnts556

5 жыл бұрын

A lot of people actually die that way, but from different illnesses. Imagine heart failure, some are instant, some paralyzes half your body, 1 side. Some causes brain damage, if you live through all of these, it will be a bad story. The end of most people's lives will humble THE FUCK out of you. Welcome to life, beginning til end, good luck everyone.

It feel so bad knowing that someone as smart such as her didn't make it while other people doing dumb stuff gets through.

I was a dental nurse for years in the 1970-80's and handled mercury every time a filling was needed, in fact my rings used to turn dull. In fact we used to play with it. This was in the days when the alloy & mercury was mixed by hand. I've never had any side effects though, why would this be. I went on to become an RN & shudder to think back how casually we treated the mercury. Best wishes from Australia.

@m2heavyindustries378

2 жыл бұрын

Thankfully, the skin (and GI tract) absorbs metallic mercury very poorly. Inhaling it is a different story though

@dracasweet

9 ай бұрын

Not the same mercury. Refer to comments above such as: "NOTE: This video is about DIMETHYL MERCURY LIQUID and not mercury metal. Comments about mercury metal are as irrelevant as comments about mustard would be to a video about "mustard gas"!" "This is very true. Can everyone please stop commenting about how "but they played with mercury in school and nothing happened". There is a massive difference." "Also since my comment has caused so much confusion, dimethyl Mercury is an atom of elemental mercury joined to a dimethyl group (2 carbons and 6 hydrogens) meaning that it has significantly different priorities. Kinda like how hydrogen is a flammable gas, but attach 2 hydrogen atoms to an oxygen and you've got regular old water." "Extreme differences; dimethyl mercury attracts to fat and easily absorbs through the skin; this is harder with elemental mercury."

@bojens865

7 ай бұрын

@@dracasweetThis should have been made clear at the beginning of the video. It never is.

@dracasweet

7 ай бұрын

@@bojens865 I agree

Did anyone else cringe when the gloved hand rubbed the non gloved hand to see if there was anything there??🤦🏽‍♀️

@mensb1936

5 жыл бұрын

I screwed up my face so hard like WTF

@pintilgorf

5 жыл бұрын

wtf is with thw emojis

@dx.feelgood5825

4 жыл бұрын

@@pintilgorf you probably can't see what the emoji is supposed to be because you don't have it. That's what my phone does

@KaaneDragonShinobi

4 жыл бұрын

Well if she literally did that when it happened then, welp, we have our answer as to why she got exposed lmao

@ringhunter1006

4 жыл бұрын

ha ha ha ha ha yip!

What a horrible way to die. I hope she was not “in there” during the last moments of her life. Trapped with no way to communicate, but fully aware and processing thoughts would be just the worst way to go.

@cipley

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't she, though? When she eventually develops impaired cognition at 7:43, don't know for how long until she passed away.

@billflk2364

3 жыл бұрын

He said that she was trapped inside her body and she would have known what is happening sadly smh

@420Effect

3 жыл бұрын

I'd use the last cognition I did have when I realized what was destined to happen to get to a state with assisted suicide and get it over with, it would be the last thing I did while I still could.

@yagadog6040

2 жыл бұрын

@@cipley yes stfu

@johndododoe1411

2 жыл бұрын

Given her specialty she might have focused on studying this rare case. Just like that Russian scientist reporting on his own death from an infectant he was studying.

When i was in 12th grade, my chemistry teacher was showing in lab about some phenolic compound which goes to solid state at room temperature and becomes liquid when it's heated. He also told it's highly flammable and not to play with it. By this time i had already kept it aside in spatula and it spilled on my hand. I washed my hads immediately and my skin became pale. I showed to the chemistry teacher and told the phenolic compound fell on my hand, he scolded and opened a jar with a base chemical that can absorb the acidic compound that fell on my hand. He took the powder and held my hand inside that. After sometime he removed and told me to go take rest and observe if anything happens. I kept observing my fingers and i saw a burned dot forming on tip of my finger. He didn't put the base powder on my finger tips. Since it was just small burn the size of a mole i ignored it and everything went back to normal. If the chemistry teacher didn't act on time, i would have been handicapped. Always remember not to wash hands if you touched anything acidic. You need to neutralize with base.

