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Re:Bacteria (and Their Metabolites) and Depression by bell-cot on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @11:38AM (#42867279)
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.
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Re:Bacteria (and Their Metabolites) and Depression by MaKey on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @12:00PM (#42867704)
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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