{"id":148,"date":"2018-10-30T18:41:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T18:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.praxilabs.com\/?p=148"},"modified":"2025-09-23T10:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T10:52:33","slug":"the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Famous 4 Laboratory Accidents in History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"WEB_ANSWERS_RESULT_9_ZPzZYeJ_hIeMuw-c5JiIBA__8\">\n<div class=\"wDYxhc\" data-md=\"61\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\r\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\r\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\r\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#What_is_Laboratory_Accidents\" >What is Laboratory Accidents?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#Types_of_Laboratory_Accidents\" >Types of Laboratory Accidents<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#Minor\" >Minor<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#Major\" >Major<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#Catastrophic\" >Catastrophic<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#Laboratory_accidents_statistics\" >Laboratory accidents statistics<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#1_The_Explosion_of_A_Chemistry_Lab_at_Texas_Tech_University\" >1) The Explosion of A Chemistry Lab at Texas Tech University<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#2_Mercury_Poisoning_Laboratory_Accident\" >2) Mercury Poisoning Laboratory Accident<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#3_Criticality_Laboratory_Accidents_Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory\" >3) Criticality Laboratory Accidents Los Alamos National Laboratory<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#4_Marburg_Virus\" >4) Marburg Virus<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2018\/10\/30\/the-most-famous-four-laboratory-accidents-in-history\/#Provide_Lab_Safety_with_Virtual_Labs\" >Provide Lab Safety with Virtual Labs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h2 role=\"heading\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" aria-level=\"3\" data-hveid=\"CAwQAA\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Laboratory_Accidents\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">What is Laboratory Accidents?<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"LGOjhe\" role=\"heading\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" aria-level=\"3\" data-hveid=\"CAwQAA\"><span class=\"ILfuVd\" style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Laboratories accidents may be the result of carelessness. Some common types of injuries include chemical burns, cuts from broken glass, inhalation of toxic fumes, absorption of chemicals through the skin, and ingestion of toxic chemicals.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Scientific laboratories contain dangerous chemicals that may lead to most of the common lab accidents such as strong acids, neurotoxins, in addition to various equipment such as natural gas-guzzling Bunsen burners, high-pressure cookers called autoclaves, and some types of explosive materials. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Biology laboratories often contain infectious organisms, posing a threat to students and teachers. So there are some safety tips that must be observed to protect those in the laboratory from exposure to any risk. Despite these strict rules some unintended laboratory accidents may sometimes occur.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><a class=\"maxbutton-3 maxbutton\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/request-free-demo\"><span class='mb-text'>Try Praxilabs Virtual Labs and be Safe!<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Types_of_Laboratory_Accidents\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Types of Laboratory Accidents<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In science laboratories, there are many materials that have hazard potential include: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Toxic and poisonous chemicals &#8211; Flammable solvents &#8211; Corrosive liquids including strong acids &#8211; Compressed Gases &#8211; Highly reactive chemicals and explosive materials &#8211; Dangerous microbiological specimens &#8211; Radioactive materials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0Generally, science accidents result from the following factors (<strong>Causes of accidents in the laboratory<\/strong>):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fires &#8211; Electrical short circuits and shocks &#8211; Leaks and spills &#8211; Unplanned storage- Use of defective material handling equipment &#8211; Careless handling of containers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>So, we can classify accidents in the laboratory to:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Minor\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Minor<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> Most common type of lab accident, involves little material damage and\/or minor injuries. They can result from improper use of equipment or storage of sensitive reagents. Examples: burns (either chemical or hot bodies), thermal runaways, volatile liquid bottle popping, corrosion of metal objects, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Major\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Major<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> Will cause appreciable material damage to equipment and fittings and may cause serious body damage. Known major accidents include reaction vessels shattering during reaction and splashing their content in the fume hood\/lab, small explosions, toxic leaks, severe rusting of metal objects from all around the lab, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Catastrophic\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Catastrophic<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> Lead to high or complete damage of the lab, and serious injury or on rare occasion death. Common examples include fires, floods, explosions, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Laboratory_accidents_statistics\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Laboratory accidents statistics<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the\u00a0<a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41557-019-0375-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 18 issue of the journal\u00a0<\/a><a class=\"gtrackexternal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41557-019-0375-x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nature<\/a>, According to &#8220;A review and critique of academic lab safety research&#8221; , here are some of the article\u2019s more\u00a0 statistics:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">25-38% of lab personnel surveyed have been involved in an accident or injury in the lab that was not reported to the supervisor or principal investigator.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">27% of researchers stated that they never conducted any kind of risk assessment before performing laboratory work. Academic researchers were the least likely to assess risk, followed by industry and government.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In one study of lab safety between 1966 and 1984, 81% of accidents occurred in teaching labs, 13% in research labs and 2% in fabrication rooms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Only 40% of researchers surveyed reported wearing PPE at all times when working.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">25% of researchers had not been trained in the specific hazard with which they worked.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Articles in chemistry journals seldom mention safety information on chemical reagents. One study looked at journal mentions of 11 hazardous compounds. These compounds were mentioned 107 times in journal articles but only one article provided cautionary information.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In one profile of safety incidents at research labs, virtually identical incidents occurred at the same institutions within 10\u201315 years, resulting in the destruction or temporary closure of the buildings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Visit Our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/virtual-labs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virtual labs<\/a>\u00a0and Experience a Virtual World of Science Education<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4669 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-2.webp\" alt=\"The Explosion of A Chemistry Lab at Texas Tech University\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-2.webp 2048w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-2-300x175.webp 300w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-2-1024x598.webp 1024w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-2-768x448.webp 768w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-2-1536x896.