This has quickly become one of my favorite channels on YT. Karen Wetterhahn was a leader in her field and an American professor of chemistry at Dartmouth College. Great story and reporting!

This made me cry... She must have been so terrified as she helplessly died trapped in her breaking body. Death might have been a merciful end. I am so heartbroken for her. She died from the work she did to protect others

@user-xx2bm2sl7i

4 жыл бұрын

Reverie626 shut up

@David_Brinkerhoff93

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, stfu.

@nadrojnicol3127

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck it I’m gonna shoot mercury into my groin

@TheJakedart

4 жыл бұрын

A Mercuriful end

@juniperslowed

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler Minegar wtf???

Learned about this case last semester in a chemical engineering safety course. The wild part that wasn't mentioned here was that the safety data sheet that's printed on every chemical bottle stated that the type of gloves she was using was the correct material to handle it. So despite doing everything correct given what she knew, she still died. To fact check me search CSB safety dimethyl mercury

@Appri

3 жыл бұрын

Not the wildest part, the saddest part. This wasn't a human error, this was a mistake in science that lead to the death of a prominent researcher. I learned about this event first thing in my chemistry class as a warning about material hazards and safety.

@lucideuphoria7092

3 жыл бұрын

@shane I'm in steel fab so I use one of those daily...I just try and ignore the thought..

@xMasterShake9x

3 жыл бұрын

@shane it was actually a CSB video comment that brought me here. Crazy stuff.

@ysammo214

3 жыл бұрын

If the type of gloves was correct, how did the mercury get through to her skin?

@fefalim13

3 жыл бұрын

@@ysammo214 because it wasn't really correct, that's the 'lesson' her case gave

I like it when people make content that explains things in a way even laymen can understand them. This series, along with others like the Chevrolet videos from the 1930s are some really good ones to watch.

The fact that dimethyl merc absorbs through the kind of gloves used in the lab seems like a huge oversight. They studied this kind of stuff, but no one thought about ensuring that the PPE they used every day would protect them from each of the substances they worked with?

@angelainamarie9656

2 ай бұрын

This was where they learned apparently.

Rest in pease Karen Elizabeth Wetterhahn. She passed on June 8, 1997.

@robremorse

4 жыл бұрын

This is a truly sad story. I just couldn’t help but notice the tragic irony in her last name. Karen Wetterhahn died because she “wet her hand”, w a very poisonous substance. I don’t mean to be disrespectful in any way. It’s just something that came to mind and wouldn’t go away. My deepest condolences to her husband, family and those who knew her personally. Rest well Karen.

@irriterendenavn

4 жыл бұрын

@@robremorse im sure her relatives are laughing their asses off reading your poetry

@mortalclown3812

4 жыл бұрын

"Prof." and "peace"

@tonywallens217

4 жыл бұрын

@@robremorse Do you feel any regret over this comment?

@Uhohlisa

4 жыл бұрын

@@tonywallens217 Why? He didn't say anything disrespectful.

She went to my high school and her chemistry professor was still there when I went there. He told us about this.

@carleylester9691

3 жыл бұрын

Wow!

@shingshing01

3 жыл бұрын

This happened when I was a chemistry undergrad. It scared the hell out of me.

@peppigue

3 жыл бұрын

Professor in high school?

@DamnitMan88

3 жыл бұрын

@@peppigue Kids these days. 😂 They so silly.. so stupid. 🤣

@miglek9613

3 жыл бұрын

@@peppigue there are private schools that are owned by universities, with uni professors teaching the students so it's technically possible, dunno if that's the case here tho

I remember finding a pint sized bottle (completely full) of mercury in an abandoned paper factory when I was 13yrs old. I'll never forget how astonishingly heavy it was for the size. My friends and I thought it was coolest thing ever... We were pouring it in our hands, throwing it at each other, some of it even went the river... I don't remember what happened to that bottle. But I recall finding tiny beads of it in my bedroom carpet for VERY, very long time... This was almost 30 yrs ago, I sometimes wonder if I'll eventually pay the price for this... Then again, maybe I already am.

