chemical spill

Chemical mishap shuts down LabSci

Emergency vehicles were called to clean up a chemical spill in the Laboratory Sciences Building Monday night, interrupting an organic chemistry exam and cutting off traffic on Snow Way drive for nearly two hours. A graduate student spilled three chemicals that produced a tear gas-like substance in one of the building’s labs Monday night.

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Chemical spill in LabSci cuts off traffic around building

Police and fire trucks blocked off Snow Way and the area around Laboratory Sciences Monday night after a chemical spill occurred in one of the building’s labs.

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