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Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] OSHA materials on Karen Wetterhahn's mercury exposure
Date: Sunday, March 20, 2022 at 9:03:07 PM
Author: John Callen <jbcallen**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM> 		Next by Date:
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From: Monona Rossol <0000030664c37427-dmarc-request**At_Symbol_Here**LISTS.PRINCETON.EDU>
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] OSHA materials on Karen Wetterhahn's mercury exposure
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 02:29:18 +0000
Reply-To: Monona Rossol <actsnyc**At_Symbol_Here**cs.com>
Message-ID: 125550839.1210764.1647829758836**At_Symbol_Here**mail.yahoo.com
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Certainly do remember it.  I wrote a couple articles myself at the time, And I was impressed that Ed Movitz got that OSHA citation so fast.  Nice work.

Monona


-----Original Message-----
From: John Callen <jbcallen**At_Symbol_Here**gmail.com>
To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Cc: Ralph Stuart <ralph.stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu>; Monona Rossol <actsnyc**At_Symbol_Here**cs.com>
Sent: Sun, Mar 20, 2022 9:03 pm
Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] OSHA materials on Karen Wetterhahn's mercury exposure

Jillian,

In addition to Edward Movitz' attachment, I'm sure you are aware the C&EN had published two articles about Karen Wetterhahn as reference in Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Wetterhahn

In the meantime and although it did not relate to (CH3)2Hg but rather just Hg, I was tangentially involved with the Pymm Thermometer Company and OSHA back in 1981 in New York City.  There is still plenty of documentation in the literature on it.  I'm sure that Monona Rossol surely remembers this case too!

Good Luck!

All My Best,

John B. Callen, Ph.D.
3M Personal Safety Division - Retired
ACS/DCHAS Founding Member
(312) 632-0195


On Mar 20, 2022, at 18:41, Edward Movitz <movitz**At_Symbol_Here**OLEMISS.EDU> wrote:

Inspection: 300441557 - Dartmouth College
https://www.osha.gov/pls/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=300441557

 
Edward M. Movitz
Research and Environmental Compliance Officer Emeritus

Treasurer 
American Chemical Society Ole Miss Local Section
P.O. Box 961
Oxford, MS 38655-0961
movitz**At_Symbol_Here**olemiss.edu 
From: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU> on behalf of Jyllian Kemsley <jyllian.kemsley**At_Symbol_Here**GMAIL.COM>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 5:31 PM
To: DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU <DCHAS-L**At_Symbol_Here**Princeton.EDU>
Subject: [DCHAS-L] OSHA materials on Karen Wetterhahn's mercury exposure
 
[EXTERNAL]

Hi all,

C&EN is working on a story memorializing Karen Wetterhahn's death 25 years ago from mercury poisoning. We requested OSHA's file on the incident, but it was destroyed several years ago per the agency's document policy. Does anyone still have OSHA records from the incident? We are working with Michael Blayney, but I thought I'd see what else might be out there.

Thank you for your help,
Jyllian

Jyllian Kemsley, PhD (she/her)
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