@MotorcycleWrites

Жыл бұрын

Metallic mercury (the kind you found) is on another planet compared to the toxicity of the mercury compound in this video. I mean it’s still not good for you and maybe you lost a brain cell or two but you’ll be fine lol. It’s like how inhaling chlorine is super deadly but ingesting chlorine when it’s in a different compound (like table salt) is fine.

@candicezinnick3449

Жыл бұрын

​@@MotorcycleWrites . . . but ingesting the compond Sodium Chloride (NaCl), table salt is fine.

@thearchitectofthehounds9815

7 ай бұрын

​@@candicezinnick3449That's what he just said.

She played her part in advancing science, but, oh man, this story is just so sad every time I hear it.

@alpheusmadsen8485

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. And it kindof terrifies me that we live in a universe with things that are this deadly!

@thomasneal9291

2 жыл бұрын

@@alpheusmadsen8485 two drops of nicotine concentrated to the level of dimethyl mercury she was using would have killed her outright in a day. that's about the level of nicotine from 30 packs of cigarettes. the difference being when you smoke cigarettes, you aren't smoking 300 all at the same time, so your body gets a chance to process the nicotine before it builds up enough toxicity to become lethal. that said, I would still rather have gotten the immediate kill from the nicotine, instead of the long, drawn out, brain shutdown she experienced. that is probably the worst way to die I can imagine.

Gosh this is so sad, it's actually a famous case. She followed all of the proper established safety procedures but said procedures and gloves were unknowingly insufficient. Because of her they've been updated today to prevent this in the future... at least this tragedy has a silver lining that will benefit future scientists, if not her.

@animeandstuff5377

5 жыл бұрын

ValensBellator lol nah this don’t benefit her she died

@TheReaper569

5 жыл бұрын

Madam curie died of radiation as well.

@narthic

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheReaper569 She was different though she exposed herself on purpose because she believed that we shouldn't test on humans or animals unwillingly so her AND her husband ( who died in a carriage crash I believe ) exposed themselves willingly and studied the effects.

@TheReaper569

5 жыл бұрын

@@narthic No No No. At her time radioactivity was not fully understood especily its harmful effects. She didnt know that it was very dangerous.

@bambiflowers9543

5 жыл бұрын

I'm an RN and read years ago that the purple nitrate gloves could allow some liquids and chemicals to seep through during exposure. Some cancer medications and a few other medications are extremely toxic if skin touches them. Always be very careful with chemicals and medications, even with gloves on. Such a sad story.

This guy speaks in the clearest voice. Even when talking somewhat fast, you know the words he's saying.

@Butchcavalier

2 жыл бұрын

English isn't my first language and even I can understand him very well! The way he breaks down complicated scientific terms into their component parts really helps, too.

This story terrified me when I first started in chemistry, but it is a strong lesson to pay attention to the type of gloves you are wearing. I'm glad he mentioned silver shields in the end. Not all gloves are created equal.

"kw noticed something wrong when she would walk into walls" GIRL

@asquidney4306

4 жыл бұрын

it be like dat sometimes doe

@kaileyyeo

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@Simon-xh8ki

4 жыл бұрын

Ernie the Giant Chicken ok

@arsonfly

4 жыл бұрын

I'm just wondering how wide the walls were? Like, beams in the video or a whole ass wall?

@stephennehpets8518

4 жыл бұрын

I think, given her background, at that point she had likely already deduced what was causing the problem, and she knew there was not much that could be done for her. that's what makes this story so crushing

Dude you are awesome ... the fact that you .. 1. explained the mercury toxicity 2. Physiology of cerebellum 3. Basic pharmacokinetics concept All in such an interactive way. I dont think people realise how genius your case discussions are. Thank you.

@thomassutherland5188

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed . He is a treasure.

@prapanthebachelorette6803

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomassutherland5188 totally

@George30302

2 жыл бұрын

Are you a doctor or pharmacist?

