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...fiancee Mickey Louie said the family had been advised that initial biological indications suggested the cause of death was cyanide poisoning but "that was later ruled out." Further medical testing, Louie said, showed sodium azide--a compound Lam used in his experiments--in the deceased's body...
Emory Professor of Organic Chemistry Elias J. Corey, who taught Lam, said he would find it "very strange" if such a compound were confirmed to be found in Lam's system...
...latest study a team of Finnish scientists reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute last week that MX, a compound produced when chlorine reacts with organic material in water, causes cancer in laboratory rats when swallowed in large quantities. "Although these findings cannot be extrapolated to humans," they concluded, "MX should be studied as a candidate risk factor...
DIED. KAREN WETTERHAHN, 48, chemistry professor at Dartmouth College who studied how toxic metals inhibit DNA repair; of poisoning, months after two drops of the rare compound dimethylmercury spilled onto her latex gloves; in Lebanon...
...GREEN TEA Researchers have found the component in the tea that may help prevent cancer. The compound ECGC seems to inhibit the activity of an enzyme that breaks down healthy tissue...