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A history of the deadly metals.
What links Newton, Napoleon, Lucrezia Borgia, Mozart and Saddam Hussein ? There are some chemical elements that are inherently toxic and which for centuries insidiously affected human affairs by their widespread poisoning of the home and the environment, sometimes killing even the high and the mighty. Meanwhile less exalted individuals deliberately used them to dispose of friends and relatives, and until chemical analysis became part of forensic investigation they murdered with impunity. Arsenic, antimony, mercury, lead and thallium are the most infamous of the poisonous elements, and even today they continue their deadly work.
Speaker(s): |
Dr John Emsley | talks |
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Date and Time: |
19 April 2005 at 7:00 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour |
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Venue: |
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge |
Organised by: |
Society of Chemical Industry (Cambridge & Great Eastern Section) |
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Tickets: |
free |
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Additional Information: |
Please contact John Wilkins for more information. Tel o1234 782 858, or email john.wilkins@insense.co.uk |
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