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Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017) by stenl on Thursday July 22, 2021 @03:23AM (#27916365)
I once bought some pure botulinum toxin for an experiment (it blocks the release of acetyl choline at neuromuscular junctions). I want to say it was a milligram, but I don’t remember (that would have been 1000 times the lethal dose by inhalation). We had to get special export permission from the US government.

When the tiny vial arrived in a very large multilayered package, I sat down and read the Materials Safety Datasheet and contemplated the implications. I then decided never to open the package. We stored it under a big hollow block of concrete until the hazardous waste disposal people could figure out what to do with it.

Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017) by el_oni on Thursday July 22, 2021 @06:27AM (#27917301)
I've done similar with a chemical that was "fatal on inhalation, fatal on skin contact, fatal on ingestion" i dont think its been opened and its sitting in the lab to this day.
Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017) by refurb on Thursday July 22, 2021 @09:24AM (#27918526)
I once ordered NaK, a sodium-potassium alloy that looks like mercury, but will catch fire if exposed to the air. It’s like potassium metal but worse because it’s liquid.

I bought some for a project in the lab, then just disposed of it. Wasn’t worth the risk and found an alternative.

Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017) by eutectic on Thursday July 22, 2021 @08:38AM (#27918136)
What was it?
Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017) by el_oni on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:44PM (#27935968)
Dicyclohexyl carbodiimine. I used the liquid diisopropyl carbodiimine for 2 years but i wasnt keen on using such a toxic powder
Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017) by float4 on Thursday July 22, 2021 @06:20AM (#27917260)
How much money does something like that cost? Sounds expensive.
Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017) by stenl on Thursday July 22, 2021 @06:39PM (#27925214)
It’s just a protein, so it’s not very expensive to make. I guess a few hundred dollars? Here’s one seller: https://listlabs.com/products/bacterial-toxins/?sub=botulinu...
Re:There’s Toxicity, and There’s Toxicity (2017) by rootsudo on Thursday July 22, 2021 @10:26AM (#27919248)
Wow, and to think most university labs will just give it away if you know hot to ask.