Perhaps the worst laboratory accident in recent memory occurred in 1996, when Karen Wetterhahn, a chemistry professor at Dartmouth, spilled a couple of drops of dimethylmercury on her glove. Thinking ...

Dhurandhar 2: Is 'dimethylmercury' actually a slow poison, as claimed in the movie? Scroll down to read the detailed story.

A warning sign at a chemical weapons disposal facility at GEKA in Munster, Germany, in 2013 (used here as stock photo). Photo: Philipp Guelland/AFP (Getty Images) A federal court has sentenced a ...

In another universe, you could be reading an article celebrating Karen Wetterhahn’s retirement from Dartmouth College. She would be 73. A chemist, Wetterhahn started her career at Dartmouth in 1976, ...

One teacher and scientist experienced a horrifying death all from a tiny drop, comparable to the size of a raindrop, of one chemical that touched her skin. Working as a research chemist at Dartmouth ...

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Keith Shannon. Other answers including Franklin Veaux’s very good one mention dimethylmercury. That’s a really good candidate for “most dangerous ...

Dimethylmercury is an extremely dangerous chemical that she came into contact with(Image: Getty) A teacher and scientist suffered a terrifying death from just a tiny ...