In reading the tragic tale of Sheharbano (Sheri) Sangji's death resulting from a series of events culminating in the ignition of the pyrophoric reagent tert-butyllithium, I saw several valid points ...

Update, July 27, 2012: News from the court hearing has been added. Four days after Christmas 2008, a 23-year-old research associate working in a UCLA laboratory accidentally pulled the plunger out of ...

Most people have been conditioned to fear chemicals, but the typical fear is not consistent with the actual risk. The vast majority of chemicals that are encountered in everyday life are quite safe.

LOS ANGELES—Until Sheri Sangji’s screams split the calm, Dec. 29, 2008, was a subdued day in the UCLA Molecular Sciences Building. Campus was mostly deserted for Christmas break. Sangji was working on ...