The Disturbing Death of Chemistry Professor Karen Wetterhahn...

Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://try.magellantv.com/top5s. Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Alive: Surviving Catastrophe, as well as all of MagellanTV’s exclusive true crime content: https://www.magellantv.com/series/alive Karen Wetterhahn was an internationally respected Professor Of Chemistry and an expert on heavy metals effects on living systems, especially their role in causing cancer. She was a rising star and destined to become one of the most celebrated professors Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, had ever seen. During the 20 years Karen dedicated to the college, she published more than 85 research papers and helped establish the Women in Science Project, which enabled women to increase their share of science majors from 13 to 25 per cent. However, the heavy metals she so passionately researched to save others, by a cruel irony, took her life in the most heartbreaking way imaginable. 0:00 Introduction 4:05 The Incident 5:18 A Bit About Dimethylmercury 7:55 Five Months Later 9:58 Aftermath 12:33 Legacy 🎧 Check out the "Hit The Lights" Podcast available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, Google and everywhere else you get your podcasts! 🎧 Podcast Links: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6anlNMUERfwC7S0665z3wy Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-hit-the-lights-podcast/id1503579405 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS84MTIwMzkucnNz Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/b9116ded-48d9-4f42-ab95-1a74d32c0c89/the-hit-the-lights-podcast Our content isn t always ad-friendly, to support and also get exclusive access to our documentaries and documentary series, please take a look at our Patreon: ► https://www.patreon.com/Top5sOffical To submit any creepy personal stories or send in videos/photographs you may have caught over the years and can t explain, please email 👉 mystory@top5s.co.uk Our other channels 👇 🦖 DinosaurDiscovery: DINOSAURS https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzNwK_O14PRYEm5LBiiOAgw 🪐 AccessAstronomy: SPACE & ASTRONOMY https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpbMdDya7ubh013QGe0JqHA/featured 🔎 ColdCaseDetective: TRUE CRIME https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdjslyNQupPSFxK_mSPcG-g? 🪖 WarsofTheWorld: MILITARY HISTORY https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB29sxIJ9PQIo0hCnIaOMbg 👽 DestinationDeclassified: ALIENS & UFOs https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfxuwHJ4cQHgf1ez7662_fQ ⚔️ MedievalMadness: MEDIEVAL HISTORY https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWoMpx18YeSVuI7ObqEk8eg Music by CO.AG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA Thanks for watching. DISCLAIMER: All materials in these videos are used for entertainment purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are, or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video, and have an issue with the use of said material, PLEASE email us before putting in a claim and we can resolve the issue immediately. We can be reach on this email: info@top5s.co.uk Copyright © 2022 Top5s All rights reserved.