> >I must say that I am so proud of the graduate student for recognizing this mistake, STOPPING, and asking for help.

I agree with this statement wholeheartedly. This decision demonstrates a hazard awareness that is not always evident at the bench.

For example, it’s not clear from your report whether the situation was similar to the one at the Univ of Bristol
https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/how-not-do-it-tatp
but a quick internet search suggests that the government is more explicit about how to detect (and generate) TATP than academic EHS or chemistry departments when it seems to be a recurrent problem.

Anyway, thanks for sharing this update! In my experience, it is unusual to have a follow up report on hazmat events in general.

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
ralph**At_Symbol_Here**rstuartcih.org

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