@MrJunomein

2 жыл бұрын

@@George30302 Almost doctor aka med student

@George30302

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrJunomein Very nice... It's truly a dream come true to become doctor after clearing AIPMT and Neet...All the best di for future endeavours 👍🏻

being trapped in a body that's unresponsive is probably my biggest fear. What a terrible fate for someone so intelligent.

Rest in Peace, you helped the scientific community till' the death. 🙏 You got my respect and admiration as well.

Okay, don't touch anything, ever. That's what I've learned.

@Leenie42785

5 жыл бұрын

Bradon Hoover yes!

@sarahh367

5 жыл бұрын

Don't get MRIs with contrast CT scans with contrast immunizations fillings or anything else..

@DISTX-

5 жыл бұрын

Bradon Hoover but how did you write this comment??

@marieeyre

5 жыл бұрын

dont touch anything, dont kiss anyone or god forbid have sex with anyone, dont even breathe as it will make you uglier - and more lessons i’ve learned from these kind of videos!

@baconbliss4796

5 жыл бұрын

Wanna play tag lol

That's really sad. The idea of being trapped in your increasingly-disabling body and only being able to let out cries or moans periodically is so horrible. RIP for that woman.

@ssksleepyboy

3 жыл бұрын

Not RIP for that woman , it is : Let Her RIP / may her soul RIP . A minute of silence for her story .

@jimboonie9885

3 жыл бұрын

@@ssksleepyboy Nah just Rip

@kagey03

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Have you ever read the book watched the movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?

@Skippy-id9yt

3 жыл бұрын

@@ssksleepyboy dont be a dick

@detectiveelectro2372

3 жыл бұрын

She now in heaven...May god bless her.

I love how you break down the prefixes and suffixes for words we don't know. It's a great way to learn and helps me understand other videos

I love how you always give a word of warning but without any fear mongering. Here to educate not scare

Fuck man, that must be so scary to go through. Slowly becoming a vegetable, and then becoming a vegetable. Being stuck in your head, not being able to use your body, but you're still aware. Truly a nightmare come true.

@dazednconfused31337

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like watching Fox News

@mastershadowreaper

6 жыл бұрын

Dazed too true man 😂😂😂

@davegsux

6 жыл бұрын

hold my breath as i wish for death, oh please god wake me!

@1evildoer

6 жыл бұрын

Oh man if you hate this then read flowers for Charlie, truly suffocating

@alexaconrad4244

6 жыл бұрын

Dazed 😂 so true

The thought that hospital staff caught a glimpse of the true suffering during her random short bursts screaming, crying, and flailing, surrounded by much longer periods of unresponsiveness...that always gets to me.

@_NekOz

2 жыл бұрын

Cases such as this is one of the few times assisted suicide should be legal. Assisted Suicide should be THE final thing to consider and she was not living anymore, only suffering. As much as I want to live, if I were in the same situation and had the opportunity to off myself in a way that isn't messy, I or my next of kin would have taken that option.

@normanosborn1277

2 жыл бұрын

She should've offed herself.

@greggarick6817

Жыл бұрын

Same here I can't even wrap my head around it that is just tragic

@nancylouin2002

Жыл бұрын

The body feels pain even I the brain doesn't seem to respond.

@britishprofessor9957

Жыл бұрын

What if the nurse sent her home without seeing a dr. Playing Dr prevents early treatment, costs lives

I really enjoy this channel because the Doctor goes straight to the point on a professional and easy to understand manner. Thank you, Doc.

So late to this video but I found this channel a couple days ago and it's really cool I've been watching them back to back before bed it's such good work presented really nicely and professionally

Man, the most terrifying part is that it went through her glove immediately.

@thzzzt

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I watched to the end (which I rarely do) to see exactly what gloves could have saved her life. I use nitrile gloves once in a while and I swear stuff like acetone feels like it goes right thru.

@Ruth-rr4up

4 жыл бұрын

@@thzzzt Same, unfortunately not all gloves provide the same protection. Acetone, DCM, DMF, and THF all go through nitrile gloves pretty quickly. I think DMSO does too but it's not that toxic, although it dissolves so many other chemicals that it provides a way for more toxic compounds to get into the body.

