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...spill occurred at 1 p.m. in the basement machine shop of Lyman, according to Joe Wrinn, director of the Harvard News Office. Wrinn said the machine shop operator first noticed a smell of phosphorous acid and then noticed a leaking container of the chemical...
...operator quickly moved the container under a ventilation hood to control the fumes. The employee then evacuated the building. The Cambridge Fire Department and the Hazardous Waste response team responded to the spill,according to Gerald Rearden, the deputy chief ofthe Cambridge Fire Department...
...yesterday, the spill had beencontained, he said. The leaking drum was placedinto another container and secured...
...spill did not appear to pose a seriousthreat to the Harvard community. "Right now, itappears as though it's a very minorcontamination," Rearden said. He noted the fastactions of the worker to contain the spillprevented a more serious contamination...
Yesterday's spill was the third at a Harvardlaboratory this month and the fourth lab-relatedaccident at Harvard in the last few months...