A friend of mine working at a U.S. government lab was doing just that 
(had filled the bottle to the top with water, sealed around the lid with 
parafilm and tape to prevent dehydration) and the new safety officer who 
saw it called the bomb squad to remove it!

Esther Peters
George Mason University

Markus F. Meyenhofer wrote:

> Don't panic now!!!
> That is why one stores Picric acid as a water saturated mixture! Never 
> heard of an explosion of picric acid in a histo lab!
> Markus
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Llewellyn" 
> To: "Histonet" 
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 3:36 PM
> Subject: [Histonet] Picric acid
> 
> 
>> I thought Histonetters might be interested in this news article.
>>
>> http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070416/K041602AU.html
>>
>> Bryan Llewellyn
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