@FirstLast-ur6xt

4 жыл бұрын

thzzzt acetone feels like that regardless of what gloves you wear. Because it boils off your hand

@Ruth-rr4up

4 жыл бұрын

O.P. Yates Yeah THF is nasty. Sometimes DMSO almost smells like olives to me. I mostly use the deuterated form for NMR but maybe that smells different than normal DMSO?

@Kelnor277

4 жыл бұрын

How expensive is the hair test? If cheap it seems like doing that monthly for persons that work with organic mercury is a good idea.

And this is why you report all chemical spills and exposures to your lab manager, no matter how small or insignificant you think it is. I should make this mandatory watching for my lab.

@L1Run

5 жыл бұрын

That wouldn't work, since it would acclimate the lab manger to the idea that most reported to him/her are harmless, and may result in spills receiving less attention than they should. Unfortunately there is no solution here that is more simple than making sure all lab employees understand and regularly review the relevant chemistry and safety procedures.

@NochSoEinKaddiFan

5 жыл бұрын

@@L1Run Well, (good) IT always says that each and every suspicious event should be reported, be it an unexplained webcam light or a harmless spam mail. Because almost always it is noting, but that one time there is something wrong, you know it immediately. Referring to iron monkey, I don't know if there would have been hope for rescue after the exposure, but the chances are better the sooner you treat it. Reviewing the safety protocols and prosedures as well as executing utmost care should just be augmented by tighter reporting habits, never replaced. Prevention is paramount, anything else is damage control. :)

@L1Run

5 жыл бұрын

@@NochSoEinKaddiFan Well, you didn't say every suspicious spill. You said every spill no matter how small or insignificant.

@NochSoEinKaddiFan

5 жыл бұрын

@@L1Run You might not have to report spilling water or something the potency of vinegar, but if we start talking sulfuric acid it might be good to know. Just in case you didn't leave the place spotless or there are still gases lingering and there is a potentially dangerous reaction with components of the following experiment. I'd rather report more than not enough, just in case.

@L1Run

5 жыл бұрын

@@NochSoEinKaddiFan I agree with that. You don't have to report insignificant spills. You do have to report ones that need reporting. That's kind of what I was saying - that there is no simplistic militant solution to this. Education is really the only answer. Make sure that the lab employees know the difference between methylcellulose and HFIP, and what needs to be done in those cases, etc.

I love how you break down words like you did for _dysmentria_ you use a lot of words I've never heard and I love learning new vocab! Your channel ROCKS!!!!

It's so hard to wrap my head around, and so scary, that a drop of something falling on a GLOVED hand for a few seconds could result in something like this 5 months later. Mind blowing. Fascinating video as always

@MisterFribble

2 жыл бұрын

And the fact that they didn't know Latex was insufficient is really troubling. Karen did everything exactly as she should have: she removed the gloves immediately, washed her hands, and went straight to the hospital for heavy metal poisoning. But if you had a drop or 2 of dimethylmercury on your hand when you wrote this comment, you would probably already be dead.

@brandonross8200

Жыл бұрын

@@MisterFribble I honestly can't believe the small contact was enough to kill. Chemicals are scary

@badmonkey2222

Жыл бұрын

The dimethyl moiety in the pipette spilled on my dorsum causing ataxic gait..🧟

@schqrr

Жыл бұрын

I know right bro, it’s scary

@brianlee9310

Жыл бұрын

​@@badmonkey2222 do what lol?

I like how you get into the point instead of clickbaiting

@kevincorrigan1754

6 жыл бұрын

Ilovetheblob forreal this guy is good af... straight with the title start literally it’s the first sentence.. this guys a good ass youtuber

@wosh2nd68

6 жыл бұрын

I almost didn't click because of the title

@whitefox6277

6 жыл бұрын

If only every single video was like that

@AlexanderKG

6 жыл бұрын

ilovedeblob It's what you call interesting titles or eyecatching presentation. Clickbait is pretty much writing A Celebrity Nude Leaked as the title while the video itself is just a 10-minutes long video of emptiness.

