I thought it was BU that had the weapons lab.
"BC student hurt in lab accident" by Ben Wolford and Vivian Yee, Globe Correspondents / June 26, 2011
A Boston College chemistry student was injured when a beaker exploded during an experiment yesterday morning, cutting her face and forcing the evacuation of Merkert Chemistry Center, officials said.
The chemistry student was working alone in the lab with a small amount of thionyl chloride, a substance commonly used in organic chemistry experiments, when it exploded, according to fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald.
Sounds benign enough, 'eh?
The doctoral student, Hee Yeon Cho, received cuts on her face and minor burns on her hands, he said....
After the beaker broke, Cho put a paper towel over the cut on her cheek and then drove herself home, said Chris Schuster, 25, a graduate chemistry student at the scene.
Her return home complicated the cleanup effort: Crews also had to decontaminate her car and her apartment in Brighton, fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald said....
After going through a series of showers in a mobile decontamination unit, Cho was taken to St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, where she was treated for injuries that do not appear life-threatening, MacDonald said. No one else was injured, BC spokesman Jack Dunn said....
Thionyl chloride reacts strongly with moisture and can be dangerous to humans if vapors are inhaled, said Lawrence Scott, Cho’s professor. The chemical can be used to make mustard gas and nerve toxins....
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