Stolen beakers and toxicity

Vaughn said:

Darwin will not be far behind.

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George Mann said:

As we all know, thieves tend to be ignorant of such things, and may attempt to use them for edible pursuits (if you catch my drift).

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Todd Niccole said:

Why even worry about it?

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koraks said:

Hell no. They'll be chucked out of the window of a moving car. Whoever nickrd that package is probably disappointed it doesn't contain a new phone or Xbox. They don't have much interest in lab glass ware. If they do, they're going to make stuff with it that'll melt bigger holes in someone's brains than dichromate bleach would do, anyway. Don't worry about it. Sorry you lost the package though; sucks.

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Saganich said:

I agree, probably find it down the street. I once had $20,000 worth of radiation detection equipment (photomultiplier tubes, multichannel analyzers, etc.) in a tundra case stolen from my car in front of my apartment. A neighbor around the corner found it in his backyard the next morning. I'm sure they thought it was camera/video equipment, as both myself and my girlfriend were known to be photographers for music and art events. They were so disappointed they just threw the case out the back door into the neighbors yard. Still not sure how my neighbor figured out it was mine, but we both agreed upon who the culprits were...I payed them a visit that night.

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Vaughn said:

I had by bag with my Rolleiflex in it stolen out of my van -- thiefs tossed it and the bag out of the car just down the road.

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Ben 4 said:

They didn't want the Rollei?!

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George Mann said:

Hi everyone. I had a package of beakers that were presumably stolen after it arrived at my apartment building.

These beakers were previously used to develop b&w film with the usual chemical baths.

As we all know, thieves tend to be ignorant of such things, and may attempt to use them for edible pursuits (if you catch my drift).

Can these beakers be potentially toxic give the above?

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George Mann said:

I just found out that the missing package ended up at my sisters house!

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mshchem said:

So your sister is a thief?

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Vaughn said:

No, but my light meter fell out of the bag somewhere along the way. Probably just looking for cash and drugs.

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ic-racer said:

Fixer and acetic acid are not toxins.

Illegal drugs are all toxins, lethal ones at that. Don't people know this?

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George Mann said:

Hi everyone. I had a package of beakers that were presumably stolen after it arrived at my apartment building.

These beakers were previously used to develop b&w film with the usual chemical baths.

As we all know, thieves tend to be ignorant of such things, and may attempt to use them for edible pursuits (if you catch my drift).

Can these beakers be potentially toxic give the above?

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