@mallisagillespie7836

6 жыл бұрын

And kev dog...maybe you should hit the library to expand your vocabulary lol

From a med student I have to thank you for the clinical cases you give in your videos, thanks a lot 💓💓💓💓

Thank you for your wonderful lectures! You don’t talk down to us. You deliver such knowledge about our bodies that no one else has ever done like you. I have bipolar II, and watching your videos keep my flashbacks away because your videos are so full of deep, abiding knowledge that can save lives. You are magnificent for teaching us valuable information about the human body, and nature of humans. I love when you mess up your hair!🌺👩🏻‍🦳

This is scarier than those horror stories.

@iaminacoffin.9416

5 жыл бұрын

Leh yeah

@Martin-yh7vi

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr, this could happen to anyone if they mishandled or underestimate the danger of these materials.

@ruslanatakhanov4352

4 жыл бұрын

Cause it is real

“Take care of yourself, and be well.” me: *puts down tabasco bottle filled with dimethyl mercury*

@niccilus7758

4 жыл бұрын

There goes my Friday

@projectkepleren

4 жыл бұрын

_yeet_

@yngfljm2277

4 жыл бұрын

I was loading a bowl of ice when he said that :/

@sinewyslacker8978

4 жыл бұрын

yngfljm did you quit your meth habit yet

@AaronShenghao

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you had properly disposed of it as per hazardous material...

What a loss, and a horrible way to pass. I really hope it wasn't as bad for her as it sounds like it was. I am glad they implemented safety measures to make sure this never happens to someone again.

Note to commenters: Mercury in a thermostat is not dimethyl mercury.

Think about how many lives she has saved because of what we learned from her.

@harryleiter6164

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately since he said there are only a few recorded cases, probably not many. As time progressed though, I'm sure she will save lives

@erex9875

3 жыл бұрын

@@harryleiter6164 he was saying how many people will be way more careful around mercury

@submit56789

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, about how useful women are in stem

@bornonfire452

3 жыл бұрын

@@americanjoe5486 I heard stories my father in hight school told me there was a guy that had some in his locker and it fale and broke and the guy didnt know it and his hair and teeth fale out .🤔

@techgamer1597

3 жыл бұрын

@@erex9875 organic mercury is very different to elemental mercury used in thermometers etc so it doesnt come into contact with many people. Only scientists specializing in organometallic chemistry deal with it so luckily the risk to people is low.

I have never been more afraid to touch anything in my entire life

@hagron5702

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed :/

@madkiss8017

6 жыл бұрын

crunchy limestone you eating worst everyday you just fo not feel it yet!!!

@rydawg871

6 жыл бұрын

med kiss no you’re not eating anything worse than mercury smh

@katiebayliss9887

6 жыл бұрын

med kiss no

@allianzsaint4336

6 жыл бұрын

med kiss no just no.....

I still think this is the best video on this channel. It's the most interesting case and is extremely well made and presented.

I used Mercury in the years I was Dental Nursing. I guess it must have been a different type than what is talked about here. I used it to make Amalgam for Silver Fillings. I can't say I was uber careful with it. It was never stressed to use with care. I dare say I spilled some on my gloves and def inhaled it as no masks supplied. Makes you think.

@Rocky-iy8ct

Жыл бұрын

Yes this is organic mercury and vastly different.

@loudunne4404

Жыл бұрын

@@Rocky-iy8ct Thank God for that ! Thank you. 😊

“It was awkward, imbalanced and disorderly” my life summed up in one sentence.

@ashwin.kalyan

4 жыл бұрын

w o w

@enginardus

4 жыл бұрын

same bro

@nabbyy8392

4 жыл бұрын

*w a s*

@ortherner

3 жыл бұрын

OMG, THE EDGE!!!

@ARCHIVED9610

3 жыл бұрын

lmao yes

Mad as a hatter. That’s where the phrase comes from- hatters used to work with mercury and inevitably went mad from chronic exposure

@Zuvie77

5 жыл бұрын

Anna Costello Wisniewski what is a hatter?