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Now, we will discuss \u00a0some laboratory accidents that occurred around the world:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_The_Explosion_of_A_Chemistry_Lab_at_Texas_Tech_University\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>1) The Explosion of A Chemistry Lab at Texas Tech University<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In January 2010, a chemistry lab at Texas Tech University exploded while two students were conducting some experiments to make derivatives of an explosive substance called <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nickel_hydrazine_nitrate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nickel hydrazine perchlorate<\/a>. They made a very dangerous mistake: they created 10 grams of the substance, despite the warning of the supervisor not to make more than 100 milligrams. When one of the students crushed the substance with a pestle, a terrible explosion occurred. Fortunately no one died, but the student suffered from burns and lost three fingers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Try the <a href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/virtual-chemistry-lab\">virtual chemistry lab<\/a> of Praxilabs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><a class=\"maxbutton-3 maxbutton\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/sign-up\"><span class='mb-text'>Get Started Praxilabs For FREE<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4670 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-3.webp\" alt=\"Mercury Poisoning Laboratory Accident\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-3.webp 2048w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-3-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-3-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-3-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-3-1536x1152.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Mercury_Poisoning_Laboratory_Accident\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>2) Mercury Poisoning Laboratory Accident<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In 1997, the famous chemist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/article\/501147\/retrobituaries-karen-wetterhahn-chemist-whose-poisoning-death-changed-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Karen Wetterhahn<\/a> died because some drops of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Methylmercury\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dimethylmercury<\/a> fell on her hands despite wearing gloves. The drops penetrated those gloves, reached the skin, and entered her body. After a few months she began to experience symptoms of mercury poisoning, such as loss of balance and poor speech, vision and hearing ability. She then entered into a coma and died.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Criticality_Laboratory_Accidents_Los_Alamos_National_Laboratory\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>3) Criticality Laboratory Accidents Los Alamos National Laboratory<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The criticality laboratory accidents is an uncontrolled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomicarchive.com\/science\/fission\/chain-reactions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">nuclear fission chain reaction<\/a>. It is sometimes referred to as a critical excursion or a critical power excursion or a divergent chain reaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The most famous criticality accident in history occurred at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, where Cecil Kelly was exposed to a deadly dose of neutrons and gamma rays when a large platinum tank went critical. Cecil fell to the ground and screamed, &#8220;I am burning.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Initial symptoms immediately appeared, such as collapse and mental incapacitation. When he arrived at the emergency room at the Los Alamos Medical Center, symptoms of the second phase began to appear, such as vomiting, trembling, hyperventilating and his skin began to turn purple and his lips turned blue, indicating hypoxia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Two hours after the accident, Kelly had entered the third stage, which was the longest. He was suffering from severe abdominal cramps but was very coherent and showed improvement overall. But after 6 hours of the incident, lymphocytes disappeared completely from the blood circulation, which was a sign of the inevitability of death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Thirty-five hours after the accident, his heartbeat was irregular, the pain in his abdomen was not controlled, his colour became pale, and he died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4628 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Image-Compressor.org_95KB_Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-4.webp\" alt=\"Marburg Virus\" width=\"1145\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Image-Compressor.org_95KB_Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-4.webp 1145w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Image-Compressor.org_95KB_Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-4-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Image-Compressor.org_95KB_Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-4-1024x640.webp 1024w, https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Image-Compressor.org_95KB_Laboratory-Accidents-in-History-4-768x480.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1145px) 100vw, 1145px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Marburg_Virus\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>4) Marburg Virus<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In 1967, a group of workers at the Marburg Laboratory in Germany began suffering from various symptoms such as fever, diarrhoea, vomiting and internal bleeding of a group of internal organs, and eventually seven workers died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">After a thorough investigation, scientists identified the cause of the epidemic: it was a pair of monkeys imported from Uganda for polio research. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The monkeys were carrying an extremely <a href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/blog\/2020\/02\/03\/biology-of-viruses-new-coronavirus\/\">dangerous virus<\/a> that had not been discovered before. They called it the Marburg Virus, named after the city where it was discovered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Since its discovery, it has remained mysterious; resurfacing, killing, then disappearing. The worst outbreak of the pandemic occurred in Angola in 2005, killing more than 200 people, and no treatment has been discovered so far.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Provide_Lab_Safety_with_Virtual_Labs\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Provide Lab Safety with Virtual Labs<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-md-3\">\n<div class=\"PocketEmppos\">\n<p class=\"para\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Through PraxiLabs, students can gain a real-world understanding of the concepts and procedures without jeopardizing their safety as they conduct tests through <a href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/3d-science-simulations\">3D science experiments<\/a> simulations of real laboratories without dealing directly with any of the above-mentioned risks.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><a class=\"maxbutton-3 maxbutton\" href=\"https:\/\/praxilabs.com\/en\/sign-up\"><span class='mb-text'>Get Started Praxilabs For FREE<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Laboratory Accidents? Laboratories accidents may be the result of carelessness. Some common types of injuries include chemical burns, cuts from broken glass, inhalation of toxic fumes, absorption of chemicals through the skin, and ingestion of toxic chemicals. 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