Two hundred people were evacuated in a Moscow medical university because of a broken ampoule with bromine
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200 people were evacuated from the Sechenov Medical University in Moscow because of a broken flask with bromine. No injuries have been reported. The Rospotrebnadzor laboratory is investigating the accident site.
В Russian capital 200 people were evacuated from the Moscow center Moscow Center for Innovative Technologies in Healthcare on Vernadsky Avenue. A flask of bromine was broken on one of the floors of the building. bromine. About the incident wrote a succession of rossMedia, reports UNN.
Details
Because of the broken ampoule with bromine evacuated 200 people from the Institute of Pharmacy at the Sechenov Medical University in Moscow
According to the Russian media, the ampoule with a toxic substance that corrodes the skin and respiratory tract, broke at the in the Department of Pharmacy in a building on Vernadsky Avenue.
The chemical was disposed of by staff members with an absorbent made by a lab technician.
According to according to public records, no one was injured.
Additionally
A mobile laboratory of Rospotrebnadzor was sent to the scene, which will inspect the premises of the institute after the leakage of bromine from the flask.
The causes and details of the incident are still being investigated.
Reference
In high concentrations. concentrations of bromine can cause malaise. Bromine poisoning usually manifest as runny nose, lacrimation, and respiratory complications.
Bromine has a pungent, irritating odor. According to Russian scientists, the substance poses a threat to human health only by in direct contact.