@Trebinhas

5 жыл бұрын

Zara a person that makes hats

@Actingskint

5 жыл бұрын

Zara surely you have seen Alice in wonderland , or through the looking glass! Look at the illustrations of the man with the big hat .Hes the mad hatter , Hence the reference to Mad Hatter in the books & the connection to mercury

@ZsaZsaUmbra

5 жыл бұрын

@@Zuvie77 a milliner

@zytha2890

5 жыл бұрын

@@higashiwhy Maybe they wanted to experience conversation?

This lady helped save thousands if not millions of people going through this. I wish she could have known how much good she did ❤

Thank you for sharing this. I found you on Rumble. You speak well.

I remember reading about this. She was a well known and highly respected professor who was following all protocols. Unbeknownst to her (and the entire research field) was that the gloves that were prescribed to be worn when working with this do not prevent it from permeating to the skin. Tests after her poisoning showed that dimethylmercury permeated the gloves in as little as 15 seconds. This is really nasty sh*t

@ricehair8807

5 жыл бұрын

Was the illness caused from the mercury appeared quickly or slowly? Sorry for bad english

@Rxspy

5 жыл бұрын

Just say shit you pussy

@lomek4559

5 жыл бұрын

So she died or survived and if survived she will stabilize or not?

@ImperativeGames

5 жыл бұрын

@@lomek4559 Did you watch video? Do word "autopsy" tells you anything?

@ImperativeGames

5 жыл бұрын

What I don't understand is why those gloves wasn't tested before someone died ^^

This was probably the scariest thing I have seen all year

@19AMIRUL97TENSAI

6 жыл бұрын

And its still january

@robrotten3978

6 жыл бұрын

I suggest you watch the story of a man exposed to high level of radiation kzread.info/dash/bejne/dIiVlph-e93Sj8o.html And the firebombing of the German city of Dresden kzread.info/dash/bejne/polp15man7bedrQ.html

@anchorbait6662

6 жыл бұрын

rob rotten maybe I'll let this one sink in for a couple weeks before I try the links you suggested. Ha i can only take soo much terror at a time

@XxSteamStreamxX

6 жыл бұрын

yeah, its crazy how sensitive the body is to some substances, it really makes me rethink what my skin touches because it absorbs just about anything.

@anchorbait6662

6 жыл бұрын

XxSteamStreamxX I have heard stories of DEA agents cleaning up after raiding lsd laboratories and coming into contact with a few drops of pure lsd unintentionally. I guess it was the equivalent of like 10,000 doses.

Thank you so much for this video it was super helpful and very sad to know KW had this experience.

I love the fact that you split the words with an explanation. Karen bless you… 🙏

Lesson learned don’t fuck with mercury

@RobDucharme

6 жыл бұрын

That's the thing though, not all mercury is created equal. Ethyl mercury isn't the same as Methyl mercury. Ethyl mercury safely leaves the body. Methyl mercury sticks around much longer, which isn't good. I suppose this could have been explained better in this video, but in the end the message should be to take as many precautions as possible when handling chemicals known to harm living tissues.

@fezzes428

6 жыл бұрын

unless your cody's lab, the dude lives and breathes mercury

@Nimble96

6 жыл бұрын

I Wear A Fez Now was thinking the same thing this whole video 😂 pretty sure he bathes in it

@jak8607

6 жыл бұрын

When i was a kid i held mercury in my hands and played with it my dad was really angry when he caugth me being stupid so i think it explains why im so retarded xD

@HappyDragneels_page

6 жыл бұрын

elemental mercury is safe to handle as long as you dont get any inside you (cuts, etc) not sure where you got hold of mercury at a young age though

I hate how some people in the comment sections keep saying when they were young they played with mercury and nothing happened... Different mercury.....

@steelrarebit7387

6 жыл бұрын

When I was younger... Haha. I won't do it.

@1yoan3

6 жыл бұрын

I listed to Freddy MERCURY and nothing happened.

@steelrarebit7387

6 жыл бұрын

I listened to Freddy Mercury and I got really damaged. I mean, a great artist like him dying sucked.

