A Scientist Spilled 2 Drops Organic Mercury On Her Hand. This Is What Happened To Her Brain.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Cited as the best accessible account of dimethylmercury poisoning, and as an example of the channel's grim medical case studies.
What it is
Chubbyemu narrates the true case of a professor who spilled two drops of dimethylmercury on her hand and suffered fatal neurological damage.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2018 to 2026.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec jonpalmisc · 2022-01 · on “The Dangers of Dimethylmercury (2019)”
ChubbyEmu’s video [1] on this was quite good. (As is the rest of his channel, if this kind of stuff interests you.) [1] [this video]
Cites goldenkey · 2018-03 · on “Lead is even deadlier than was feared”
Well regarding mercury, it has been phased out of most vaccines in the US and European Union. > "FDA is continuing its efforts toward reducing or removing thimerosal from all existing vaccines." [1] Note to self: don't touch dimethylmercury even with nitrile gloves, it goes right through within seconds. The last person to do so, KW, slowly turned into a vegetable and was ultimately euthanized [2, 3] [1] [LINK] [2] [LINK] [3] [this video]
Cites wvbdmp · 2026-01 · on “My Mom and Dr. DeepSeek (2025)”
Just seeing that guy’s face and hearing his voice makes me uneasy. That channel is total body-horror. Glad that guy ended up okay, unlike this poor soul: [this video]