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bell-cot on Jan 29, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bacteria (and their metabolites) and depression

True...but Hg(CH3)2 is so much of a "MSDS from the 11th circle of hell" corner case that only expendables in heavily armored moon suits should ever go near the stuff.

MaKey on Jan 29, 2025 [–]

Yet a German synthesized it in his basement and used it to poison a colleague: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/07/german-who-poi...

A crime as heinous as the substance that was used. It's a miracle that he didn't kill himself or one of his family members with it.

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