@leyingsdiy9873

6 жыл бұрын

Drama Queen i broke a Thermometer... and nothing happened:b

@Fenriswaffle

6 жыл бұрын

Same reason some people make a ridiculous to-do about the mercury compounds used in vaccine storage. Chemistry isn't always immediately intuitive and unfortunately people don't know that.

This guy: talking someone who literally died of mercury poisoning The music in the background: LET'S FUCKING DANCEEEE

Wow! Fascinating, instructive and tragic. Thank you for these videos. Along with a wealth of knowledge on the topic, you have a real knack for dramatic presentation, a talent and a skill. Keep 'em coming. The distraction is good medicine. Cheers!

"How should i handle dimethyl merc-" "YOU DONT"

@xacobthegreat2335

5 жыл бұрын

No this is what you should do if you’re a scientist. If you spell the stuff on your glove our hands immediately go to the hospital and get it checked out

@mrmisterman999

5 жыл бұрын

@@xacobthegreat2335 thanks doctor obvious

@ethenoodle1

5 жыл бұрын

i broke a lightbulb a few days ago by accident and though i took a literal cdc level cleanup i’m shook

@TheConstantComet

5 жыл бұрын

@@ethenoodle1 Dimethyl Mercury isn't the same as elemental (pure) Mercury, which is far less dangerous.

@cheesewax5999

5 жыл бұрын

Some things are just not to be touched

I love the way he explains the meaning of each medical term by breaking it down

@RollingThunder85

3 жыл бұрын

Me too sure helps out

@Katomatic

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@thehassaankhalid

3 жыл бұрын

Right!??

@marcogarcia9146

3 жыл бұрын

Facts

@AmikaofMan

3 жыл бұрын

And that's why he has over 12 million views on just this one video. People enjoy understanding these types of concepts but don't have a teacher that can express it in the proper way/ in laymans terms. Chubbyemu does just that, if not a bit dryly though

Comparing the patient's very high mercury level to eating wild salmon is incredibly dishonest because wild salmon, unlike some tuna, is very low in mercury.

I really enjoy your content, you are clearly very educated but have a great way of explaining things in a way I can understand them. Thank You!

I was just going to eat 68.000 kilograms of salmon in one siting thanks for saving my life!

@whycantijusthaveausernameo3993

6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure your stomach would rupture first.

@dan-gheorghe2277

6 жыл бұрын

Darth Bacon you're* ;)

@Dumass88

6 жыл бұрын

Tovarsul Now that's embarrassing.. i'm usually very aware about my spelling to avoid just that! I guess, me too, am stupid as a pile of bricks. :)

@Smuutti

6 жыл бұрын

If I was in a wheelchair it would be much easier to eat that amount of salmon without getting up.

@stephenmiller9009

6 жыл бұрын

I can eat maybe 3 pounds, and save your life whilst doing it :-) friends??... give me salmon?

When I saw the title I immediately knew who KW was and what was to become of her, I think there is few people in the chemistry community who don't know her story. Thank you for the in-depth explanation of what happened.

She was a modern day Marie Curie, who died of radioactive poisoning.

@fireb62

3 жыл бұрын

Truth!

@virnan

3 жыл бұрын

@@DardS8Br All in the name of science my dear.

@HorrorMovieFreak96

3 жыл бұрын

What we’re not gonna so is slander my girl Marie

@antiparticle1765

3 жыл бұрын

except marie curie actually discovered something

@albinhaformiga1070

3 жыл бұрын

@@antiparticle1765 I think she could have too if she had enough time

I thought about how it's weird that it's (thankfully) under-utilised as a poison.... By the time you realise something is wrong, it's already too late, there's no antidote, the onset of symptoms happens much later (which makes finding the person responsible for the poisoning much harder) , and you don't even need to make someone injest it, just getting it on their skin is enough. And I realised, it really is so dangerous that even assasins/murderers don't want to mess with it.

She was using plain latex gloves apparently it can pass right through latex as opposed to nitrile gloves

@Ro-dent

Жыл бұрын

100% correct. She needed a refresher course on health and safety. Or she was just dumb.